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Message: [QUOTE="bsmith, post: 1231336, member: 23934"] This hits home for me hard! I have both sets of Grandparents, yet 1 set lives 2 hours away and I see them maybe twice a year. All they want is for us to come and see them. The hardest part has been he is very sick all the time, and my grandma doesn't want the great grand kids around if the have been around other kids with colds. My other set lives about 1 mile as the crow flies, and Grandpa drives by my house at least 4 times a day but never stops, even when I'm out and he see's me. He waves or honks but doesn't pull in. This set raised me and they kind of use guilt as their tool to get you to come over, when I do catch up they say we never see you, I never replay you just drove by 4 times. They are old and think Soccer is a game for the queer, so don't go to any of their great grandkids games which comsumes 5 days of my week, they will however drive 2 hours to watch a cousins softball. As farmers they understand how much time the farm takes. My wifes Grandparents live next door, and I see him a lot. He comes over and gets our tractor and lawn tractor at least twice a week. But grandma has some serious dementia and grandpa has 1 satelite channel and it's a 24 hour religous channel and he's kinda starting to loose it! All three men were in a war. My 2 grandpas had really bad experences, the first had it the worst, front lines in Korea and lost everyone he knew in the war, he's very bitter! 2nd spent it in a hospital bed, rolled a jeep in basic and spent 2 years in the hospital and recovery, and the third has some great stories of WWII in the Pacific. It never really hit me until after 9/11, but I have a deep guilt for not serving my country, but instead I listened to their advice and stayed away. My life turned out ok, but I just feel I should have served! I will always be thankfull for those who have served! [/QUOTE]

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