After having my first child at barely 16 then continued on and had 3 more children and all 4 before I turned 21. From that day on, I always told all 4 daughters please don’t make be a grandma before I’m 40. Potentially I could have been 1 by the time I was 32. Needless to say, by the time I hit 40, I had 3, first arriving when I hit 38. I would never change it in a million years and at 62 now, I have 20 DGC and 2 GDGC and have a very special relationship with each and everyone determined I would be the grandparent my children would have loved to have had from their own grandparents. I love it when they visit, sitting around laughing, eating, playing and as their own parent may tell them off, the GC always reply ‘nan’s house,nan’s Rules’ and I backed the DGC up each time. I have always told them as they were growing up, if you runaway from home, I’d rather you runaway to me than anywhere else, and that will stop me from from stressing too much and getting grey hair quicker. Yes, I have had 4 of them runaway from home over the years and yes, they come to me. I’m also a great believer, if you have 1 GC for a holiday, then I will have all at the same time. DH tends to turn white when I eventually tell him they are all coming to stay for ex amount of days lol. You guessed it right, I haven’t told DH, all DGC that still attend school are coming for the duration of school holidays from Christmas Day. It really is lovely to watch cousins play, but I love playing with them too. DGC get to learn to ride the 250cc quad bike this time, real gears not a 110cc semi automatic one, they have all done that, time to let them step up but sssh their parents don’t know yet and of cause I have to allow them to drive the car too. ‘Nan’s house, Nan’s rules’ love it ?