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I love them dearly but .......

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kittylester Thu 05-Jan-17 22:37:51

I think most of us feel that! I know I do and, although I want the house back to normal, I barely have the energy to move never mind tidy up. I look on it as laying down the foundations for when they are older.

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ninathenana Thu 05-Jan-17 22:28:01

A friend whos GC are older than mine used to say how lovely it was when they went home. I thought he was mean, now I know exactly what he meant grin

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fiorentina51 Thu 05-Jan-17 22:22:31

You sound pretty normal to me Coppernob! ?

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Rinouchka Thu 05-Jan-17 22:22:17

No, Copperbob, you are voicing what so many of us feel. It's lovely to have them(well, perhaps not with chickenpox), but so nice when they go home! smile

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J52 Thu 05-Jan-17 22:16:10

In a word 'no' . We have all done our bit as mothers, and love our off spring to bits, but they have their lives and we have ours. Enjoy the time you had with them and enjoy your own independent life.

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Mildred Thu 05-Jan-17 22:15:02

No! My 2 grandchildren have just left after being here for the afternoon, I find after they have had their dinner I am counting the moments to them leaving. Love them to pieces but they turn the house upside down. I was looking at new carpets yesterday but after this afternoon think it would be a waste of money. Also think they are better behaved if their mother is not with them.

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Coppernob Thu 05-Jan-17 22:01:04

My daughter, her partner and their two delightful little girls live in Italy. She always likes to come home some time over the Christmas period and so she and my 4 year old granddaughter arrived on 27 Dec. By the following afternoon said granddaughter was covered from head to toe in chicken pox spots, itchy and miserable.

They were due to fly home on 1Jan but there was no way granddaughter would be have been allowed on a plane looking a she did, even if she had felt up to travelling. So they had to stay on and finally went home today.

At last the floor is clear of books, crayons, clothes and all the other paraphanelia a 4 year old needs these days. Once more we can eat what we like, when we like and we don't have to watch Stick Man on the TV 104 times a day!

I love them both to bits but can't say I was desperately sorry to see them go when I dropped them at the airport this afternoon. Am I a dreadful mother and granny?

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