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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.

NP here. JFC, get over yourself. You want free childcare from your in-laws because they already are watching other grandchildren who ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE WOMB?! Do these parents look like a daycare center? You lost, your husband’s sibling already had kids before you so the daycare is full. People who expect free childcare from grandparents shouldn’t be having kids. You sound ridiculous.

No one said anything about expecting things in fact we waiting because we were saving for childcare while the other sibling went ahead and bullied them into caring for the kids since they could not afford childcare. That is not the point. The point is that I’m sad my kids won’t have as close a relationship with their grandparents because it does leads to inequality when you set a precedent like that. You are already more use to the kids and care for them more- the more you care for something the more you feel for that person. I know this because I was that grand child that was raised with my grandma and I’m absolutely closer to her than the other grandkids. I just think grandparents should be aware of this dynamic going forward and try make things equal if they can or be mindful of the impact.

Oh, now your story's changing. Before you said that you were mad because they weren't going to save you money on childcare. Now it's all about the emotional bond they won't have with their grandparents? In your original post you moaned about the "financial burden" and now it's allllll about grandma time?

You are SO out of line here. Any wedge driven here between your in-laws and your kids will be driven by you and your massive sense of entitlement, not by them. D

Listen to your husband, who seems a lot more reasonable and less spoiled than you are.

One last question -- do you expect them to stop looking after the other sibling's kids? Or are you insane enough to think that a newborn and two small kids are a reasonable burden to dump on two senior citizens? Or do you not care how it happens as long as you get to save that daycare $$?

NP. What seems fair, actually, is that the sibling benefiting from the free grandparent childcare pay some money toward the other sibling's childcare. Why should one sibling get free childcare and the other doesn't, just because they had kids first? That's really weird. Your response, PP above, is ridiculously aggressive. My guess is that you're a sibling that gets the free childcare, and you're scared to lose it.

NP, but this is crazy. Mom is not a shared financial resource. What you "fairness" PP's are missing is the element of grandparent choice involved. They aren't just ATMs that you can assume are broken if they give out more money to one customer than another. My mom provided free childcare to my sister for 7 years. They live near to each other and my sister is a single mom. She doesn't owe me money for daycare, FFS.

Of course, not. That’s not what I’m suggesting at all. However, if all other factors are equal (e.g. no single parent situation) decent, functional human beings work together to create an equitable situation.

I forgot to add, if a grandparent is providing free childcare...they are acting as a financial resource. Without this free service, the recipient of the service would bring paying for these services.

That doesn't make them a SHARED financial resource, owned by their kids (which is what "sibling should reimburse the ones who don't get childcare" means). It's the grandparent's own time to use as they see fit. If they spend it helping a specific kid out with childcare, it doesn't mean they owe all their other kids the same. It also doesn't mean that kid owes their siblings money. (That's legitimately the craziest thing in this crazy thread.) If adult human beings could just accept that they aren't owed anything by their parents in the first place, maybe they could stop tracking how much extra they believe their parents owe them now since they had the temerity to spend their time/money/effort on anything but you or your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.

NP here. JFC, get over yourself. You want free childcare from your in-laws because they already are watching other grandchildren who ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE WOMB?! Do these parents look like a daycare center? You lost, your husband’s sibling already had kids before you so the daycare is full. People who expect free childcare from grandparents shouldn’t be having kids. You sound ridiculous.

No one said anything about expecting things in fact we waiting because we were saving for childcare while the other sibling went ahead and bullied them into caring for the kids since they could not afford childcare. That is not the point. The point is that I’m sad my kids won’t have as close a relationship with their grandparents because it does leads to inequality when you set a precedent like that. You are already more use to the kids and care for them more- the more you care for something the more you feel for that person. I know this because I was that grand child that was raised with my grandma and I’m absolutely closer to her than the other grandkids. I just think grandparents should be aware of this dynamic going forward and try make things equal if they can or be mindful of the impact.

Oh, now your story's changing. Before you said that you were mad because they weren't going to save you money on childcare. Now it's all about the emotional bond they won't have with their grandparents? In your original post you moaned about the "financial burden" and now it's allllll about grandma time?

You are SO out of line here. Any wedge driven here between your in-laws and your kids will be driven by you and your massive sense of entitlement, not by them. D

Listen to your husband, who seems a lot more reasonable and less spoiled than you are.

One last question -- do you expect them to stop looking after the other sibling's kids? Or are you insane enough to think that a newborn and two small kids are a reasonable burden to dump on two senior citizens? Or do you not care how it happens as long as you get to save that daycare $$?

NP. What seems fair, actually, is that the sibling benefiting from the free grandparent childcare pay some money toward the other sibling's childcare. Why should one sibling get free childcare and the other doesn't, just because they had kids first? That's really weird. Your response, PP above, is ridiculously aggressive. My guess is that you're a sibling that gets the free childcare, and you're scared to lose it.

NP, but this is crazy. Mom is not a shared financial resource. What you "fairness" PP's are missing is the element of grandparent choice involved. They aren't just ATMs that you can assume are broken if they give out more money to one customer than another. My mom provided free childcare to my sister for 7 years. They live near to each other and my sister is a single mom. She doesn't owe me money for daycare, FFS.

Of course, not. That’s not what I’m suggesting at all. However, if all other factors are equal (e.g. no single parent situation) decent, functional human beings work together to create an equitable situation.

I forgot to add, if a grandparent is providing free childcare...they are acting as a financial resource. Without this free service, the recipient of the service would bring paying for these services.

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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.

NP here. JFC, get over yourself. You want free childcare from your in-laws because they already are watching other grandchildren who ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE WOMB?! Do these parents look like a daycare center? You lost, your husband’s sibling already had kids before you so the daycare is full. People who expect free childcare from grandparents shouldn’t be having kids. You sound ridiculous.

No one said anything about expecting things in fact we waiting because we were saving for childcare while the other sibling went ahead and bullied them into caring for the kids since they could not afford childcare. That is not the point. The point is that I’m sad my kids won’t have as close a relationship with their grandparents because it does leads to inequality when you set a precedent like that. You are already more use to the kids and care for them more- the more you care for something the more you feel for that person. I know this because I was that grand child that was raised with my grandma and I’m absolutely closer to her than the other grandkids. I just think grandparents should be aware of this dynamic going forward and try make things equal if they can or be mindful of the impact.

Oh, now your story's changing. Before you said that you were mad because they weren't going to save you money on childcare. Now it's all about the emotional bond they won't have with their grandparents? In your original post you moaned about the "financial burden" and now it's allllll about grandma time?

You are SO out of line here. Any wedge driven here between your in-laws and your kids will be driven by you and your massive sense of entitlement, not by them. D

Listen to your husband, who seems a lot more reasonable and less spoiled than you are.

One last question -- do you expect them to stop looking after the other sibling's kids? Or are you insane enough to think that a newborn and two small kids are a reasonable burden to dump on two senior citizens? Or do you not care how it happens as long as you get to save that daycare $$?

NP. What seems fair, actually, is that the sibling benefiting from the free grandparent childcare pay some money toward the other sibling's childcare. Why should one sibling get free childcare and the other doesn't, just because they had kids first? That's really weird. Your response, PP above, is ridiculously aggressive. My guess is that you're a sibling that gets the free childcare, and you're scared to lose it.

NP, but this is crazy. Mom is not a shared financial resource. What you "fairness" PP's are missing is the element of grandparent choice involved. They aren't just ATMs that you can assume are broken if they give out more money to one customer than another. My mom provided free childcare to my sister for 7 years. They live near to each other and my sister is a single mom. She doesn't owe me money for daycare, FFS.

Of course, not. That’s not what I’m suggesting at all. However, if all other factors are equal (e.g. no single parent situation) decent, functional human beings work together to create an equitable situation.

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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.

NP here. JFC, get over yourself. You want free childcare from your in-laws because they already are watching other grandchildren who ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE WOMB?! Do these parents look like a daycare center? You lost, your husband’s sibling already had kids before you so the daycare is full. People who expect free childcare from grandparents shouldn’t be having kids. You sound ridiculous.

No one said anything about expecting things in fact we waiting because we were saving for childcare while the other sibling went ahead and bullied them into caring for the kids since they could not afford childcare. That is not the point. The point is that I’m sad my kids won’t have as close a relationship with their grandparents because it does leads to inequality when you set a precedent like that. You are already more use to the kids and care for them more- the more you care for something the more you feel for that person. I know this because I was that grand child that was raised with my grandma and I’m absolutely closer to her than the other grandkids. I just think grandparents should be aware of this dynamic going forward and try make things equal if they can or be mindful of the impact.

Oh, now your story's changing. Before you said that you were mad because they weren't going to save you money on childcare. Now it's all about the emotional bond they won't have with their grandparents? In your original post you moaned about the "financial burden" and now it's allllll about grandma time?

You are SO out of line here. Any wedge driven here between your in-laws and your kids will be driven by you and your massive sense of entitlement, not by them. D

Listen to your husband, who seems a lot more reasonable and less spoiled than you are.

One last question -- do you expect them to stop looking after the other sibling's kids? Or are you insane enough to think that a newborn and two small kids are a reasonable burden to dump on two senior citizens? Or do you not care how it happens as long as you get to save that daycare $$?

NP. What seems fair, actually, is that the sibling benefiting from the free grandparent childcare pay some money toward the other sibling's childcare. Why should one sibling get free childcare and the other doesn't, just because they had kids first? That's really weird. Your response, PP above, is ridiculously aggressive. My guess is that you're a sibling that gets the free childcare, and you're scared to lose it.

NP, but this is crazy. Mom is not a shared financial resource. What you "fairness" PP's are missing is the element of grandparent choice involved. They aren't just ATMs that you can assume are broken if they give out more money to one customer than another. My mom provided free childcare to my sister for 7 years. They live near to each other and my sister is a single mom. She doesn't owe me money for daycare, FFS.

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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.

NP here. JFC, get over yourself. You want free childcare from your in-laws because they already are watching other grandchildren who ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE WOMB?! Do these parents look like a daycare center? You lost, your husband’s sibling already had kids before you so the daycare is full. People who expect free childcare from grandparents shouldn’t be having kids. You sound ridiculous.

No one said anything about expecting things in fact we waiting because we were saving for childcare while the other sibling went ahead and bullied them into caring for the kids since they could not afford childcare. That is not the point. The point is that I’m sad my kids won’t have as close a relationship with their grandparents because it does leads to inequality when you set a precedent like that. You are already more use to the kids and care for them more- the more you care for something the more you feel for that person. I know this because I was that grand child that was raised with my grandma and I’m absolutely closer to her than the other grandkids. I just think grandparents should be aware of this dynamic going forward and try make things equal if they can or be mindful of the impact.

Oh, now your story's changing. Before you said that you were mad because they weren't going to save you money on childcare. Now it's all about the emotional bond they won't have with their grandparents? In your original post you moaned about the "financial burden" and now it's allllll about grandma time?

You are SO out of line here. Any wedge driven here between your in-laws and your kids will be driven by you and your massive sense of entitlement, not by them. D

Listen to your husband, who seems a lot more reasonable and less spoiled than you are.

One last question -- do you expect them to stop looking after the other sibling's kids? Or are you insane enough to think that a newborn and two small kids are a reasonable burden to dump on two senior citizens? Or do you not care how it happens as long as you get to save that daycare $$?

NP. What seems fair, actually, is that the sibling benefiting from the free grandparent childcare pay some money toward the other sibling's childcare. Why should one sibling get free childcare and the other doesn't, just because they had kids first? That's really weird. Your response, PP above, is ridiculously aggressive. My guess is that you're a sibling that gets the free childcare, and you're scared to lose it.

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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.

NP here. JFC, get over yourself. You want free childcare from your in-laws because they already are watching other grandchildren who ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE WOMB?! Do these parents look like a daycare center? You lost, your husband’s sibling already had kids before you so the daycare is full. People who expect free childcare from grandparents shouldn’t be having kids. You sound ridiculous.

No one said anything about expecting things in fact we waiting because we were saving for childcare while the other sibling went ahead and bullied them into caring for the kids since they could not afford childcare. That is not the point. The point is that I’m sad my kids won’t have as close a relationship with their grandparents because it does leads to inequality when you set a precedent like that. You are already more use to the kids and care for them more- the more you care for something the more you feel for that person. I know this because I was that grand child that was raised with my grandma and I’m absolutely closer to her than the other grandkids. I just think grandparents should be aware of this dynamic going forward and try make things equal if they can or be mindful of the impact.

Oh, now your story's changing. Before you said that you were mad because they weren't going to save you money on childcare. Now it's all about the emotional bond they won't have with their grandparents? In your original post you moaned about the "financial burden" and now it's allllll about grandma time?

You are SO out of line here. Any wedge driven here between your in-laws and your kids will be driven by you and your massive sense of entitlement, not by them. D

Listen to your husband, who seems a lot more reasonable and less spoiled than you are.

One last question -- do you expect them to stop looking after the other sibling's kids? Or are you insane enough to think that a newborn and two small kids are a reasonable burden to dump on two senior citizens? Or do you not care how it happens as long as you get to save that daycare $$?

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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.

NP here. JFC, get over yourself. You want free childcare from your in-laws because they already are watching other grandchildren who ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE WOMB?! Do these parents look like a daycare center? You lost, your husband’s sibling already had kids before you so the daycare is full. People who expect free childcare from grandparents shouldn’t be having kids. You sound ridiculous.

No one said anything about expecting things in fact we waiting because we were saving for childcare while the other sibling went ahead and bullied them into caring for the kids since they could not afford childcare. That is not the point. The point is that I’m sad my kids won’t have as close a relationship with their grandparents because it does leads to inequality when you set a precedent like that. You are already more use to the kids and care for them more- the more you care for something the more you feel for that person. I know this because I was that grand child that was raised with my grandma and I’m absolutely closer to her than the other grandkids. I just think grandparents should be aware of this dynamic going forward and try make things equal if they can or be mindful of the impact.

Oh, now your story's changing. Before you said that you were mad because they weren't going to save you money on childcare. Now it's all about the emotional bond they won't have with their grandparents? In your original post you moaned about the "financial burden" and now it's allllll about grandma time?

You are SO out of line here. Any wedge driven here between your in-laws and your kids will be driven by you and your massive sense of entitlement, not by them. D

Listen to your husband, who seems a lot more reasonable and less spoiled than you are.

One last question -- do you expect them to stop looking after the other sibling's kids? Or are you insane enough to think that a newborn and two small kids are a reasonable burden to dump on two senior citizens? Or do you not care how it happens as long as you get to save that daycare $$?

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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.

NP here. JFC, get over yourself. You want free childcare from your in-laws because they already are watching other grandchildren who ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE WOMB?! Do these parents look like a daycare center? You lost, your husband’s sibling already had kids before you so the daycare is full. People who expect free childcare from grandparents shouldn’t be having kids. You sound ridiculous.

No one said anything about expecting things in fact we waiting because we were saving for childcare while the other sibling went ahead and bullied them into caring for the kids since they could not afford childcare. That is not the point. The point is that I’m sad my kids won’t have as close a relationship with their grandparents because it does leads to inequality when you set a precedent like that. You are already more use to the kids and care for them more- the more you care for something the more you feel for that person. I know this because I was that grand child that was raised with my grandma and I’m absolutely closer to her than the other grandkids. I just think grandparents should be aware of this dynamic going forward and try make things equal if they can or be mindful of the impact.

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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.

NP here. JFC, get over yourself. You want free childcare from your in-laws because they already are watching other grandchildren who ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE WOMB?! Do these parents look like a daycare center? You lost, your husband’s sibling already had kids before you so the daycare is full. People who expect free childcare from grandparents shouldn’t be having kids. You sound ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:My parents view my sister as always in need. She has no debt and a fed job but somehow she needs a lot from them. My brother is never offered anything. Partially I think my family had an old school view that men are providers so since he is the boy he must be able to provide. My other sister would refuse anything given so they don’t even ask. Anyway I say this because maybe there are other dynamics (the divorced, screw up, needy sister versus your family who has it all together). Did you bring it up with your parents how much your child was struggling but you can’t pay for special school? Do they know the medical bills put your brother in debt and we’re not covered by insurance? If you are not sharing that and sister is open about her finances that would explain it. I agree it breeds resentment. Is your brother too proud to ask for some help to get through the crisis?

My MIL lives with us, has Parkinson’s and we take care of her. But she feels the need to be Uber equitable so if she gives us 400 for food, rent, picking up a prescription, she sends BIL 400, too. It makes me insane (not to mention BIL and SIL make three times what we make but whatever...). So there is never a good answer

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Anonymous wrote:I see what you mean- I have been pondering this myself. My in-laws watch one set of grandkids and we are pregnant with our first and they have not offered the same to us. Even watching the baby 1 day a week would save us so much money and it hurts that one set of grandkids gets this financial burden lifted off of them and have a loving grandparent to watch this part time. My husband doesn't think things necessarily have to be "fair" but it makes me want to try to be fair across all my future grandkids because it does breed resentment.

Holy crap. These senior citizens are looking after multiple small children and you want to stick a newborn with them too? Because it will save you money?

If you are resenting them then there is something seriously wrong with you. Grow up.

It obviously about fairness... if one set of grandkids gets tons of time with grandparents and the other set is not treated the same, how is that fair? How could that not breed resentment? It is their decision so whatever but for my own future grandkids I will try to be equal because even if it is their right- it does breed resent to have one set cared for while the other set is not care for at all.