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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents have been nagging and bickering for 42 years. They would do anything for us. I am an only child. [/quote]

My parents have been married for 45 years and they have really struggled in their roles as spouses for the majority of their marriage. However, they are very devoted grandparents. They live close by to both my family and my brother's family, and they love to participate in their grandchildren's lives. They actually watch my kids two days a week after school so that I can work late on those nights. Once my kids got old enough, they started periodically inviting them for sleepovers so we could have some "couple time." I think that because they never had the support of grandparents when they were raising kids (because both sets of my grandparents had died) that they really feel good about being able to give that support to us. We have been blessed by their very genuine desire to have a meaningful role in their grandchildren's lives. Although they do have age-related health challenges, I actually think that becoming grandparents gave them a new lease on life. (However, they still bicker A LOT - including about issues related to the grandchildren. So it isn't perfect - but nothing ever is.) As a family, we also strive not to overburden my parents. They are very generous, and we need to be wary that they don't get burned out by giving too much of themselves. [/quote]

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