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i was thinking lately about my grandparents and i totally missed out on having those cliche' grandparents...the kind that always spoiled you and baked cookies n shit or gave you money. i didn't even get to know either of my grandpas. my dad's dad died when my dad was 6 so obviously i never met him, and my mom's dad died of cancer when i was only 5 and i barely remember him.

my mom's mom is really nutty...she is a spoiled brat from NYC...theater actress turned raging alcoholic, popping out 6 kids like a true catholic while my grandpa was a workaholic and had affairs lol and my other grandma is just this old southern baptist lady, sorta redneck that i was never really close with. all i know is she used to beat the shit out of my dad and his brother when they acted up. the kind that used a "switch" from the tree out back lol

are any of you guys close with your grandparents? whenever i see an old man, i'm like awww will you be my grandpa? lol i love old people, i wish i could have known my grandpas especially my mom's dad. from the stories i've heard, i would have loved him.

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I was pretty close with my mom's mom before she passed. She lived with us for a long while several times because as she got older it was increasingly difficult for her to travel for that long. I was, apparently, close with both my grandfathers too but I don't remember much...they passed when I was pretty young. My dad's mom is all that's left and she lives in Egypt with my aunt and barely speaks a word of English. We talk on the phone every now and then but really, that's it.

Having your entire family on the other side of the world makes it pretty hard to stay in touch. I'm actually kind of envious of people that have extended family relatively close to them.

my mom's mom (the nuttty new yorker) tried to kill herself while drunk one time by sticking her hand in her brother's rattle snake cage and letting it bite her five times. i'm not even joking either. lol we laugh about it now because she's such a fucking drama queen of course she would try to go out that way. her brother was a herpatologist/college professor so he always had poisonous snakes and stuff.

I eat lunch with my paternal grandmother every day during the work week. My paternal grandfather died in June of '02, so she's alone in that house on an 80 acre cattle farm. I'm sure it gets pretty lonely, so we all make it a point to stop in pretty often. She's 82 and still going strong, working in her vegetable garden every day right now.

I was never as close to my mom's parents, but they're both alive and well in their 80s. My maternal grandfather was in the Battle of the Bulge (giggle?) in WWII. His feet were frozen whilst in a fox hole, so he was shipped back home after that. They also run a large (300 acre) cattle farm.

Can't say that I recall any of the "token" grandparenting type stuff, but I have only fond memories of the time I've spent with all of them.

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Originally posted by Zoso I eat lunch with my paternal grandmother every day during the work week. My paternal grandfather died in June of '02, so she's alone in that house on an 80 acre cattle farm. I'm sure it gets pretty lonely, so we all make it a point to stop in pretty often. She's 82 and still going strong, working in her vegetable garden every day right now. I was never as close to my mom's parents, but they're both alive and well in their 80s. My maternal grandfather was in the Battle of the Bulge (giggle?) in WWII. His feet were frozen whilst in a fox hole, so he was shipped back home after that. They also run a large (300 acre) cattle farm. Can't say that I recall any of the "token" grandparenting type stuff, but I have only fond memories of the time I've spent with all of them.

my dad's mom is really old and still going strong too (the southern one). she has broken her hip and arm and she's still alive and walking around and cleaning and stuff. the lady is a machine and i'm convinced she'll live to 100.


and i just googled my nana's brother (the herpatologist) and the first result is actually him. he died recently but he was the closest thing to a grandpa i had.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...Richard+Bothner

if you scroll down the page of the first result, there's a group picture and he's all the way to the right in the blue long sleeved shirt. aww i miss him

Slylee, do you know what a

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Originally posted by Domesticated TUNNELLING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

is? It's a really awesome device that, by using quantum mechanical effects, enables you to see things in gigantic magnification, going as far as showing you the very atoms that everything is made of.
If I were using that device right now I still wouldn't be able to locate my interest in your story.

and then there was Barbina....ummm I mean Jamie

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Originally posted by bas I was pretty close with my mom's mom before she passed. She lived with us for a long while several times because as she got older it was increasingly difficult for her to travel for that long. I was, apparently, close with both my grandfathers too but I don't remember much...they passed when I was pretty young. My dad's mom is all that's left and she lives in Egypt with my aunt and barely speaks a word of English. We talk on the phone every now and then but really, that's it. Having your entire family on the other side of the world makes it pretty hard to stay in touch. I'm actually kind of envious of people that have extended family relatively close to them.

yea but that's only if you have normal, tolerable family members. otherwise, having them far away can be very beneficial

I am so very close to my grandma (dad's mom) shes 90 years old and lives in india, i go visit her every 6 months, when i was growing up she use to tell me stories, make me pray to god, teach me things etc, shes the cutest thign i know. even at this age she get up at 5 in the morning, does her prayers, washes her own cloths, does not let anyone els do her work.

my only grandparent left is my grandma and we don't speak the same languages...love the lady to death though

My dads side of the family was the best. My grandfather died when i was 6, but i remember some things about him. He was great, i guess back then i didnt know, but he was an alcoholic and thats what caused his death.

My grandmother on the other hand is awesome... she is still alive and kicking and she is the bombest cook ever. She spoils grandkids with all kinds of goodies. Every time i visit guatemala, i usually stay with her and gain 20 pounds.

my dad's parents passed on before i was born. my maternal grandmother came to ny from hong kong and visited twice for lengthy stays during summers. she was pretty cool and i loved her a lot. i didn't really call her to keep in touch, but i'd talk to her sometimes if my mom was already on the phone with her. i didn't meet my maternal grandfather until my grandmother's funeral in 2005. i think his view of me became even higher because i made the long trip to pay my respects to my grandma, while one of my male cousins who was in the same hemisphere didn't try. it's unfortunate that that's the only time i saw him, because i think we would've gotten along swimmingly. he passed away in 2007 and i made the long trip for that too.

we're all close, they bake shit, cook shit, have sunday lunches, give me money and all that jazz whenever i'm in europe. they're all rather old-school, sunday lunches/dinners include the entire family getting together and eating whatever my grandmother cooks.

unfortunately, my grandmother has changed rather drastically since the passing of my grandfather last year (moms side), lots of worry, less cooking, worse health. guess you gotta be ready for that shit though

my family is totally for drinking, so whenever i'm at my grandmothers house (moms side) i get all the alcohol i want, since she doesn't drink. just this huge fucking stash left over from my grandfathers collection, she let me take some vintage bottles, not opening those. sort of just memorabilia

lucky enough to have grandparents that are still in rather good shape. my dads side of the family is however a bit different, my grandfather is great, good health, good humor, still does carpentry/auto stuff, my grandma however has alzheimer, really took a huge breakdown recently, stopped doing anything productive, just worrying all the time.

on my moms side, my grandmother still maintains our house overseas, the gardening part of it at least, she's a fucking machine when it comes to that shit. sometimes i'm really in shock as to how much she can do in a day. it's great to see her still holding shit together

My grandparents were great... kinda crazy but it was fun to see where my parents came from. I was lucky enough to know both sets until I made it through my 20's. Here's a brief look:
1) Dad's mom: the craziest one. was an attorney but eventually quit because she would always get panic attacks...lol. Had a habit of falling down all the time. When my family moved to FL when I was little, and they'd come visit, that shit would happen all the time... we'd be in the house and hear a loud scream outside, go out there, and she'd be sprawled out in the bushes after tripping over a 1 inch step.

2) Dad's dad: he was awesome. world war 2 vet... always so kind to my brother and I. He was always annoyed with my grandma and would watch TV with headphones on all the time so she couldn't bother him. lol

3) Mom's mom: definitely from the old school. my mom would tell us stories all the time about getting beat with a wooden spoon and shit. haha... she couldn't stand my dad since the day he came into the picture which made for interesting visits, but she was always great to my brother and I. Cooking and baking traditional Portugese food all the time. I miss that. She accidently ran over my grandfather's leg with the car once... lol.

4) Mom's dad: he was really quiet... an electrician, and he'd spend most of his time in the basement working on electronics, probably trying to escape the nagging of my grandma. world war 2 vet also, with some great stories.

I was never super close to my grandparents on my mother's side; my grandfather passed before I was old enough to remember him. I do remember playing Trivial Pursuit with my grandma, her bombtacular oatmeal-butterscotch cookies, and her letting us pick out our Christmas gifts from the JC Penney catalog.

My dad's parents we spent a lot more time with. They owned an RV and we used to take trips with them to various places. They were competitive table tennis players! My grandpa was the over 70's world champion if you can believe that and the two together were the over 70's doubles champions at one point. I used to love wearing their gold medals! They really were the typical grandparents and used to spoil us pretty good. I fully credit my grandpa for my fanaticism for ice cream.

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Originally posted by The17sss 1) Dad's mom: the craziest one. was an attorney but eventually quit because she would always get panic attacks...lol. Had a habit of falling down all the time. When my family moved to FL when I was little, and they'd come visit, that shit would happen all the time... we'd be in the house and hear a loud scream outside, go out there, and she'd be sprawled out in the bushes after tripping over a 1 inch step.

my nutty nana is like 80 something and she still puts on 2lbs of makeup to go anywhere it's hilarious. if i don't have that much makeup on or i'm just bummin it, she'll be like, "put some makeup on!" lol

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Originally posted by Slylee my nutty nana is like 80 something and she still puts on 2lbs of makeup to go anywhere it's hilarious. if i don't have that much makeup on or i'm just bummin it, she'll be like, "put some makeup on!" lol

LOL!! that's the kind of stuff that I love about old people.

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Originally posted by coolestrl thats me and her this Jan ]

Your grandma looks baller.

I never met my grandparents on my dads side, they're both in Israel. I was never close with my grandpa on my moms side. He was a typical racist and Nazi. The stories I've heard we're just awful. My grandmother, on the other hand, was the typical spoil your grandchild blablabla. I was the only grandchild when she was alive so I suppose that's why. She was the opposite of my grandpa and the sweetest woman ever. I miss her a lot x78687. There are so many things that I'd love to run to her and be like" Omg grams guess what?" The only thing I'm thankful for is that she wasn't around when I was diagnosed with cancer. I think it would have been harder to tell her than anyone else.
I've come to realize that the worse their death was, the more you miss them because it wasn't exactly like you were able to say a proper "bye" to them.

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Originally posted by The17sss LOL!! that's the kind of stuff that I love about old people.

my mom and her brothers and sisters sort of resent her because she was such a bad alcoholic when they were growing up and she always tells these elaborate stories like she was mother of the century. she swears she made "4 different types of egg salad because all the kids liked different stuff" and they all look at each other like "um, no you didn't. you made ONE kind and it sucked!"


also, my dad's dad was a WW2 vet too. just visited his grave stone this past weekend when i visited my dad. it was crazy to see the DOB on some of those stones. 1800s n shit

i never got a chance to meet my dad's parents. They passed away before I was born.

As far as my mom's side, I do have some good memories of my mom's dad and mom. My grandma was real sweet and cool. She passed away in 1989. My grandpa was fell into the tall "asian" anomaly. he was about 6'3" ish, and lived a very strange life, living through a good number of wars. I will always remember him for his hat and cane he always had when we went out. He passed away in 1995.

I like the way old people smell funny

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced I like the way old people smell funny

does it turn you on?

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Originally posted by Slylee my mom and her brothers and sisters sort of resent her because she was such a bad alcoholic when they were growing up and she always tells these elaborate stories like she was mother of the century. she swears she made "4 different types of egg salad because all the kids liked different stuff" and they all look at each other like "um, no you didn't. you made ONE kind and it sucked!"

Haha, that's called Korsakoff syndrome. Typical of alcoholics.




Also, I never really knew my grandparents. One set lived in Hungary, and my grandfather died before I was born. My grandma used to visit when I was little, but I don't remember her.

I used to talk on the phone to my Canadian grandmother all the time (my mom's mom). My grandpa on that side died before I was born as well.

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Originally posted by jennypie Haha, that's called Korsakoff syndrome. Typical of alcoholics.

No, it's not. See, that's why you're just a nurse.

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