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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the poster who says let's make it more general or do away with these holidays and we are a 2 parent family. I also don't get worked up over grandparents day and all of my kids' grandparents are deceased.  I get the flyer, but my child has never mentioned it as a big deal.  I notice all the moms don't come to the mom thing either.  Such is life.[/quote]

Deceased does not equal 'chose to not be an active part of child's life'. Apples and oranges. [/quote]
Alright, well, truth be told, we do have an uninvolved grandparent on the other side of the country.  Again, this has not been a big deal in our family.[/quote]

Surely you cannot be that dense that you still see and uninvolved grandparent as the same as an absentee father. Or to are, and you're the kind of person that makes everything all about you.

Person A: I have a brain tumor, I'm not expected to live more than 12 months.
You: I had a headache once. It wasn't that bad, I just took tylenol and went about my business. [/quote]

+1 Thank you for this. Having an absentee parent is NOT the same has having dead grandparents. There's a ton more emotional issues involved. The kid gets to grow up knowing mommy or daddy actively rejected & continues to reject them. This is not an easy burden for a little kid. The lack of compassion is staggering. I won't even get into the antipathy towards the two mom families, cuz the bigotry there is showing pretty hard.[/quote]

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