Heartbroken!!

She's growing up and has her friends, her own interests,and school work. My adult lads wouldn't be seen dead sitting on a bus near me now. lol

Twian/Wilde, I don't care! The quote is pure gold !

Charlie surely you distances yourself a bit from adults when you were 16? Her head will be full of boys, make up, clothes, music, day dreaming and friends of the same age.

The teenage years are a special time - no longer a child, not yet a grown up. It's nothing personal, just a stage of her development which she will grow out of.

Our children and our grandchildren are ours to spoil and hold close for only a short time. Our oldest granddaughter, isn't the cuddly little innocent she was just two years ago - we noticed that the other day. She is much more worldly wise and serious. Change can be sad, but it is inevitable.

Be glad you were close. She doesn't love you any less.

Typical teenage behaviour I'm afraid. Lots of joy to come in the future with uni/college/boyfriends - just let her do her growing up in the meantime. I have a 15 year old grandaughter exactly the same. 12 year old grandson is still quite close but expecting that to change when he becomes a teenager in a few months.

Simple answer. She is 16. It is not cool to go shopping with your grandmother when you are 16

She’s at the ‘embarrassment’ stage in case you both bump into any of her mates! Nothing stays the same.

Aw she’s probably found her first love bless her.

She will come back just be welcoming and happy when she does

My eldest Gd is thirty now and I still see as much of her as I did when she was small. She is'nt married but has a very full life with work and her loads of friends.We text every day several times , and I et to see what she's up to on her Instagram page. She took me to IKEA for my 75 th birthday ,a two hour drive away. I love her to bits. PS she's even sorted out Power of Attorney for me,to save me having to pay a solicitor to do it!!!!

Re the great quote above, The National Library of Scotland says: “This quote is often attributed to Mark Twain but the evidence is sketchy so it’s more likely to be apocryphal.”

twitter.com/natlibscot/status/1008279320681418757

Aren't you lucky Stevej !

I don’t think that post was very thoughtful or helpful Stevej

Nor me stevej smug cones to mind.

Been there 3 times, she will be back with you , x

Don’t worry at all over your DGD. She’s just being a normal growing- up girl.
You’ve had a loving relationship with her all these years, and it’ll be returned in spades, but right now she’s overflowing with the experience of being an almost-adult, and will move away from familiar, established patterns.
Be patient, she’ll be back, so just wait lovingly.

NotSpaghetti. Apocryphal wrote almost as many wise sayings as Anonymous did. They were prolific!

I think (as others may have said) that "heartbroken" isn't really an appropriate response.

I do think "heartbroken " can be an appropriate response, when someone you love disappears from your life it can be liken to feeling the grief of a bereavement.