Advice: A reader’s grandparents clearly favor their cousins, and they want to tell them how hurtful that is.
I haven’t been blessed with those talents athletically, but I am making my own path to success. I am in college, and I will be graduating in May. Then, I will go to graduate school. No matter what I do, though, I never seem to receive the same level of attention and respect as my cousins do.
Parents oftentimes actively promote closeness between their children and grandparents, starting very early in life. Your parents might have been more low-key than your cousins’ parents. A few statements like this should open the door. I hope that your grandparents choose to walk through it. One of my colleagues has asked me around three times what my marital status is. Normally I’m pretty open about my life, but this query puts me off. I’ve dodged the question, but I’m wondering how you think I should handle it.Don’t dodge. This is a natural instinct, but dodging just pushes this down the road.
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