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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't believe how people are responding to this post. OP, there is nothing wrong with you for wishing your parents were more involved. I grew up with grandparents who attended all my events, vacationed with us, came over a lot etc and am so disappointed my own parents don't have the same interest in my children that their parents had in me.  It's okay to wish that and it doesn't mean I need a sitter, or my kids must be bad, or my house messy or any of the other crazy previous posts blaming OP.

FWIW, my mother rips my pics off Facebook and posts them to her own and it drives me up the f'ng wall. Sorry but why should she get to look like the super involved loving grandma when she chooses not to be one? Rant away OP, I feel ya.[/quote]

This post sooo resonates with me. My first thought was, "Did I write this in my sleep?" I'm only an child. My father died a few years ago and he was the fun loving, adoring, playful grandfather most of us want in our fathers. My mother is still alive and lives in another state than us. She loves her grandkids, is super independent and retired -- she travels to see us once a year, despite the financial ability to travel on weekly basis if she wanted to. I do think it's a combination of her personality and the Baby Boomer generation schtick. I mean, looking back on my childhood, I shouldn't be surprised by the outcome. Like a PP, I practice the mantra of not trying to change others but try to work on myself as much as possible (but deep down I'm still disappointed).[/quote]

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