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13-09-2014, 11:07 PM
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Granddad and grandmother

Ok still fairly new to all this the eldest grandchild being 3 years old.

To me it is hard to accept I am a grandparent , Don't feel old enough to be one. Very very strange trying to get my head around it still
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13-09-2014, 11:16 PM
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why should it be hard? you are a parent and that brings its own trials and tribulations, grandchildren are to be enjoyed from a distance I would think
Perhaps it's more to do with age, some feel older when the grandchildren arrive, you'll probably feel prehistoric when they have kids too!
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13-09-2014, 11:34 PM
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I think you'd better start feeling old enough bazza because it's a fact.

I was a grandma before I was 40 (39 actually) It didn't make me feel old at all. When I took my grandson out people assumed he was my baby - I never told them I was his granny.

It's lovely to be a young grandparent - you should make the most of it..
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14-09-2014, 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by carol ->
I was a grandma before I was 40 (39 actually) It didn't make me feel old at all. When I took my grandson out people assumed he was my baby - I never told them I was his granny.
Ha ha... I was a parent to my second family after 40 so I suspect a lot of people assumed I was a grandparent when I picked them up from school.

Now I really am a grandparent I love it, I don't have to change nappies (well, only rarely), they come to visit only weekly (ish) and when I am fed up with them I can give them back. Perfect!
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14-09-2014, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by realspeed ->
Ok still fairly new to all this the eldest grandchild being 3 years old.

To me it is hard to accept I am a grandparent , Don't feel old enough to be one. Very very strange trying to get my head around it still
You will be so important to a childs life, the memory of you will carry forever - get it right !
Happy grandparenting
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14-09-2014, 06:42 AM
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My Grandparenting skills commenced 27 years ago. I now have 8 Grandkids..7 girls and 1 boy..and 5 Great Grandkids..3 boys and 2 girls. I wouldn't change a thing. Love them all to bits and see them as often as I can. Frequent visits and sleepovers keep my wife and I young I think.
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14-09-2014, 06:49 AM
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Being a grandparent has nowt to do with age!
Let that part go, and enjoy them!
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14-09-2014, 05:28 PM
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Love being Nannan to my little grandson, also 3, can't beat it for keeping me fit and a young outlook, wonderful!!

You'll soon wonder what life was all about pre grandchildren!
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14-09-2014, 05:38 PM
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I had friends who have grandchildren and they love them to bits. I'm looking forward to it. My partner has a wee grandson and I'm so very fond of him. It's definitely put me more in the notion to be a granny
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14-09-2014, 08:28 PM
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It's terrific I highly recommend it, they give you a whole new lease of life, nothing you can do about age, but you can always enjoy your grandkids no matter how old or young you are.
 
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