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<blockquote data-quote="Mom2oddson" data-source="post: 427430" data-attributes="member: 65"><p>An absolute PITA!! </p><p></p><p>Some of Grandma's history... </p><p></p><p>After my Mom was born, she got a divorce, dumped her daughter on her parents and ran off to have fun. My Mom's memory of her mother from early childhood was "the pretty lady in fancy clothes that came to visit and give her gifts". There were multiple marriages/divorces (but we aren't supposed to know this) before she married my Grandpa when Mom was 7. Grandpa adopted Mom and they did the best having a normal life. </p><p></p><p>Grandma is positively a "Love only me!" person. The fact that my Mom got married and put her husband first has never sat well with Grandma. There were many times that she tried to break up their marrage. And I grew up knowing that I was never to mention my other grandma (Nonna) in front this grandma. If we went to visit, we had to make sure that we didn't give the other grandparents even a second more time than she got. </p><p></p><p>When I was 8 I got to go spend a week with Grandma. I got to fly to grandma's house....and then I got to stay longer. Mom & Dad drove up to visit. Didn't know until I was older that grandma "lost" the plane ticket. My folks had to drive to get me because Grandma wasn't going to return me. After that, I was taught how to hide my return ticket from her. This was prior to E-tickets. Those are so nice!</p><p></p><p>It's sad....I grew up not knowing about difficult children or mental illness or any of that. All I knew is that I had to keep peace with Grandma so I never got really close with my Nonna until I was much older.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mom2oddson, post: 427430, member: 65"] An absolute PITA!! Some of Grandma's history... After my Mom was born, she got a divorce, dumped her daughter on her parents and ran off to have fun. My Mom's memory of her mother from early childhood was "the pretty lady in fancy clothes that came to visit and give her gifts". There were multiple marriages/divorces (but we aren't supposed to know this) before she married my Grandpa when Mom was 7. Grandpa adopted Mom and they did the best having a normal life. Grandma is positively a "Love only me!" person. The fact that my Mom got married and put her husband first has never sat well with Grandma. There were many times that she tried to break up their marrage. And I grew up knowing that I was never to mention my other grandma (Nonna) in front this grandma. If we went to visit, we had to make sure that we didn't give the other grandparents even a second more time than she got. When I was 8 I got to go spend a week with Grandma. I got to fly to grandma's house....and then I got to stay longer. Mom & Dad drove up to visit. Didn't know until I was older that grandma "lost" the plane ticket. My folks had to drive to get me because Grandma wasn't going to return me. After that, I was taught how to hide my return ticket from her. This was prior to E-tickets. Those are so nice! It's sad....I grew up not knowing about difficult children or mental illness or any of that. All I knew is that I had to keep peace with Grandma so I never got really close with my Nonna until I was much older. [/QUOTE]
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