I might be the last extended but its costing us a-Lot of frequent flyer miles to stay in the loop. Our kids left California in order to buy houses in Tn and Pa. But it's not so easy for us to bail. So every vacation is now visit the kids and grandkids.
https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/curtis/
Read about the Grandmother Hypothesis. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-grandmother-hypothesis-could-explain-why-women-live-so-long
I don't know if there's a parallel grandfather hypothesis as well, but it would seem there should be.
I might be the last extended but its costing us a-Lot of frequent flyer miles to stay in the loop. Our kids left California in order to buy houses in Tn and Pa. But it's not so easy for us to bail. So every vacation is now visit the kids and grandkids.