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Too close to grandchildren?

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Happygran1964 Mon 07-Aug-17 09:32:19

As above, I just wonder if any of you feel the same as I do, that your love for your grandchildren is as deep as that for your own children?
I adore my four grandchildren but sometimes I think a little too much.

I am aware that I am granny and not mummy and NEVER offer advice unless asked but sometimes I wish they were my own children!!
It doesn't help that I going through menopause and kissing goodbye to my own fertility!

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BBbevan Thu 10-Aug-17 13:38:41

My DS and family have just left after a week with us, and we miss them already. Both DGDs are delightful. Bright, funny, happy girls. I just wish their parents would be a little moe assertive with them.Any request or decision involves long discussion. If I ask them to come in from the garden for dinner,I don't expect to negotiate a few more minutes, when I have finished this etc.

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Leesa Sat 12-Aug-17 19:28:57

I do not wish my grandchildren were my own children but I love them as much for sure.

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Marmight Tue 15-Aug-17 07:54:45

Absolutely not. I loved having my own children. It was amazing to be a Mum and I loved (almost) every minute but my grandchildren - all 8 of them - aren't mine. I love them all in a different way, love to spend time with them but it's a more distant love than I had for my own children.

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