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: My heart and prayers go out to the “Grieving Grandmother” who is tired of the apathy shown by her daughters-in-law. Those girls are incredibly rude and selfish when they ignore her at family gatherings, but I am impressed that Grandma gets holiday and family birthday meals at all.
I have been a widow for over 20 years and have spent many holidays alone while my sons and their families celebrated with my daughters-in-laws’ families. My greatest regret is for my third son, who has not married. He continues to do everything in his power to bring us all together. My oldest grandson recently was married, and I feel the pain that my daughter-in-law now suffers as she adjusts to being a mother-in-law herself. I recognize that she will not be “the” grandmother to her future grandchildren either. Unfortunately, that old adage, “A son’s a son till he takes a wife,” is all too true for many of us.
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