Sounds silly, and probably quite obvious, but I'm realising how difficult it is for me these days to see and talk to my parents when I take my DC ages 4 and 1 over to my their house.
I mean obviously it's hard to get a word in edgeways because they're so young but also I mean in terms of having the energy to talk about other stuff.
I find myself always a bit stressed out feeling like I'm the middle man trying to keep everyone happy.
I think part of it boils down to my parents being quite rigid people and I don't feel I can be my true self around them, eg I don't feel like I could have a moan about anything because they'd just put a positive spin on it and so for me seeing my parents with the children feels a bit of a chore.
Anyone else feel like this?