Grandparents | Pad Patter 9.8

[IntenseMagic]

I just realized in the last little bit that it is Grandparents Day! So happy Day to all the grandparents among us!

I had lost all of my grandparents by the time I was about 14 years old, so I am very envious of anyone who has gotten to know them in to adulthood. I tell my own children all the time not to take for granted that they still have them in their lives!

I have 5 of my own grandchildren and they are the best thing ever!! They are 16, 15, 7, 5, and almost 2.

Do you still have grandparents in your life?
Are you a grandparent yourself?

 

[HavaDrPepper]

Do you still have grandparents in your life? No. Lost maternal grandmother in 1971. Lost paternal grandfather in 1982. Lost paternal grandmother in 1993. Lost maternal grandfather in 1995. I was 16 for the first one and 40 for the last one.
Are you a grandparent yourself? Nope, kind of hard when I never had kids of my own!

 

[Aerobigirl]

When I was born, only 3 of 4 grandparents were still living. My paternal grandpa died just after my high school graduation, followed a 5 years later by my paternal grandmother. My maternal grandma lived until the early 2000's. On my husband's side of the family, we just lost his grandparents in 2021, 4 months apart, at ages of 90 and 92. His maternal grandparents also lived into the 2010's.

No grandchildren. My oldest kid is 22, and we hope he will wait a while. Currently no girlfriend s we are not in any hurry.

 

[littlekiwi]

Do you still have grandparents in your life?
Yes though I only know half the story (I've never met or had contact with my Dad). On my mum's side, while my grandfather died in 1994, my grandmother is still alive at 87 years old.

Are you a grandparent yourself?
Nope, a lot would have to happen before that happens....

 

[Memaw2Wm]

Do you still have grandparents in your life? No, however my great-grandfather, grandfather and father lived to see my son and daughter born.

Are you a grandparent yourself? Yes, I have 5 grandchildren, including a bonus granddaughter … 30, 29, nearly 28, 25, and 19 … plus a 10 month old bonus great-grandson.

 

[bonnenuit]

Do you still have grandparents in your life? No, I was 13 when the last of my grandparents died.

Are you a grandparent yourself? Yes, we have one grandson who is 18 months old and another grandson on the way due sometime late October/early November.

 

[janedee]

Do you still have grandparents in your life?
No, although my girls were lucky enough to know their maternal great grandmother. They were teenagers when she died.
Are you a grandparent yourself?
Yes, we five now, aged 6, 4, 3 and the seven month old twins

 

[Angela Toucan]

All of my grandparents have past, and my young people are not ready for children of their own yet. We lived too far from my grandparents to have a relationship with them other than the occasional card/letter. Having cars now we are able to ensure my children get to see their grandparents a few times a year, and technology is giving them regular text/video contact. I think it's healthy to have extended family relationships and I'm so glad my children can have that.

 

[Karen]

I don't have any grandparents left alive anymore. My Grandma was the most recent to pass and that was about 5 years ago I think. My kids have 3 of 4 of their grandparents still which is lucky.

I'm not a grandparent yet... my boys would have to decide to start dating first. (they are 18 and 20).

 

[umyesh]

Do you still have grandparents in your life?
My grandparents have all passed away. My mom's dad was around the longest (until 2011). I have fond memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas get-togethers at my grandparents' houses growing up.

Are you a grandparent yourself?
No and won't be for awhile but I look forward to it already! I love babies!

 

[michelepixels]

I only knew my maternal grandma and her mom. My great grandma lived to be just 4 months shy of 100, dying in 1986 when I was 15. My grandma was somewhat active in my life as a child. She knew I gave her 3 great grandchildren before she died in 2009, when I was 37 and my kids were 7, 5, and a toddler. Also, my maternal great grandfather knew me, but died the year I turned 4 so I only know him from photos and stories.

My kids are 23, 20, and 17 now, and nowhere near ready to have children. None are even sure they want any. I'm ok with that. I've told them it's a big decision and they definitely shouldn't do it for me. But if any of them do decide to have children, I will love having a child in my life again, if I'm so lucky as to still live nearby.

 

[IntenseMagic]

Do you still have grandparents in your life? No. Lost maternal grandmother in 1971. Lost paternal grandfather in 1982. Lost paternal grandmother in 1993. Lost maternal grandfather in 1995. I was 16 for the first one and 40 for the last one.
Are you a grandparent yourself? Nope, kind of hard when I never had kids of my own!

My maternal grandparents both died before I was 3 or 4. My paternal grandparents when I was around 13-14. I would have loved have had at least one around as an adult.

When I was born, only 3 of 4 grandparents were still living. My paternal grandpa died just after my high school graduation, followed a 5 years later by my paternal grandmother. My maternal grandma lived until the early 2000's. On my husband's side of the family, we just lost his grandparents in 2021, 4 months apart, at ages of 90 and 92. His maternal grandparents also lived into the 2010's.

No grandchildren. My oldest kid is 22, and we hope he will wait a while. Currently no girlfriend s we are not in any hurry.

Nope, no reason to be in any hurry at all. I wouldn't trade my grandbabies for anything, but I did try to encourage my kids to wait until they were a bit older. They didn't listen well lol.

Do you still have grandparents in your life?
Yes though I only know half the story (I've never met or had contact with my Dad). On my mum's side, while my grandfather died in 1994, my grandmother is still alive at 87 years old.

Are you a grandparent yourself?
Nope, a lot would have to happen before that happens....

My mom is almost 87. I tell my kids all the time how lucky they are to still have her around.

Do you still have grandparents in your life? No, however my great-grandfather, grandfather and father lived to see my son and daughter born.

Are you a grandparent yourself? Yes, I have 5 grandchildren, including a bonus granddaughter … 30, 29, nearly 28, 25, and 19 … plus a 10 month old bonus great-grandson.

That's wonderful that they were all around to see your children born! I wish my dad would have lived to see all his great-grandbabies. He would have loved it so much!

Do you still have grandparents in your life? No, I was 13 when the last of my grandparents died.

Are you a grandparent yourself? Yes, we have one grandson who is 18 months old and another grandson on the way due sometime late October/early November.

18 months is such a fun age! Congratulations on the new baby!

 

[IntenseMagic]

Do you still have grandparents in your life?
No, although my girls were lucky enough to know their maternal great grandmother. They were teenagers when she died.
Are you a grandparent yourself?
Yes, we five now, aged 6, 4, 3 and the seven month old twins

Two of my grandbabies still have great grandparents on their fathers' side living and it is so cool!
Your grandbabies are all such fun ages!!

All of my grandparents have past, and my young people are not ready for children of their own yet. We lived too far from my grandparents to have a relationship with them other than the occasional card/letter. Having cars now we are able to ensure my children get to see their grandparents a few times a year, and technology is giving them regular text/video contact. I think it's healthy to have extended family relationships and I'm so glad my children can have that.

Technology is fabulous for that reason right there!

I don't have any grandparents left alive anymore. My Grandma was the most recent to pass and that was about 5 years ago I think. My kids have 3 of 4 of their grandparents still which is lucky.

I'm not a grandparent yet... my boys would have to decide to start dating first. (they are 18 and 20).

I love those grandbabies, but I do wish mine had waited a bit. I swear, my kids were such great kids until they started dating. They get weird when they fall in love

Do you still have grandparents in your life?
My grandparents have all passed away. My mom's dad was around the longest (until 2011). I have fond memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas get-togethers at my grandparents' houses growing up.

Are you a grandparent yourself?
No and won't be for awhile but I look forward to it already! I love babies!

I'm not sure my extended family has gotten together more than once or twice since my grandparents passed. Those holiday get-togethers were some great memories.

I only knew my maternal grandma and her mom. My great grandma lived to be just 4 months shy of 100, dying in 1986 when I was 15. My grandma was somewhat active in my life as a child. She knew I gave her 3 great grandchildren before she died in 2009, when I was 37 and my kids were 7, 5, and a toddler. Also, my maternal great grandfather knew me, but died the year I turned 4 so I only know him from photos and stories.

My kids are 23, 20, and 17 now, and nowhere near ready to have children. None are even sure they want any. I'm ok with that. I've told them it's a big decision and they definitely shouldn't do it for me. But if any of them do decide to have children, I will love having a child in my life again, if I'm so lucky as to still live nearby.

They have plenty of time if they decide they want them in the future. My oldest neice is 35 and she and her husband are still undecided, but they are living their best lives. They travel and do all the things they want to do. My youngest says he doesn't want any and that's fine by me.

 

[sharonb]

I never had any grandparents in my life. They all passed long before I was born unfortunately. 2 died young. my grandson had a great grandmother until he was 2.

 

[Scrapping with Liz]

All of mine have passed. 2 of them when I was a teenager and then the other two a few years ago. I enjoyed both sets and loved going to grandma and grandpa's house. I have fond memories of all of them.

No grandchildren yet. But I'm looking forward to the day. I know my 2 oldest girls would love to meet the right guy and start a family. I'm okay with that as long it's the right guy.

 

[dotcomkari]

I have one grandmother alive. i was lucky enough to meet one set of great grandparents and one great grandma ..before they passed and my other grandma died when my oldest was just two.. (her husband died way before I was born) and sadly my other grandfather whom I was extremely close to died in 2019
My grandma mostly raised me.. so I am very close to her. We were always like best friends. She would call me daily and we would gossip about everything.. and if she didnt hear me.. grandpa would be sent over. Now she has dementia and she doesn't know who I am a lot and I miss her badly

Me myself, I am grandma to two of my adopted daughter's kids

Lachlan (Lockness Monster) is 3 months

And this lovely lady is big sister Cassity she just turned two in Feb

 

[sthomas51004]

12-18-2022 - 5 Generation Photo - MOC12-6

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5 generations. My granddaughter, my son, my Dad, and my grandfather. I was lucky enough to get to know my great grandparents! I spent a lot of time with my grandparents and great grandparents when I was younger. My son has his grandparents, great grandparents (my grandparents) and my granddaughter has her great great grandparents. Being a grandparent is the most rewarding job! She is my little best friend! I have more patience with her than I did when her dad was little.

 

[mary kate]

Do you still have grandparents in your life? No, and not for many a long year. When I was born, I had already lost two of my grandparents: my paternal grandmother, after whom I was named, and my maternal grandfather. My paternal grandfather died when I was 11 years old, and my maternal grandmother died at the age of 96 when I was 34 years old.

Are you a grandparent yourself? No, but I long for the day

 

[LynnG]

My grandparents are long gone. They were all born before the first World War! A different world indeed.

My Dad's mum died when he was very little, and his Dad died when I was a small child. I did have my Mum's parents in my life - sort of. After we moved away when I was very little, I only saw them once when they visited when I was 13 and again when my grandmother came out for my wedding. She would have been a lovely grandmother if I had had the chance to grow up with her around :-(

For that reason, we spent about $75,000 over the years flying our girls around the world so they could grow up knowing their grandparents. It was always us coming to them ….

And we still get a little grief for not bringing the 'girls' enough now though, even though they are fully grown women LOL.

DH always says he would love to be a grandad, partly because he was a pretty absent father for our complicated girls for lots of reasons. And he would be lovely. But I am tired, y'all!

 

[Lynnette]

Do you still have grandparents in your life?
I only ever knew one grandma and she died when I was 13. My mom lost her Dad when she was 9, and my Dad lost his mom when he was 21 & his Dad passed away before I was born. I have fond memories of my grandma, she lived just a few blocks away until I was 8, and I used to ride my bike over to visit her all the time. She developed alzheimer's and had to be moved to assisted living.

Are you a grandparent yourself?
Thankfully no, my oldest is only 19. No grandkids for a while yet!