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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have three kids and I don’t recall any of my friends asking what the grandparents are doing to “help out.” How does this even come up in conversation?

My kids have never spent an overnight with either set of grandparents and it would never even occur to me to ask them to do such a thing. They are my and my spouse’s kids and we do the work to take care of them. Our parents raised us without expecting their parents to do their work for them and we have been doing the same.

My parents spent a good deal of time taking care of their elderly parents before they died, and my spouse and I will do the same for them when the time comes. They won’t have to do our work for us so that we will eventually take care of them. 
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OP here. An example:

Friend: Are you going to the PTO meeting tonight?
Me: No, A has soccer practice.
Friend: Can’t your inlaws take her?

Or BTSN or book club or whatever. Yes, I know I can get a sitter. Yes I know they don’t owe me $hit. But a lot of people I know do have this setup. [/quote]

Me:  No they are busy.  Perhaps my husband can take A to soccer practice and I can go to the PTO meeting.

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