Saying one thing and doing another..especially when it comes to kids!

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The one quality in people i do not like is when they say one thing but do the total opposite especially if that behavior is being pulled on a child. a little over a year ago we moved into my father in laws house for my mother in law passed away and he wanted his son and grandkids around more so we built an addition and here we are but the problem is i think in a week the amount of time my kids see him litterally totals more than 3hrs and that isnt exaggerating, well my son has been really down about that and is constantly asking Grampy if he needs to spend so much time with his girlfriend can he atleast tag along well its always a no but my father in law promised my son he woudl tag along this evening to the fair with us and my son has been looking forward to it ever since grampy told him about it..well it is 1 hr before we have to go and grampy has skipped out on us again and is leaving me to tell my son the bad news, i guess his girlfriends kids and grandkids are coming up from out of town and she wants them all to have family dinner tonight and then attend the fair tomorrow instead as a group with them and for what ever reason he sees himself obligated to be there for all that but in the meantime i have my almost 7 yr old heartbroken for atleast the 10th time this past month alone , i cant stand when people cant just keep their word especially when kids are involved now i have to try to make this right so my son enjoys the fair and still admires his grandfather when deep down i wish i could just let him see that his grandfather has been a big disappointment lately and its ok to be mad and hurt and express that but he looks up to hijm so much that i dont want that to happen. how about you is there someone in your life constantly saying one thing and doing another?? how do you deal with it??? by the way i have spoken up about it numerous times and he tells me (my father in law that is ) that my son is young he'll get over it!!! i cant stand hearing that,because hes young doesnt mean he doesnt have feelings!