When to stop buying presents for grandchildren

grannyjo said:
My grandchildren are now 21 and 20 years old.

Both of them now earn far more from their job/part time job than I receive in aged pension.

I have only once received one combined present from them, and that was when I turned 70, after some nagging from their parents.

As they have became adults, ie able to vote, marry, drive motor vehicles and everything else at age 18, should I still send them birthday and Christmas presents?

I have done so up until now, but I am questioning if I should continue.

At Christmas time, I sent them each a card and some lottery tickets/scratchie type things. I didn't even receive a phone call from them - in fact I never have - no matter what I have sent over the years. They seemed to expect that I should send them the present, and also phone them on the morning of their birthday.

We do live a fair distance from each other - maybe a five hour drive. They've never come to visit me by themselves, only while accompanied by their parents, even though they've passed through my town on their way on holidays.

Is it time for me to just say enough is enough?
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I have the same problem, they never say thank you, have their own jobs have moved out of their parents house, I never receive anything from them, they never check on me and I need my money I am 70 yrs old~
 

This fine lady, grannyjo, passed away a while ago. The same horrible thing that took my father and Frank's sister Bonnie. Grannyjo bravely had no treatment for this killer, small cell lung cancer, and died in hospice.

(((Grannyjo)))
 
Pepper said:
This fine lady, grannyjo, passed away a while ago. The same horrible thing that took my father and Frank's sister Bonnie. Grannyjo bravely had no treatment for this killer, small cell lung cancer, and died in hospice.

(((Grannyjo)))
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How did you find out Pepper? Was she a personal friend or friend of a friend?
 

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