Riddle me this
My parents are two able-bodied people in their mid-60s who are both retired. They love when we come to their place with our daughter who is 1.5 years old (we are separated by a 1.5 hour long flight within the EU), but never want to come to visit us, despite us having space to host and asking them to come on multiple occasions (we live in Paris within a 10-minute walk from the Eiffel Tower I might add). In a day to day life, if I don’t give them a ring, they never call me. When I do call, they tell me how much they love their granddaughter and then proceed to list excuses as to why they cannot come (too far, they’re too old - but they do travel to other places). If we continue seeing each other 1-2 a year, I don’t think my daughter will have any relationship with them. They seem to only want to meet at their place to exercise control… or am I wrong? Anyone with similar experiences?