How do you get on with your grandchildren?

[Dave7]

No details needed for obvious reasons.
No 1 GS is a clever guy. Got a good job in the fraud section of a large bank. He lives a distance away and we dont see each other.
No 2 GS is a lovely person. Always checking to see if im OK. Got a good job as a 'timber erecter' on new builds.
No 3 GD is also lovely and at 23 is at Uni training to be a teacher.
Dont know where they get it from but it aint me.

 

[Drago]

The ones im allowed to see, just fine. My youngest grandsons are 5 YO twins and one of them promised not to start any fires if I walked them to the shop for sweeties. I think, thats a good thing.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

I think I have four grandchildren (was certainly 3 but vaguely recall another coming along).They are between 2 and 10 years old. At least one I have never met and not seen any of them in a few years.

 

[gbb]

Oof, gotta be careful not to forget one..
Eldest, lovely young fella, has his own children now but never had direction, just got through school and life day by day...but a lovely young fella who dotes on his kids.

Eldest girl, a beacon of intelligence, hard work, sensible but wonderful attitude, now well on the way with training to be a policewoman.

Her younger sister, relaxed, happy, wonderful.

The youngest of the three sisters..wonderful.

Then theres the two youngest, girls i'm legal guardian to, they've had a mixed upbringing and while theyre a handful...often, love em to bits and theyre generally happy girls.
Overall, a really good relationship with all of them

 

[oxoman]

I have 8 grandchildren from my daughters ranging from 21 down to 6 but have only been involved with the 2 oldest and 2 youngest for various reasons. In fact the youngest is currently being spoilt as into biking

 

[All uphill]

I've got two grandcats and one grandmouse; I love them to bits, but they don't have contact with each other.

Probably a good thing really.

 

[postman]

The ones im allowed to see, just fine. My youngest grandsons are 5 YO twins and one of them promised not to start any fires if I walked them to the shop for sweeties. I think, thats a good thing.

Nice to see you back.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

We have 7, don't know 3 of them. The 4 we do know are fine. We also have 2 great-grandchildren.

They live 320 miles away which is fine with us as we rarely see them.

We are not 'into' kids at all and certainly are not of the persuasion to be surrogate parents in later life. Each to their own, of course.

 

[Dave7]

We have 7, don't know 3 of them. The 4 we do know are fine. We also have 2 great-grandchildren.

They live 320 miles away which is fine with us as we rarely see them.

We are not 'into' kids at all and certainly are not of the persuasion to be surrogate parents in later life. Each to their own, of course.

I have 2 i never see, from a bad marriage. His ex was poison and never allowed access so sadly we only knew one as a baby and the other one never.

 

[Big John]

Two granddaughters, 15 and 10. The oldest was a nightmare growing up but she's finally turned out to be a very caring young lady. The youngest, her sister, was a joy from day one and the two get on great despite the age difference. We see them every three weeks due to them living 70 miles away. I do worry about them growing up in today's modern world but I bet our grandparents were saying the same thing about us.

 

[Webbo2]

I have one grandson Cameron who will be 12 tomorrow and we are up in Scotland for his birthday.
I have lots of stuff with him such cycling, rock climbing,football, rugby and taking for swimming lessons every week and even helping out at school with him.
However as my son in law is in the RME they are now moving around a bit Brunei, Wiltshire and now Leuchars I don’t see him hat often. They are now planning stay permanently in Scotland are hoping to complete on a property next week. So Mrs W is keen to move up there but I‘m not that keen given the weather up there and the roads seem really busy.

 

[wakemalcolm]

So Mrs W is keen to move up there but I‘m not that keen given the weather up there and the roads seem really busy.

Dundee's one of the sunniest cities in the UK and not too much cooler than N Yorks which is wetter. The gravel's awesome and there's none of that: is it a footpath or is it a bridleway nonsense.

 

[Webbo2]

Dundee's one of the sunniest cities in the UK and not too much cooler than N Yorks which is wetter. The gravel's awesome and there's none of that: is it a footpath or is it a bridleway nonsense.

I have been to Dundee twice they have been up there both times to one of the climbing walls which was ok. Also we went the Victoria and Albert museum which was nice. The rest of the city reminded me of a smaller version of Hull which despite working in for over 30 years I would rather stick pins in my eyes rather than visit.
Currently we have York, Thirsk, Northallerton or Beverley which are way nicer to visit.
I don’t ride gravel either.

 

[wakemalcolm]

I have been to Dundee twice they have been up there both times to one of the climbing walls which was ok. Also we went the Victoria and Albert museum which was nice. The rest of the city reminded me of a smaller version of Hull which despite working in for over 30 years I would rather stick pins in my eyes rather than visit.
Currently we have York, Thirsk, Northallerton or Beverley which are way nicer to visit.
I don’t ride gravel either.

Geographically it's awesome, but I remember the first time I went up Dundee Law I was left thinking: why did they have to go and build Dundee on this?