to be annoyed with my parents?

[Pigleychez]

Just been to parents evening. They came to babysit.
We returned and not even a hint of interest in how we got on, how the girls are doing etc. They just finished watching the programme that was on then left.

My neice and nephew however...They know every detail and would have prob have tagged along to parents evening too.

Did you not just tell them how it went?

Why would you want them to tag along to parents evening?

Are niece and nephew older? Don't get into this competition op it will drive you mad.

Yanbu. Harsh when the disparity so stark. At least my in laws equally rubbish with dh brother so much easier to take!

Niece is the same age as my DD1 (8 weeks apart), Nephew only 6mths younger than my DD2.

When we walked in they were glued to the tv. Presumed we would chat more once the programme had finished but they just left.

My mum has always been competitive between the two sets of Grandchildren.

I could understand if they just didn't care about GCs schooling in general but being hurt that they take more interest in the others would hurt me too. Is there perhaps a valid reason for it though? Maybe they have more trust in your parenting than your DB/DSis's? Are you maybe viewing things through a lens because of past sibling rivalry?

If not YANBU for being upset, unfortunately there's probably nothing you can do to change their attitude so it might be better to try to ignore if possible.

Yanbu at all, my inlaws are like this- two nephews are the most fabulous things in the world and never bother with DS! Mil rings once a week and gives us an update on how they are doing at school, where she took them at the weekend etc and doesn't even ask how DS is!

I know when my DM was alive she knew more about my DC than my brothers, only because he took all comments on his DCs as a dig. So you do not ask and the get criticised for not asking. Sometimes there are many issues. I know in my brothers instance my parents where harder on him as a child (although my parents would not of saw it that way) and this impacted on their adult relationship.

I think they would expect you to volunteer the information.They probably (I certainly would) feel uncomfortable about quizzing you.