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Should I send a birthday gift to grandchild I've never met? Opinions.
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 350809" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>If there is a lack of response and it won't bother you......... If you're doing this for you and the grandchild and no other underlying reason......I'd say go for it. Hurts no one. </p><p></p><p>I send gifts to K's kids knowing at any given time they may lose them due to the family having to relocate or she may need to sell them so they can eat ect. I thought long and hard before deciding to send gifts. I do it for purely selfish reasons. in my opinion that is what a grandparent does for a child living far away. It's between me and K's kids. I have ways of knowing they received them, enjoyed them, knew where they came from. If something happens to the gifts after that......well, at least Kayla, Alex, and Evan knows Nana cared enough she thought about them and sent them things. The rest, like I said, I have no control over. </p><p></p><p>Like I said, purely selfish. It makes <strong>me</strong> happy to forfill my role as Nana regardless of the eventual outcome. So far it's worked out that it makes the kids happy too. (even if it winds up being a short time)</p><p></p><p>If you've got an undercurrent of hope going on that it may make your child pull their head out of their fanny and have a relationship with you.......probably not a good idea because you're going to wind up just getting hurt again.</p><p></p><p>Hope that makes sense. Not had my first cup of coffee this morning.</p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 350809, member: 84"] If there is a lack of response and it won't bother you......... If you're doing this for you and the grandchild and no other underlying reason......I'd say go for it. Hurts no one. I send gifts to K's kids knowing at any given time they may lose them due to the family having to relocate or she may need to sell them so they can eat ect. I thought long and hard before deciding to send gifts. I do it for purely selfish reasons. in my opinion that is what a grandparent does for a child living far away. It's between me and K's kids. I have ways of knowing they received them, enjoyed them, knew where they came from. If something happens to the gifts after that......well, at least Kayla, Alex, and Evan knows Nana cared enough she thought about them and sent them things. The rest, like I said, I have no control over. Like I said, purely selfish. It makes [B]me[/B] happy to forfill my role as Nana regardless of the eventual outcome. So far it's worked out that it makes the kids happy too. (even if it winds up being a short time) If you've got an undercurrent of hope going on that it may make your child pull their head out of their fanny and have a relationship with you.......probably not a good idea because you're going to wind up just getting hurt again. Hope that makes sense. Not had my first cup of coffee this morning. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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