Their first great-grandchild.

[murielm99]

My niece (my brother's daughter) gave birth to a girl today. She is 6lbs 15 oz, and 21 inches long. She and her mother are doing well.

My niece is 24. She lives with her fiance. They plan to get married sometime in the next year. They were planning that before the baby came. I think all that is their business, actually.

This is my parents' first great-grandchild. They are fundie wingnuts. They are ignoring the baby, my brother said, until my niece and her fiance marry. "We don't have a great-grandchild yet. We will have a great-grandchild when they get married," my mother told him. These anti-abortion fanatics are once again deciding who is a person.

My brother is stung. I told him that they are only hurting themselves.

If they say anything to me, I am going to tell them that. I will add that if they ever do something like that to one of my kids, I will cut them off before they can take their next breath.

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. How incredibly selfish!

How can anyone not want to love their great-grandbaby????

Selfish...how sad...

Life's too short to be like that.

:hug: For the new baby, your brother and his fiancee, and you! :hug:

[Haole Girl]

2. Life is too short to worry about all that crap

and you can tell the fundie wingnuts I said that, too! x(

[gardenista]

3. That baby will get the love she needs from her parents and grandparents

How sad that your parents may miss the chance to see her. Life is far to short to let something like that happen. How sad.

Anyhow, congratulations to the rest of you, open to the true glory of life as personified in that little baby. I bet she's a cutie!

[gardenista]

4. Wow, "Life's too short" seems to be the theme here

And I guess there's a reason for that.

I could NEVER stay away from a child like that!!!

[CC]

5. Shame on your parents.

and congrats on the new family member. Were I your niece they would have one choice, accept my baby from day one or not at all. After marriage or whatever would be way to late. The other Grands can more than make up for the lack of great grands and in the end it is your parents that have the most to lose. Tell your brother to enjoy being grandpa and not worry about your parents. Come to think of it I was in her place, I told my grandmother and father to get over it fast or get out of our lives faster and forever. They got over it fast because they knew I meant it.

[deadparrot]

6. Ouch.

I'm sorry, muriel. Such a sad situation. I hope that you and your family can find peace; if not, I hope your niece, her fiance, and your great-niece have happy, productive lives together despite your parents. :hug:

[Nicole]

7. How sad for them

They are going to miss some wonderful moments that will never be again. I actually feel sorry for them if their intolerant views have priority over the love of their first great grandchild.