Re: Favouritism was How would YOU have handled this?

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Ruthie wrote:

> I hate showing favouritism to grandchildren but sometimes you can't

> help it. DD1 left two of her kids with us in the afternoon, and

came

> round to fetch them with three more, and all five were warm,

friendly,

> polite and appreciative, coming up to me for hugs and cuddles and

> kisses. How can I not feel warmly towards kids like these rather

than

> a kid who whinges and whines and rejects what I offer him? >>>>>>>>

My MIL shows total favouritism to my BIL's children and to a certain

extent to my eldest son.

At my FIL's funeral she had primed the minister to say that Grandad

thought of Carly as his little princes and Sam as his pal and she

never even mentioned my boys once.

DS1 looks like his dad (peas in a pod come to mind) and DS2+3 look

more like my side of the family, also I only produced boys and not

the perfect combination of one of each like SIL so that does not

help.

DH then told my mum that his mum was so lonely living by herself.

The boys have just had 3 weeks of holidays where we have been in

England and she has had DS1 to stay one night. She never asked to

have them so as far as I am concerned she can't be that lonely.

Sorry for the rabble it got a little long!

Trisha

SAHM to 3 boys