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Generosity is a funny thing. While nobody who is genuinely generous is looking for a repayment, oftentimes recognition is the least a recipient can do. Offspring are rarely grateful for the help, care, and money that parents provide, but once you become a parent yourself, the sacrifices required to be a good parent should become wildly apparent. You could say that, “Game recognizes game.”
It's for this reason that becoming a grandparent is such a cool experience. You get to see the child that you raised raise another human being, interjecting with lavish birthday gifts and a touch of spoiling. Grandparents love to spoil their grandchildren whenever possible, ignoring their own rules from back in the day in order to give the new kiddo in their lives the biggest smile they've ever seen. Grandparents would do just about anything for that little shrimp, so when it becomes clear that their kid would rather spoil themselves than their own offspring, the dilemma of parenting and grandparenting opens a rift in the family structure so unavoidably enormous, that the elephant in the room can easily squeeze through.
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"[I told] my daughter a trip for fun was a no go"
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From the Author
"You can't pick your family, but you can choose how to respond to the people in your life who love you. Recognizing that another person has made sacrifices to your benefit is crucial to being a grateful recipient of another person's generosity. Although it can be nice to put yourself first in life, by rewarding and celebrating successes, perhaps before doing that, think about the people in your family who have put your needs before theirs: It might be time to celebrate their sacrifices instead of your own."
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40-year-old grandparents pay their live-in 20-year-old daughter's bills, scolding her when the single mom spends money on a vacation: 'We are financially supporting her and also footing $1000s in legal fees'
Adults pay their own bills.
A single mothers working her way through nursing school probably needed a break, but when this 20-year-old, live-in daughter spent thousands of dollars on a personal vacation, her parents felt used, especially after bankrolling all of her bills.
They say it takes a village to raise a little one, but when you're a struggling 18-year-old with a positive pregnancy test, you're going to need more than a village… You might just need a miracle. Luckily for this single mom, her miraculous family stepped up, helping her get on her feet, supporting her financially, and taking over baby duties. Happy to help their child with a complicated life quandary, a pair of young grandparents, only in their 40s themselves, took on a ton of responsibility in their beloved daughter and grandson's lives. Picking up the bills, filling the fridge, and providing a roof over their heads, they took on the role of Super Grandma and Super Grandpa. However, after two years of enjoying the comforts of living at home, the single mother got a little too comfortable under the wing of her heroes, spitting in the face of their generosity when she treated herself to an expensive vacation, ignoring the sacrifices that everyone around her had made to make her feel safe.
Everyone was supposed to tighten their budgets, not just Meemaw and Poopaw.
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