There’s a special place in hell reserved for grandparents who don’t recognize their grandchildren.
As a grandparent, you get all the benefits of a child with zero drawbacks. Nobody expects anything from you. You don’t have to wake up at 3 am with a gasp because there’s a child standing very close to your face and breathing on you noisily. You don’t have to pack endless lunch boxes or pick up small objects for an hour each day. And you don’t have to be brought to the brink of a heart attack once a week by performing the terrible feat of nail-trimming.
No, as a grandparent you are long past all that. All you have to do is smile beatifically and be adored. And still some perverse individuals weasel out of it.
And no, I’m not talking about Biden. I’m talking about the much more egregious case of my own child’s grandmother. And it’s much more egregious because A) I’m not a drug-addled prostitute and B) she has no other grandchildren.
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I know, I can’t believe this either, I have four adult children and no grandchild (as yet). When I have one, it will be the centre of my existence. I will try to convince the parents to take holidays, nights out, etc, to be able to spend time with my grandchild. But I know a few old women (like me) who would rather spend time with their German Shepherd or go on holidays with their new bf, rather than enjoy their grandchildren. Their loss, really.
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My heart breaks for you and your husband and your daughter.
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Count this as a blessing. Would you really want that woman anywhere near your child?
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My mom is nominally a doting grandma, but if I ever left her to actually babysit while I go work or do chores, she’d get huffy about how boring it was to be with the kid(s) all day. (Mind you, she had built-in babysitting which was her own mother when we were growing up; it’s not like she took care of me or my sister that much.) She enjoys the idea of being a grandma but not the reality of it. My kids are also her only grandkids.
In contrast, my husband’s mom (now deceased) really loved kids and was delighted to be involved and help. She was a very nice, warm woman, and she and I got along great.
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