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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Camp Grandma was so important to her, she shouldn't have waited till almost mid July to complain. She should know plans for camp are made well in advance. I wouldn't change the summer plans due to Grandma's complaints. That is a precedent I don't want to set.[/quote]
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If she wanted to run Camp Grandma, she should have said so.  I wouldn't flush $500 because grandma got pissy with me, either.  It would never occur to me to expect the grandparents to take our kids for extended periods of time.  (In our case, they are in their 70s and all have health issues.  They are not up for keeping up with our children all day.)  If they got huffy because we didn't consider them as an option before hitting up camp, I'd have a hard time not laughing at them.  They are not equipped to handle two kids for 9 hours a day.

I used to spend a week or two with my grandparents every summer, but my aunt was also around to help and I was an easy going kid who was happy to read a book while my grandmother took her afternoon nap.  They tried it with one of my cousins once and didn't last the week because she needed constant entertainment and wore them out.  I lost both grandparents in my early teens, and the time that I spent with them are among my happiest memories of childhood.  I do not think that my kids spending a week with either of their grandparents would result in the same.[/quote]

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