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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My inlaws don't even want to take my kids out for ice cream, let alone babysit.

Even when we visit my inlaws as a family of 4, they essentially want the children to be seen and not heard so they can talk to us (the adults.)

Since my own mom passed away prematurely and I'm not close with my dad, my children have zero concept of what a caring, loving grandparent relationship looks like. [/quote]

This is my situation too. Grandparents who have zero interest in having any kind of active presence in the kids life. I would literally pass out if they ever called and said “we are picking up the kids on Saturday to take them to the zoo etc…” They would absolutely never. They value quiet and the least amount of disruption to their lives as possible. [/quote]

This is my situation with one set of grandparents (his). Luckily my parents are very involved! It’s bizarre to me why someone wouldn’t be interested in their grandchildren but oh well. [/quote]

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