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Experiencing conflict with daughter of 6 children!

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Moy59 Wed 10-Jan-24 21:27:14

Hi, I am constantly at odds with my daughter who is married with 6 children. They moved post-pandemic to be near us, which is lovely, but I feel burdened with responsibility and racked with guilt all the time. Our daughter is not working and suffers from anxiety related issues, although retraining at the moment for a new career. We helped her to buy their 1st house and their new house and help financially with sports and music lessons etc. We run the children around to school/clubs/ sports every week and help out in all the school holidays. We are retired and hoped to spend a lot of time travelling and having some well earned fun after stressful jobs. We have had some trips away and bought a motor home, but don’t get away as much as we’d like.. I became a Grandparent at 49 which I did not expect and the other Grandparents live thousands of miles away in another country. We have fallen out again as our daughter feels left out from a family party as she can’t attend because of children. I don’t know what to do anymore. We have another daughter and a son.

dogsmother Fri 12-Jan-24 09:17:41

Could her brother and sister help pick up some of the slack? If she has issues with anxiety and needs support then it is what it is and certainly sounds like you have a close caring family.
Six children is massive and if she feels that she’s being pushed away it would be alarming. Set out a timetable of when you want to be away so she knows that you are doing your thing but will be available for her for several other months.
She might feel more comfortable then.

Smileless2012 Fri 12-Jan-24 09:22:57

I agree with GSM that it would be better for you to start a new thread haighsue.

You need to stand your ground and tell your D that you are no longer able to provide the level of support you did before and that she's come to expect, and suggest that she looks into what help may be available for your GS.