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[quote=Anonymous]I was sympathetic to the OP before... but the longer the thread gets, the more entitled and annoying the OP sounds. What exactly do you want from your parents? What is this "quality time" you're referring to (hate this expression)? It sounds that both sets of grandparents are immigrants and you married up, to a more wealthy family. It's very common for immigrant parents NOT to provide any financial help as they're from way poorer countries. They way family life is structured here is completely different: the money spend on kids' activities would be unheard of elsewhere. We're also immigrants (from 2 different countries) and we don't even tell our parents what we spend as they'd be speechless. They're certainly NOT contributing anything. As far as Americans being selfish: it's common (more common than not) for our generation of parents to be selfish, including immigrant parents. The wealth increase after the WWs was so huge (not just in the US) that they thought everybody can and should manage themselves. A lot of family closeness throughout history was due to necessity. With money came the desire to control, which is why the old family system went belly-up (before the elders deferred decision making to their adult children as soon as possible -- good luck with that now).  [/quote]

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