One day GOD WILLING our children will grow and lead their own lives, this means we have done our job well.
They will not be at our table every Christmas/Birthday/Easter, etc. They will have partners that maybe we will not be best pleased with, They will get married, their other half will come first, we will be mother in laws, they will have children that as grandparents we will want to dote on.
Sometimes we will feel pushed out i am sure, feel the other grandparents get a better deal, feel the partners mean more (as they should) then us.
At some point we have to let go and let them be free, that is the greastest gift we can give them.
Maybe this is why we all sit and bitch about mothers in law now, about how our other half's get on with their parents, why the ones divorced are so hard pressed to let the children go spend time with the Ex and the Exs family.
Remember one day we will be the ones being posted about.
Also why do so many women thing tht mum is first dad is second and mums parents are more important then dads?
I think a lot of people are in for a VERY rude awakening.