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[quote=Anonymous]Look, OP. As much as it hurts you that your father is acting that way, understand that grandparents get more out of visiting their grown children with kids of their own than vice versa. The old person's life is on the downward trajectory unless they are around younger people. Then they can absorb some of the energy and upward trajectory of younger people who still have their whole life ahead of them, which old people can share vicariously. Older people left to their own company have nothing but decline ahead of them. So your dad is the loser in this situation. This is coming verbatim from my 75-year old mom who makes the 10-hr flight from Europe to stay with us as much as she can. [/quote]
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