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Zen Clarke
post Oct 7 2009, 03:21 AM
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Crystal and I came up with this. Obviously, we aren't very close with our grandmothers. Are we the only ones?
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Darth-Paper-Boy
post Oct 7 2009, 03:24 AM
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I was never particularly close to either of my grandmothers, no. They were way too far away as a kid, and now far too gone to do much. I don't even think the one left knows who I am.
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Crystal Talian
post Oct 7 2009, 03:26 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalagrin.gif)

Wow, I'm in a club officially now.

Either of them really. One doesn't like me, and the other never calls except for birthdays and holidays, when she showers me with gifts that I'm too old for . . . -_-

Isn't that nice? [/sarcasm]
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Zen Clarke
post Oct 7 2009, 03:29 AM
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My grandma is just...so negative. I only have one. My other one passed away before I knew her. But my mom thinks we would've gotten along really well. But no, I suppose the good die young. Which is why my other grandma is still alive. xP She says one thing to your face, and then another behind your back. We were over at her house once, and she had to tell her mailman my dad's whoooole life and health story, and then I saw her look straight at me, say my name, and lower her voice. Then, in the screen door reflection (it's glass...), I saw him turn and look at me. That really ticked me off. DDDDDDx And her memory is terrible. Like, she makes up stories, and she actually believes they really happened.
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Totoro Spirit
post Oct 7 2009, 03:35 AM
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I can't say I was ever close to my grandmothers. One was creepy and gross, like come over and put her dentures on your plate gross, and the other one's very don't-sit-on-the-white-sofa-ish and finds people of my height and weight to be freaks of nature. Yay.
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Crystal Talian
post Oct 7 2009, 03:37 AM
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All my grandma does is complain nowadays, even though there's nothing wrong with her. Whenever I went over there all I heard about was my cousin. Her grade average, her boyfriends, her trips, blah blah blah . . .

Then, Grandma would quiz me to test my education, just so she could see if I was as smart as my cousin.

She liked to tell me my hair is a mess, and that I should brush it. My hair's frizzy, and there's nothing I could do about it, but Grandma would brush and put it in a ponytail that was always practically impossible to get out. Whenever I went somewhere with her, she curled my naturally curly hair.

She hates what I wear too. Once I had to go dress shopping with her, and I was wearing shorts and an over-sized t-shirt. She wanted to buy me something just to wear while I shopped with her (but I wouldn't let her)! Then she got mad at me because I didn't like any of the dresses she picked out because they were too low cut. I she wanted me to dress like my cousin.

Yeah, my grandmother had a favorite, basically.

Then she made a big mistake and told my 'perfect' cousin she looked fat. Now nobody in the family is talking to her except my dad. She's a little bit nicer to me now that perfect cousin is mad at her. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif)
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Harvest Sprite
post Oct 7 2009, 03:56 AM
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Both of my grandmothers are awesome, and contrast the stupid ness of BOTH of my grandfathers. Like really, they are awesome. :D Whereas my grandfathers are incredibly racist (well one is, and the only reason I bring that up is I am from a mixed family and it gets ugly >_>) and yeah. I dunno. Grandmothers ftw.
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IdlersDream
post Oct 7 2009, 03:03 PM
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My dad's mom died a week after my older brother was born so I never got to meet her. Everyone says she was extremely nice and giving and loving and that she would've loved to have a granddaughter. We have a picture of her in our living room and she looks like a movie star from the 30's - she's sitting at a table with her elbows on it and she just looks perfect.
After she died my dad's dad {who passed this year} re-married a woman from China who we now consider my step grandma because she's so nice but I didn't get to meet her until last year once he got sick, which is sad things have to hit rock bottom to do anything.

Buut, my grandma that is still alive, I love her. She has her annoying qualities like we all do - she's a perfectionist and always has her house neat and wishes {like everyone it seems above haha} I showed 'more skin' and that I tanned or kept my hair from when I was 8. I would kind of get annoyed with her a lot but the past couple years I've realized that they won't be around for very much longer and I don't want to regret not spending enough time with her or not loving her. She's had such a hard life {she was born in Ireland as the second oldest but her older sister died very young} and she had to quit school at the age of 10 because her mother became so ill. My nana is also in incredible pain but paints everyday, bakes everyday and never complains.

Yeah, they may pick on stupid little things but I'm sure we'll all be like that when we're 70 years old.
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Myste
post Oct 7 2009, 03:59 PM
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Neither of my grandmothers cared for me either. My father is less than fatherly, so his mother blames me for being a terrible child or something of the sort. The other we just always butted heads. I've been opinionated my whole life, and she's judgmental to anything that breathes. She's the bitter old lady type.


It's okay though. We can all bake cookies and wear smelly perfumes together. :3
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Lindstrom
post Oct 7 2009, 07:21 PM
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My grandma rules. She's always making banana bread and stuff and her house is super comfortable and she plays tennis and likes taking us to good restaurants and she paints fancy watercolors.
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Lenyo
post Oct 7 2009, 07:56 PM
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My nice grandma died a year before I was born or somethin'. And my grandma now is a heartless almost dead witch.
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Zen Clarke
post Oct 7 2009, 09:49 PM
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I forgot to mention. My grandmother also calls me and my sister fat, even though we're not. -_-'' I love her, because she's my grandma, but for the most part, I don't really like her. At my church there are several elderly ladies, and they're like grandmas to me, and there's one elderly couple that treat me as if I were their own granddaughter (partially because their granddaughter and I looked so much alike when we were little). They're like the grandparents I never had....
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Chicken
post Oct 7 2009, 11:54 PM
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My granmda is great, but at the same time, she plays that, "Youdon'tloveme!" game. I really don't appreciate being told how I feel, y'know? And, she's overly nice to my cousins dead-beat husband (who I speculate as abusive). She says she's trying to keep the peace, which in turn, makes my mother extremely irritated. But, that's the worst of it.

My grandma is a sweet, little Pentecostal woman who is always taking care of everyone. She helps me with my questions about spiritual stuff, and usually has good answers. She goes to the store and buys like 6 packs of Little Debbie cakes, so her grandchildren/host grand-children can eat them. She never has any clue what I like to eat, and usually gets chocolate milk (I don't like it) and pickle relish, saying, "Remember how you loved these things?" But, hey, at least she thinks about me. She prays when I'm sick or something, she tries to calm me down, when I get upset.

Anyway, the rest of my grandparents are dead. I've always gotten along with my dad's parents, but I never saw them much. I liked my grandpa, though, because he was always trying to give me something or another. Money, candy, etc. My other grandma was mentally ill from the time I knew her. I loved her mother, though. She was awesome, simply the sweetest little Czech lady you could meet, but at the same time tough. My only living grandma's husband died, and he was like my best friend, so I still grieve his death even after almost 9 years.

...And that should wrap up my rambling. =/
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Katie
post Oct 8 2009, 12:02 AM
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Yeah, don't like my grandmother much. She's toootally suicidal, racist, and complains constantly about the smallest things. Seriously, I do not want to know about your bowel movements every waking moment of my life. Plus she leeches off my dad (who's her son-in-law) and really could care less about anyone but herself. She's often accusing people of stealing from her when she misplaces things, refuses to do things to help her physically, and is completely anti-social.

As well, she's never really ever been all that nice to me. Plus my name to her is "that one girl, oh, I can never remember her name". Which she blatantly calls me to my face. It's great.
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IdlersDream
post Oct 8 2009, 04:26 PM
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You guys seem a bit too judgemental about your grandmas. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaeyes.gif) They're old and grew up in a different time than we did, of course they're not going to be 'super cool'.
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Crystal Talian
post Oct 8 2009, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE (IdlersDream @ Oct 8 2009, 12:26 PM) *
You guys seem a bit too judgemental about your grandmas. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaeyes.gif) They're old and grew up in a different time than we did, of course they're not going to be 'super cool'.


Mine is just mean. 0_o

And my dad says she's always been like that.
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Zen Clarke
post Oct 8 2009, 09:20 PM
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QUOTE (IdlersDream @ Oct 8 2009, 11:26 AM) *
You guys seem a bit too judgemental about your grandmas. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaeyes.gif) They're old and grew up in a different time than we did, of course they're not going to be 'super cool'.


That's not entirely true. Most grandparents ARE 'super cool' or at least don't treat us like some of these grandparents we've talked about. They at least care, like in Chicken's case, where even though she doesn't like the stuff her grandma's giving her, she's doing it out of kindness. Now, I will admit that my grandmother has had her nice qualities. But for the most part, I don't get along with her, and I never really have. :\
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Crystal Talian
post Oct 8 2009, 09:23 PM
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Yeah. My maternal grandma at least tries to be nice to me. I can't say I get along with her well, but she tries.

My paternal grandma doesn't even seem to like me. >_>
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ZBoy
post Oct 8 2009, 09:33 PM
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My grandmas are both very loving and I love them both too. I see my mom's mom almost every Sunday. She cooks dinner for us, and always finds "such great deals" at the market and clothing stores. My dad's mom I really don't see that often. She lives in the same town as us but we really don't every see her exceptf for holidays. I'm not really sure why though...
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Suiko
post Oct 16 2009, 01:56 AM
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One of my grandma's only speaks Italian so I have no idea what she says when she visits and I've never met the other.
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