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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grandparents here to six ranging in age 1-15. We love our children dearly, but are enjoying our time as a couple now (lots of traveling). Also, though we love our grandchildren, the younger ones are challenging and we don't offer to babysit. We do enjoy sharing in the older kids' activities when we're around. As for making an effort to visit, we do occasionally, but, frankly, we appreciate our kids coming to see us.  We have spent our lives raising our children to be successful contributing members of society. We pay for annual holiday trips, have payed all weddings and education costs and feel this is something you can now do for us, make an effort to call us and visit. The door will always be open to our children, but we are putting ourselves first now. [/quote]

This is an interesting perspective, thanks for sharing.  May I ask, if you as grandparents chose to retire thousands of miles away from your kids/grandkids, for the weather (and no other reason--no family in the area you retired to), would you still feel the same way?  My parents chose to retire to the West Coast and we only see them twice a year.  It's hard to go out to see them with young children because of the distance.  I feel sad that my kids won't have much of a relationship with their grandparents, especially since we have no local family.[/quote]

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