ulvik wrote:
Last year we gave it a trial run for three months and it about killed us because we missed our grand children soooo much. We had no other issues and loved the traveling but missing the little buggers was the only reason we don't think we could do it.
DownTheAvenue wrote:
To each their own, but being that attached is extreme to me. What are you going to do a a few short years when they have no time for you? Their friends and activities will consume them and you will be, to them at least, a bother. I think it is unhealthy to be that consumed with the need to "see" them.
Agree completely. Although the OP is talking about grand kids the same argument applies to one's own "kids" - it doesn't take long at all before they
all develop their own lives and we as parents (and grandparents) have
no right to limit that growth. Read the OP's post again and it's all about "we", what
they want as grandparents, nothing about what the grandchildren want. No doubt the grand kids like to see their grandparents from time to time but those are the key words - from time to time. To the OP - it's not just about you. ;)
