TESTIMONY
Jacqueline has three children and eight grandchildren, whom she takes care of a lot. But from the start of confinement, Jacqueline notes that her children do not call her to hear from her. At the microphone of "La Libre antenne", on Europe 1, Jacqueline is saddened by this lack of news and tells Olivier Delacroix how relations between her children have deteriorated because of jealousy.
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"I am almost 76 years old. I have three children and eight grandchildren who I take care of a lot, eight to ten weeks a year. Since the confinement, my children have had no phone calls. They are in family and I'm all alone. For me, confinement is done in very comfortable conditions, I don't have to complain. But no one is interested in me anymore to say hello or ask me if I Need something.
One of my children is 52 years old and two are 46 years old. They entrust their children to me for all the holidays. They had children late, so I have young grandchildren. We communicate differently with each other. I am not dependent on them since it is I who help them out. It is a real pleasure for me to take care of my grandchildren. But there, very strangely, no one is interested in me anymore.
" If I were in Ehpad, I would be alone "At the beginning no one was talking, so I set up aperitifs. Twice a week, we call each other at mealtime and talk for two hours. Then everyone goes home. My grandchildren do not call me, my children do not call me to ask me about my news. They are family, they talk to each other all day long. I am all alone. But still, I take care of these children all the time.
I tell myself that if I were in Ehpad, I would be all alone. I lost my husband 23 years ago, so I am the only grandparent on the side of my daughters. As for my daughters' companions, none of the grandparents take care of my grandchildren, they were bad parents who were mistreating. I am the only one who takes care of the grandchildren and I know nothing about it. I'm just being asked to babysit.
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It was the drop of water that made the vase overflow. Things started to go wrong when I had my first two grandchildren. I have a daughter who lives far away and another who lives nearby. The one who lives far thought that I had a preference for the one who lived near me. I explained to him that my door is open to everyone and that if they lived near my house, their children would come as often as the others.
There is a certain jealousy that has developed between the two sisters. Things got worse over time. Some would like me just for them and that I do not share. And at the end of the day, I don't get any more news. It is true that I am very independent and that I manage on my own. So they have to say that everything is fine. "