Glad I'm NOT a grandparent

Don't forget of course that my grandchildren will be working to look after your children bionicwoman .

Any chance of seeing that list?

Well I am happy to state that my 7 GC are the greatest joy of my life! I would not have missed this treat for anything.

I respond to questions about them and when asked my answers reflect that joy.

And I am bored with heartless people droning on about how they do not want GC and how unacceptable it is that people talk about them

I think Aggie has hit the nail on the head. I find the OP quite irrelevant. If he/she is not interested in GC then find a site that does not ever ever mention them. Or start one.

I was quite prepared to be grandchildless and was not worried about it. There is certainly more to life. However, now that I have two I love them to bits. It was not my choice either way so it is best just to go with the flow.

Oh yes, NanaandGrampy I can talk for hours about the dog!

Oh you sound so very bitter bionicwoman

Children can be such a joy and being around young people does you so much good and helps to keep you in touch with "today".

Things have changed so much since your own children were small and (for me) there is nothing nicer than having a really in depth conversation with my grandchildren (something you can't do with a dog). You would be surprised how much we can learn from them as well as the other way around. Also for me there is no nicer feeling than hearing my little grandson saying "I love you Grandma" when he goes to sleep, it gives me a lovely warm and tingly feeling, like all is well in this (often) horrible world.

I know it sounds corny but families are like Carousels of love. It goes round and round and round.

I always try and keep DGC stories to a minimum, especially if with friends who don't have them ( for whatever reasons,) as it would be very boring for them.
If all our DC had decided not to have children , that would have been ok with us, don't think we would have been too disappointed, although I know some people would be.
Welcome to the forum bionic there are quite a few non grans on here, and not that many threads about grandchildren.We talk about all sorts of stuff.

I'm happy for you if that's how you feel, but I'm not happy that you suggest grandparents should shut up about their grandchildren. Most people are sensitive to others' feelings either side of the discussion and don't talk incessantly about their grandchildren. However, surely by talking about the future generation keeps you aware of what is going on in the world (in terms of education, housing, childcare, fashions, technology etc). Grandparents talk about a lot more things than just nappy changes and baby weaning.

I try not to 'wax lyrical' about DGS to all and sundry.
The people I do not understand are the ones who complain about Not being a Grandparent, the people who feel they have the right to interfere in their adult childrens lives to the extent of sometimes becoming estranged from them.
I know of one marriage which broke up because the MIL just could not stop going on about it. The young woman had all the tests going and was fine. The son refused to be tested as his Mother had told him 'there is nothing wrong with my boy'.
Surely you do not look at your new baby and think 'one day you will make me a Grandma'.
Just be blessed with what you have and be happy your children are safe and happy.

Interesting point Tanith .

People do change their minds, or accidents happen. How would you cope with that bionic?

I don't think you're weird , it's just like not everyone wants to be a mother. My youngest DD MiL has limited interest in her grandchildren and I say Hurrah !!!! More time for me to spend with them .... I'm the favourite Nana .

My grandchildren are part of me , so I do talk about them, and my kids and my dog, and my crafting and my DH. You can't slice out one thing because then you wouldn't get me !

I love my four grandchildren dearly, but I can find plenty of other things to talk about.

Oh and I don't 'drone on' about them, I do however like talking about them with likeminded friends.....

Not really sure why you needed to share that.
Each to their own and all that.
I am delighted to be a nana to four

I do hope your children don't change their minds as you'll be very disappointed or will you? You aren't strange at all my children's grandmother has always let it known to them that she isn't the least interested in them or their lives and that's her choice however she is a very lonely 90 yr old that they have no interest in at all.

We were on a canal holiday last year. Only 6 passengers. At the 'getting to know you' session on the first night one lady announced that she wasn't interested in children and didn't want to hear anything about them or grandchildren. It certainly brought things to a halt conversation wise. As it turned out none of the rest of us found this couple to be congenial company anyway. We most likely wouldn't have talked about children at all. The age group including this woman and her husband was 60+.
Most odd conversational opener.

methinks the lady doth protest too much !

Interesting viewpoint bionicwoman. I guess it's the same as when someone chooses to not have children and somehow that implies that that choice makes their lives less rewarding/interesting. But I'm not surprised that there are people like you in the world - why wouldn't there be?

I'm not sure that anyone will find it weird that you don't particularly want grandchildren. It's not really a choice that we get to make once we've had children, though, is it? So in some way it is just luck that your preference not to be a grandmother has coincided with your children's decisions.

Not sure what else there is to say about this!