Grandparents are all different I suppose. Mine were very hands on. My mom had to move in with her parents with me and my brother (me 5 him 2.5) when my father left us. No questions asked. They took us whenever my mom wanted. I always wanted to go there. When we moved within walking distance I was constantly walking over there. Even walked to their house on Mondays after school in middle school, had dinner with them, and walked home right after. I didn't beg to sleep over friends houses, I begged to stay with them. All my happiest childhood memories involve them. They were never just grandparents, they were like a second set of parents. They helped raise us. If I had kids and they were still alive they'd be the same with their great-grandkids, too. And my mother definitely would have been the same kind of grandmother as her mother was. My MIL, probably would have been the opposite.
you can still love your kid and need time to yourself, too. It's actually quite healthy to have alone/adult time here and there. Doesn't mean you're a bad parent or you don't love your kid.
Even when I was living close to grandparents they were never active in terms of giving us breaks or date nights. It is a different set of grandparents then we had. I vow to be like the grandparents of old
I can appreciate exactly how you feel. My problem, however, is that one set of grandparents lives 4400km away and the other set lives 1000km away. I have very few people where I currently live, and two of those people are moving this summer. And, my husband is away for another 5 and a half months. I know if we were closer to either set of grandparents, they would help out whenever they could. I don't regret my kid, but there are days lately that I just want 24-48 hours where I'm not responsible for anyone or anything.
Tree tops is in David on Griffin between Pine Island and Palm. The one on Marina Mile is Secret Woods, which is also a great one.
Anne Kolb, the one over by the beach, is also pretty cool because sometimes they get rabbit infestations, which is the best kind of problem to have hahah
We like the small parks in Sunrise around our house and Volunteer Park by Sawgrass Mills. We used to go to Markham Park but haven't done those big ones in a long while. Isn't Tree Tops on Marina Mile BLVD?
I miss 24 Hr Fitness and when the school board insurance covered it for that ONE freaking year. I lived on the treadmill and stationary bike and used the pool a lot. Now I rather just walk parks or malls than go to a gym.
That's definitely understandable, but I think this has more to do with a criticism on the overall perception surrounding romanticizing/sexualizing otherwise non-sexual affection. You and I live during a time where these types of gestures are seen that way, so it would naturally be uncomfortable to express that kind of affection with someone you're not romantically/sexually interested in (though I'm definitely a man-hugger with everyone who's comfortable with it).
I remember overhearing a conversation between my mom and an aunt, back when I was 14. They were discussing the age difference between me and my “boyfriend” who was 18. My mom said it was right on that line where she wasn’t sure she was entirely comfortable, as 18 makes him technically an adult, even if mentally and emotionally he wasn’t, not really. But that it sounds much better than 13 and 17. And she mentioned how nobody would bat an eye if we were both adults, as that age gap is nothing, then. Those words have always stuck with me, they are very relevant.
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Even when I was living close to grandparents they were never active in terms of giving us breaks or date nights. It is a different set of grandparents then we had. I vow to be like the grandparents of old
