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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The boomers have no interest in helping with their grandchildren. They are too busy living their best life.

All my millennial friends with small kids have perfectly healthy boomer parents who are totally uninterested in helping with grandkids.

I wish every day that DH or I had helpful parents. We’ve never had even an hour of childcare that we didn’t pay for. Instead we’re anticipating our parents someday relying on us for financial support.[/quote]

100% my situation also. Its very common amongst my millenial friends.[/quote]

This is so ridiculous! My boomer parents and their friends will do anything for us and their own kids. I had a miscarriage last spring and my mom was there within 24 hours and she had been on vacation in Europe. My Dad has two car seats in his car and is my kids chauffeur. Two years ago they took care of my 4 and 2 year old for 10 days and that just about broke them! But they did it. Their friends with grandchildren are all the same way and I know it because many of their kids are my friends. [/quote]

Lucky you. When my inlaws went to Europe they told us not to call them if one of their parents died (they each had an ill parent at the time) because “we couldn’t help anyway and it would ruin our trip.” Seriously. [/quote]

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