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Dear Abby: Selfish grandmother has consistently shown her true colors
- A Pennsylvania woman recently grieving the loss of her partner writes to Dear Abby about her mother’s strained relationship with her grandchildren.
- Her mother moved away years ago, chose to be absent during her grandchildren's upbringing, and mostly visits only for holidays and birthdays.
- The grandchildren respond politely and a few have visited the mother, but none show interest in a deeper connection as the mother excluded them from her life.
- The author frequently cries, feels fearful being alone in the apartment, and is encouraged to participate in a grief support group and to hold off on making major life changes for roughly a year.
- Dear Abby stresses the author’s only responsibility is to remind her mother of the truth that the chance for a close relationship with her grandchildren has passed.
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Dear Abby: My mother never showed interest in my kids ... until they became adults
DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of six and a grandma to four. We are a close family and enjoy each other’s company. My mom is nearly 80. For reasons I could never understand, she didn’t enjoy my children when they were growing up and didn’t connect deeply with them. She once commented to me that she was bored with women her age because they were “obsessed” with their grandchildren and she wanted deeper conversations.
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