Hey all.
Got a problem and not sure what to do.
Our kids' step-grandpa is very close with our son. He and grandma are
wonderful with the kids and it is nice to have them around.
Unfortunately grandpa seems to want to include our son in everything,
but disclude our two girls.
Recently he asked my son to a baseball game (with fireworks at the
end) and suggested a sleepover. My middle daughter was there to hear
and said that she would love to go too. He kind of hemmed and hawed
and said he would check it out if he could get another ticket. So
far, no word.
I felt really bad for my daughter.
This has been occurring a lot, a lot, a lot, in the last year.
When all 3 children get to go to the grandparents, my son does get
plenty of one on one time with grandpa, where the girls go with
grandma. That makes sense to me, logical in a way, right? But it is
the extra special somethings that come up, where gramps picks just my
son.
Also grandma works, grandpa does not, so time is limitless for him.
Even if grandma didn't work, she might not want all her down-time
eaten up by the rugrats.
So, should I be telling the girls something to smooth things over and
if so what? I really have no clue what to say.
Should I tell grandpa he should really include the girls more or is it
his choice and the girls just need to deal?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all,
Vickie
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