Since I retired, I have been helping my daughter and her husband with the kids. We became a lot closer and did a lot more things together, like going on vacation and having massive Christmas dinners. But last week, they did something that broke me.My daughter told me that she and her husband had booked a cruise for themselves and the kids.
They did it without telling me, and only did so because they wanted me to watch the house while they were gone.I felt a bit offended, so I asked about it, and she said, “It’s better if it’s just us this time. We need some time alone to bond as a family.” It was a ridiculous thing to say because we have always “bonded as a family,” and I didn’t see a reason to be excluded now.