Are we guilty of this?

DD's ILs are a bit like this, I was astounded when the other GM flew over to visit her other son's new baby and didn't tell my SIL. He hadn't seen his mother for a year, you would think she would want to see her son and GD's who were only two and five at the time. I couldn't drive past any of my GC's homes and not pop in to see them. I travel long distances to see two of my GC, it's not a matter of just driving to the airport, it's a long way for me to get to an airport. I get what I call grand children withdrawal symptoms if I don't have some around me.

My GPs were all pretty awful, bar my paternal GF, he seemed okay, if not distant at least he wasn't mean and horrible like the other GPs. I think I got the short straw when it came to GPs.

This describes my D's in laws to a t. My D and her husband have been separated now for nearly 2 years and they have not once asked about the GC. At the start when D visited us she would ring them and call to see them. They were polite but no more so she has stopped. It does not bother the children, now 17 and 14 as they hardly know them but my D hurts about it. In 14 years they visited once when GD was born and they were visiting friends in the area. They are quite well off but I don't think for one moment the GC will benefit.

I've spent many holidays with my grandchildren over the years and OH and I just spent a week away with our grown up grandchildren some married, all with partners. They organised the trip to a place where we spent many holidays when they were small and they wanted their partners to experience caravanning at the coast we had a fabulous time making more lovely memories with them all they often ring us to pop out for lunch or BBQ with them.

We love spending time with all of them aged from 28 down to 3yrs and wouldn't dream of ignoring them at any time. But people will be people and some of those GP sound awful and really aren't making memories for the family for when they are long gone.

Wow, sounds like there are some appalling GPs around.
I'm not someone who's a big fan of babies and children, in general, but I love it when my DGD (3) wants me to play with her.