Are you looking forward to it...or dreading it?
2007-07-21 01:13:57 · 14 answers · asked by Afi 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Lollypop...I wish I could be as tough as you.
2007-07-21 01:22:58 · update #1
Iritadragon...I only asked a question...Did I say I had grand children?
2007-07-21 01:51:58 · update #2
But Yes, I have grand children. Only my 8 year old grand daughter will be spending most of the time with me...She spends a lot of time with me anyway...Right now she is downstairs singing her little head off....lol
I love having her.
2007-07-21 01:58:41 · update #3
I only wish I could. I'm going in hospital on 13th August for a hip and knee replacement so will hardly get to see my grandchildren as they have already departed for sunnier climes on their holidays.
PS I think Lollipop is being a little harsh, did she never ,ever ask for a helping hand? My mum once told me I had made my bed and would have to lie on it when I became pregnant at 16, and I never asked her for anything. She always regretted saying that to me, and she apologised about it when she was dying. She missed so much of my children's special moments when they were growing up. I only hope Lollipop isn't doing the same.
2007-07-21 01:30:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Six weeks? Is that all it is in the U.K.?
It really doesn't make any difference to me anyway, since my three grandsons live here in my house with me (along with their moms of course). I take care of them EVERY DAY.
Sometimes they p*ss me off so badly, that I wish for a holiday from them...but that isn't happening any time soon either. (Only if I happen to win a sizable amount in a lottery!)
So, be thankful it is ONLY six weeks. Some of us seniors are much worse off than you. Take this opportunity to pass on all your acquired wisdom....if nothing else you'll bore your granchildren senseless, and they will BEG NOT TO go to grandma's house for any more summer vacations! ;)
Edit...afrowoman...there wasn't any NEED for you to say THIS TIME that you have grandchildren...your previous answers have already told us that you do!
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2007-07-21 01:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm afraid something doesn't sound right here. As someone mentioned above, the IRS does not call taxpayers to tell them their refund has been offset. Rather, they simply receive a letter. Whether your father would owe child support is based on what he has been ordered to pay by the court. If he has been paying $400 per month, but is obligated to pay $500, he would incur a shortage of $100 per month. The child support agency does not keep a portion for themselves.
2016-05-19 02:14:58 · answer #3 · answered by ilana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love my little grandkids, but spending six weeks with them would be a bit much. I think my daughter got the hint when I didn't jump in and offer to babysit. One of my former co-workers moved in with her daughter, son-in-law, and the grandkids. She has had a very rough time of it, and is sorry she ever did it. I know that some cultures are very family oriented and live together with no problem. More power to them. It works for some and not for others. Different strokes for different folk, I guess.
2007-07-21 09:07:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
my grandson is only ten months old, ill be having him over the summer holidays. have to admit love seeing him BUT having a three year old aunt is a nightmare, my three year old does not understand that he is my grandson so resents me having a baby in the house, id love to lie and say she loves but she doesnt lol, she grabs all her toys at first sight of him, insists on sleeping in HER travel cot with all her baby blankets, even though she has her own dora bed, sits on her daddys lap eyeballing him with dagger looks, and starts all this baby babble . ah but she just has to get used to the fact hes going to be around for a long time yet whether she likes it or not
2007-07-21 11:09:59 · answer #5 · answered by dollyk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I strongly agree with Lollypop. It is the parents' responsiblity to arrange care for their children while they are working, during the school year or summer holidays. It is NOT the Grandparents' responsibility.
2007-07-21 09:16:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't baby sit for my grandchildren. I love them dearly, but I am too old for the day to day care. I can baby sit while mom & dad go out for dinner or a round of golf, but that is it.
Grandparents were not meant to keep children all summer OR raise them. The age gap is way too large................I don't agree with all that my kids do regarding their kids either, but I stay out of it. I am the grandma, not the mom or dad.
2007-07-21 11:33:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter and her 8year old child live with us after the breakdown of her relationship.
It is a pleasure to have him but at times he gets right up my nose, as he has done this evening, that is family life. I count the fact that he and his mother are living with us as a privilege and on the whole a joy. I know that eventually they will leave and it will be like a hole in my life.
2007-07-21 08:10:52 · answer #8 · answered by Scouse 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He* l no. I raised my children and they aren't going to use me as a baby sitter. I love the grandchildren and time with them, but not 6 weeks of babysitting. I could learn to dislike both my children and their children if I was used like that! They shouldn't have children they aren't going to take care of.
2007-07-21 01:19:41 · answer #9 · answered by lollipop 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I would love to have them, I dont think mama would let them (I only have sons);But I heard mama starts preparing for kids holidays in my place in December. I love them so much, but mama scared so much too. Its no way I will look down to my grandchildren, I dont even look down to mamas, I accept them the way they are; we are different, I am not even a snob,
but only my sons know it; sometimes I wanted to laugh when I saw any body scared of me, I did nothing, maybe my question(s) were blunt. I change now, I dont ask same questions anymore, now they all asking "what do I think?" .....well, I can never win!(grin).
I hope my youngest daughter in law will be different as my son forced her to stay with me; He thought that's the only way to know me as all my sons dont want me to be lonely.
Surprisingly, she loves me so much; it's all in her mind that made her scared of me, that's what she said after all.
Iam looking forward to "babysit" their first child.
Mind you,....I allready set up rules ....hahahaha.....what a dreadfull grandma ......No, she fully agrees.... .
I dont set any rules for the other grandchildren, mama warned them too much allready. .......poor kids.
So I'll love to have my grandchildren with me any time even for forever.
2007-07-21 19:49:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋