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TNoldman - sounds like you guys do well both ways. Got the family thing going and the couple relaxing thing going too.

netilsmom - My kids don’t even know their paternal grandparents. My MIL died in 2004. She hadn’t seen my kids in over 3 yrs before she died, and maybe once a year at that. And she was only63 when she died. My FIL hasn’t seen all my kids since 2001. He came for a visit when half weren’t here over 2 1/2 years ago. One of those last minute visits where he called the night he got into town and threw my husband through a loop because I wasn’t home that weekend and couldn’t be a buffer. I figure it’s their loss since they don’t know (or didn’t know their granddaughters). Then again, my in laws weren’t really involved parents to their own kids.

My parents were close with all their kids and grandkids, especially my kids since they were involved in their daily lives. My kids benefitted from having them in their lives and have many memories.

On Grandparents Day at their school (the two youngest), my oldest brother and his girlfriend attend. Their paternal grandparents have never attended. Their loss.

I just hope and pray I can be the kind of parent I had and the kind of grandparent my girls had.

Thanks. Our children live in Indiana and Michigan and we visit each area 6 weeks each year.

We have attended most of the Grandparents time at schools. My wife will go up sometimes for a week or so in between our vists.

Also soon of the family comes down to visit in Tn during the summer.