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GrannyGravy13 Tue 04-Jun-24 12:38:49

I do not begrudge one second of the time I spend looking after our GC, they are only young for a small amount of time, as soon as they are mid teens they are independent of Granny & Grandpa.

We didn’t have family close as ours were growing up, we had to pay a nanny

Tiley Tue 04-Jun-24 12:30:02

I know there are people on here who never had children, me included through choice and have never regretted this decision. What fascinates me is the amount of grandparents that are run ragged looking after their grandkids. I was chatting to a lady up the road the other day and she said how exhausted she was caring for 2 of them, one she has to take to and from school whilst having the young one all day 5 days a week. Their parents are in really good jobs but won't employ a nanny and seems like they expect Mum to do it as a duty. Has anyone else felt like this.