DS and I are currently on a visit with my parents who we don’t see very often as they live far away.
Yesterday they kept saying to my son how they love him so much, how he’s their favourite grandson because he’s their only grandson, and talking about how they don’t have any granddaughters.
The thing is, I have both a daughter and another son who were stillborn in the last few years. My son is fully aware of these so it’s not like they were trying to protect his feelings. Myself and my husband are quite public about our losses as we do a lot of fundraising for babyloss charities, so it’s not a big taboo subject we’re trying to forget or anything.
the comments just felt so cruel. How on earth could they think this was an ok thing to say? I feel so sad that my other babies obviously mean nothing to their own grandparents.