Disgruntled

What an awful thing to happen - at any time of the year - let alone around Christmas. Like absent I skipped most of the Christmassy threads. Did this burglary take place before or just after Christmas - bit confusing looking at the dates.
My reason for skipping the threads was that we had a close friend who unexpectedly died a week before Christmas.

Been there - four times. It is a shock and disturbing the first time, but you get used to it.

The third time, the police had picked up a serial child abuser in our town the previous night. All of a sudden the loss of my jewellery seemed trivial. My children were safe. What else mattered?

Horrible experience for your family BBevan. I hope you didn' take the lack of response to your post personally. I suspect Absent's comment above sums it up, I many of us have not spent as much time as usual on Gransnet, some avoiding threads about Christmas.
My father was a policeman and always said that the impact of burglary is under estimated. I hope your grandchildren and family are coming through this ok.

I have not looked at that thread, as I assumed it was all superficial problems "the turkey was dry" etc.
I too have been burgled, twice in fact, by the same scum bag. So I kmow how they are feeling. We were lucky as there was no damage except at point of entry. I sincerely hope they didn't have any sentimental items taken.
I'm so sorry for your family's upset. I hope the children recover from this quickly and that the family can have a better 2017.

Poor them. It must have been truly awful just before Christmas. I hope you all feel better soon.

I too am sorry for the trauma your family went through and with your disappointment with us all.
I have not been as active on GN recently due to various things but that is no excuse for not being supportive and I hope you all feel better with time.

What an awful experience for your son and family. for you all.

Wrong emoticon meant def not !

Very sorry to hear this. How distressing for the family. What scum these people are. They must have seen that it was a house prepared for Christmas and with young children in it.
We've been burgled too. Door smashed in and house trashed. Its not something you recover from quickly. The aftermath continues for ages as you suddenly remember things and rush to check if they're still there. In our case invariably they weren't. Some things can't be replaced.
I hope the children weren't too traumatised. A job for Gran there? Reassurance and cuddles galore? Best wishes to this unfortunate family.

Thank you absent we are quite a distance from them so cannot give hands on help. But DiLs family are good and very supportive and live very near

I'm so sorry you have been disappointed bbevan, I imagine the lack of response has made your distress about your family more intense. In my experience the majority of people here are kind and helpful and try not to add to pain and distress and do not deliberately ignore those needing support. Having said that your experience has been different and I am sorry for that, although I cannot explain it. For myself it was not a thread I visited regularly and so this is the first I have known of your family's situation. Burglary is undeniably distesssing for everyone. Having been on the receiving end I know the shock, fear and anger it can cause. Our response was to install an alarm system, horses and stable doors I know but I felt so much safer afterwards, as did the family. How are your family now? I hope the children have settled and it didn't totally spoil Christmas plans. How about you? Has your worry for them settled a bit? It's hard not to be able to protect our children, no matter how adult they are. Best wishes to you all.

That is really horrible and must have been hugely distressing for all the family, including you. I have tended not to look at the threads with Christmas in the title and have browsed only briefly in Gransnet for weeks. I am sure that other Gransnetters will be horrified and deeply sympathetic when/if they read this thread and have no doubt that the reason no one posted is that no one looked at your original thread – it being such a busy time of year. I do, indeed, hope that everything is O.K. now but suspect it will take some time for your son's family to feel secure and at ease again.