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[Newgate]

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@gabstoomuch wrote:

My grandparents never came to sports or school events either.

I think it is a sign of the times now though. Back then, I went to visit my Nana every Sunday. Once every 2 weeks my Mom would bring me (or a sibling) over on Saturday for a sleepover with her. Then my mother would come back for the Sunday visit (bringing my sibs). We rotated through the weeks for who got the sleep over.

Visiting. No one "visits" anymore!

It is life on the fly now. Life is so busy and hectic. I think G-parents started going to kid events so they could be in the g-kids lives, get to see them more, enjoy them by going to where they are.

Visiting in general (not just grandparent) has gone by the wayside. It is most likely why there are so many lonely elderly now. The adult children just live in a different era, maybe they call frequently, but do not come visit.

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@gabstoomuch  So Very true!!

[LilacTree]

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@Jackaranda wrote:

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@LilacTree wrote:

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@Jackaranda wrote:

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@LilacTree wrote:

When my two youngest granddaughters called me "regular grandma," their other grandmother had a real snit because they called her "Grandma Florida."  It wasn't their fault that she decided to live on the beach in the Florida Keys and came up once a year to see them.  She no longer comes now that they are teens.

If one wants to be a grandma, especially the preferred one, one has to put forth a little more effort than that.

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This situation seems disrespectful. If the kids needed a name to differentuiate the two women it should have been "grandma Betty, grandma Sue. You don't call one by the state they live in and the other regular. The adults should have corrected this situation. I as a grandmother would have never had let  my grandkids disrespect the other grandma like this.

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This was the woman who wore a long, sequined white gown to my daughter's wedding.  Talk about disrespect!! 

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Oh so it's a ****** for tat.   Lucky grandkids to be involved in that.......

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Not really . . . since they hadn't been born yet.