Normal right? I've always had a very close relationship with my maternal grandparents, sadly my grandad is no longer with us though.. my granny is still going strong. Never knew my dad or his family, not that is relevant here really but I did only have one set.
Anyway, as kids we always gave a card and little gift to granny on Mother's Day (Father's Day too for grandad) as well as for my mother. Always carried on doing this as an adult
My granny is an incredible woman. I don't think there's enough Mother's Day cards or gifts in the world to thank her for everything she's done for us both as kids and as adults. She has done a lot more for me than my mum to be honest, I get me mum something too obviously plus my own kids get my mother a card, the card I get my granny is from both me and my kids.
Anyway, dp finds it weird. He has no issue with me getting to granny something but every year he makes a point of saying 'it's Mother's Day, not grandparents day'. I mean he's right technically but still I can't be the only one surely? There's lots of cards in the shop for them.
Dp does not want to get the kids to do a Mother's Day card for his mum from the kids, their nanny. He thinks it's weird. I'm not sure what mil thinks of it herself, never spoken about it.
The difference is Dp had about 60 cousins on his mother's side growing up and was never all that close to his grandparents who also lived a couple hours away. Whereas my grandparents have only a few grandkids and live close by, we seen them every day. It's a whole different dynamic and I don't think he gets it. I don't think he gets what a massive role my grandparents had growing up!
Aibu? I just feel we should get mil a card from grandkids as they will be going one for both my mum and granny. Don't want to leave her out.