Quote from: Pen on July 02, 2011, 05:40:41 PM
I was raised with a strict schedule by a stay-at-home mom & a dad with regular working hours, but was myself a working mom with busy kids/DH. We managed to make time for the GPs when they came to visit. My hope is that in this day and age of instant messages via any number of technical devices that my DS & DIL can coordinate with us even though they may have busy schedules. There are many ways to work it out if one is motivated; IMO it shouldn't always be the GPs (or always the same set of them) who have to give in.
If I rarely saw my DS & his family, and traveled at great expense and effort to visit, I think I'd be a little miffed if I were treated as a distant aquaintance and not a close relative. It would be hard not to be hurt. Much admiration to you, cd1029, for getting beyond that.
And who knows, when I become a GM I may not want to spend so much time with the GKs! They could turn out to be horrid little buggers!
yeah, a distant acquaintance and not a close relative...that's exactly how I feel I am being treated -- and I want to try to correct that. My belief is that my DIL wants me to do all this "work" when I visit in order to get her "nod of approval" that I am a close relative. I say BAH HUMBUG! I raised my son and deserve that respect as I have earned it! I get a little testy sometimes.