This is my first post here, please be gentle.... If its in the wrong place please move or delete it. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this...
Last night I was told by my mum that because my 7yo daughter (their first grandchild) doesn't seem to show as much affection as they would like they've not been bothering to reciprocate. I'm so hurt and cut up by this I don't know what to think.
Mum and I had a massive row after a visit two weekends ago and to cut a long story short last night she confessed the above after we tried to clear the air and move on. My daughter sees them 3 or 4 times a year and doesn't go running up to them to cuddle them, in fact she has been know to run up to her room before when they've visited. I feel its just she is shy and to be honest doesn't know them that well.
They say they've felt like this for a while and don't seem to want to try anymore as the say they get nothing back. They don't really make much effort normally, they don't write, call or skype (they have a very old laptop). They send xmas and b'day cards/presents though. They both work hard and have busy lives but I'm just lost for words that they seem to think that because a 7yo doesnt reciprocate affection that they should do the same.