My paternal grandmother is over 80 years old. A few years ago her health started to decline so my parents helped her move to our city so there would be someone nearby to help her at all times. My parents helped her find an apartment. They found her a doctor. They take her grocery shopping, to medical appointments, out to dinner, everything. In short, my parents have bent over backwards for her.
Today my grandma had a doctor's appointment. My mother was unable to take her because she had her own doctor's appointment with a different doctor. My grandmother got really mad and told my dad that my mom scheduled that appointment on the same day on purpose, and my mom has always hated her. She's now refusing to talk to my mother. My mom went over later to clean her apartment as she does once a week, and she went to my grandmother's bedroom to try and talk to her about it and apologize that the two appointments coincided. My grandma pulled the cover over her face. My mom left, cleaned the apartment, and then came back to the bedroom and told her that when she decided to grow up, she would be welcome at dinner. Then my mom left. She said Grandma was saying something down the hall while she was leaving but my mom was pissed and didn't go back. She said Grandma was probably telling her to go to hell.
I seriously can't get this out of my mind. How could someone be so immature? She has great grandchildren for crying out loud. And it's not like she's senile or anything. She's pretty sharp. However, my grandma has always had this thing where she becomes totally rude right to the person's face without even realizing it. She also tells jokes that are in completely bad taste, like when she saw my baby nephew for the first time, she said "throw him in the trash" and seriously thought she was funny. My sister in law was not happy about that.
Sorry about the length, I just wanted to let off some steam about something. I'm having a tough week, what with family issues and college exams and all that.
It's not very healthy when my main stress reliever is to eat KFC popcorn chicken with honey mustard. Although it is darn delicious.
Edit: I forgot to mention this and I wanted to because it was pretty priceless. When my parents had their 30th wedding anniversary my Grandma sent them a card that had a message saying "Congratulations" and then went on to say something like "It looks like you two are going to stay together!" My mother was kind of mad about that, that my grandma has apparently been waiting for them to break up for 30 years, but I kind of thought it was funny.
Today my grandma had a doctor's appointment. My mother was unable to take her because she had her own doctor's appointment with a different doctor. My grandmother got really mad and told my dad that my mom scheduled that appointment on the same day on purpose, and my mom has always hated her. She's now refusing to talk to my mother. My mom went over later to clean her apartment as she does once a week, and she went to my grandmother's bedroom to try and talk to her about it and apologize that the two appointments coincided. My grandma pulled the cover over her face. My mom left, cleaned the apartment, and then came back to the bedroom and told her that when she decided to grow up, she would be welcome at dinner. Then my mom left. She said Grandma was saying something down the hall while she was leaving but my mom was pissed and didn't go back. She said Grandma was probably telling her to go to hell.
I seriously can't get this out of my mind. How could someone be so immature? She has great grandchildren for crying out loud. And it's not like she's senile or anything. She's pretty sharp. However, my grandma has always had this thing where she becomes totally rude right to the person's face without even realizing it. She also tells jokes that are in completely bad taste, like when she saw my baby nephew for the first time, she said "throw him in the trash" and seriously thought she was funny. My sister in law was not happy about that.
Sorry about the length, I just wanted to let off some steam about something. I'm having a tough week, what with family issues and college exams and all that.
It's not very healthy when my main stress reliever is to eat KFC popcorn chicken with honey mustard. Although it is darn delicious.
Edit: I forgot to mention this and I wanted to because it was pretty priceless. When my parents had their 30th wedding anniversary my Grandma sent them a card that had a message saying "Congratulations" and then went on to say something like "It looks like you two are going to stay together!" My mother was kind of mad about that, that my grandma has apparently been waiting for them to break up for 30 years, but I kind of thought it was funny.
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