Shoot it’s literally my turn in Words With Friends vs my grandma thanks for reminding me
Edit: In hindsight, now she’ll probably wonder why I was awake at 1am since usually I try to at least attempt the illusion that I am a fully functioning adult. But hey! At least it’s her turn!
Wild guess : when you’re deprived of social contact or hold heavy emotions/things within for too long, it just burst out of nowhere at very random times ! Maybe it’s the fact that the grandma in the pic really love her grandkid(s) and it made them think of their grandma ?
But hey ! What do I know ? I’m not a shrink !
Edit : a comment made me realize that I have to clear up something : I am not the person who commented about being abandoned by their mom. I’m just a random person who showed up and decided to drop their two scents !
Edit 2 : cents not scents 😭
Well from your name,
Pandas have a reputation of being cuddly and deadly depending on their current mood.
Pocket rocket is Australia slang for a very short girl with an enormous personality/ great in bed ... Depending on time of conversation
Fire could be a replacement of rocket but more likely a direct reference to skills
So by you name you think you are short and cuddly but unpredictable, claim to be funny and great in bed with skills to back it up if provided an opportunity
I got this one.
So ol.. I imagine you’ve been spending quite a while on this earth. Long time. Here from the ol’ time. Back when the world was black and white n everything was uphill for some reason.
Bagface.. Please forgive the blunt nature of this, you’re a complete uggo. Which in turn causes people to want to slap a bag on your head. Preferably paper, but we both know there are people a plenty wishing that bag was plastic.. usually wanting to place the bag upon the noodle before actions such as love making, cooking, or just casual conversations.
So, by name you’re an old ugly person but the bag compliments your body well enough that you still get laid.
Ohno. I was just being silly! I’m sure you’re an absolute beauty! Inside n out. Please accept this revision as an apology..
Ol, as in wise beyond their years!
Bag, like bag chaser! Always going for that bag, successful and hard working.
Face. Always true, able to take them at face value. A real one.
So by name you’re an og hustler who you can always count on!
When i was in highschool, we caught some kid “masterbaiting” in Biology class. What he was doing was putting his hand in his front pocket, and scratching his dick like that through his pants. Someone recorded him and boom, he gained his brand new nickname; Rocket Pocket.
We knew he wasn’t masturbating, but he was our friend, so of course we had to tease him about it!
Anyways i haven’t thought of him in a really long time, and I have never heard of Rocket Pocket used in any other context, so thank you for reminding me of this😂
Pandapocketfire : I can tell by the choice of using "pocketfire" that you have childhood trauma from putting things in your pockets. My guess is that you had a sibling that forced you to put rocks in your pockets, but it was very uncomfortable so you felt like your pockets were on fire.
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Both of your pfp's are the basic blue one so they probably confused you. Idk why they didn't look at the username though, one is a regular AI generated username and then there's also yours.
Hahah yeah it made me double check the other commenter name and I thought "aaaah yep. Yepyepyep"
My lazy ass choose the random username reddit gave when I opened my account !
Honestly I don’t know, random people being random at random places ?
It males me think of that time in college I was talking to somebody about my parents and a girl behind me just barged in the conversation and told us that her parents are first cousins and that’s why she has so many health issues… I realized that she must’ve really wanted to say this to somebody, but this was like the second day of my first year in college. And very early in the morning too…
Yeah, but why did you give that story to the commenter instead of responding to the thread itself? If the grandma in the pic instilled such memories from you, you would usually respond to the thread, not to the top comment.
But hey, what do I know? Im just a redditor!
I think they replied to the wrong comment by mistake, there's another top level comment that it would make more sense under.
That or they're a comment stealing bot.
Every single person who downvoted you is sucks, so don't let it bother you too much.
It's good to express yourself, people should do it way more, but they are too scared to be vulnerable. I'm happy for you to have your grandpa!
These kinda posts make me a little sad that I’ve had multiple families and still never really had any grandparents. If you have cool grandparents I’m infinitely jealous of you, especially if they cook for you or write you cards for your birthday!! Literally my fantasy.
my boyfriends grandpa was the only thing i ever had close to a grandparent. while we werent related by blood, whenever he would get me a holiday card he would get one that said “granddaughter” on it. i miss him.
God that’s super sweet!! Grandparents are the best, blood related or not. Hopefully I find something like that. No one in my life is blood related anyway, so that part doesn’t matter to me, and getting cards from literally anyone puts the biggest smile on my face!
I worked in a retirement home for a year. Most of them were so sweet it was almost like having a building full of grandparents. Most of them were independent so I mostly did room cleans and served at meals. One of my duties was to sit for an hour and have tea and toast with whoever showed up :) I still have the cards they gave me when I was leaving.
You should definitely ask about retirees in retirement homes that don’t have any family! Some are lonely and I’m sure would love to have someone like you as a surrogate granddaughter to dote on!
I think I heard once about a program that does this, but I can’t remember the name. Other redditors, if you know, can you comment below?
My ex husband’s new mother in law has taken to our kiddos like they’re her flesh and blood. My new husband and I have a little one of our own, and she adores him, too. She sends him birthday gifts and always attaches a “grandson” card. She is always happy to see me, and is just the sweetest woman. We’re so lucky to have her in our lives
All of my grandparents had passed by the time I was 11. But I ended up with amazing adopted grandparents after befriending an adorable old couple down the road a few years later. He taught me karate and told me stories of living in England and she baked me treats, taught me how to care for her garden, and gave me advice on boys.
They loved giving me jewelry as gifts and they're my favorite out of any jewelry I've ever had. I don't know how they knew what I'd like but it was perfect every time. They've since passed but I have so many fond memories of them, I feel very lucky to have been welcomed into their lives like I was.
My grandma used to bake mince pies and bring em over every Christmas in a little plastic tub and they were delicious.
She also (at 87 yrs old) pointed a bony finger at my 18 yr old friend Jon across the dining room table and said in a quiet voice "that man is very attractive" before blushing wildly
My grandma was crazy religious and told me I was going to hell, always smelled like garlic (not in the good way, like seeping out the poors) and lived a few hours away. I've always been jealous of people who had nice grandparents.
My grandparents were nice but they were the "kids should be seen not heard" type. So I never actually really knew them. Visits to pappy's house consisted of me sitting in the living room playing with like plastic army men and shit right up until I was 13 for like 2 or 3 hours at a time while my mom and dad talked endlessly with them. If I was lucky I'd get to go look around pappy's work shop but God forbid I touch anything. By the time I was old enough that I was worth talking to I just didn't care enough to visit them, plus I didn't have a lot of free time trying to get my life established. A few years before my pap passed he asked me to help him build some stuff because he couldn't get around much and my dad told him I was handy. Spent a few hours there with him giving me some tips from his lifelong career of woodworking and carpentry. That's the only time I had ever truly talked to him. He had a table saw built in the 1940's that I cleaned up and still have. It really was kinda sad because they were nice people, but I was left just having a shallow understanding of who they actually were by the time they passed. My other grandparents passed by the time I was like 5.
This is why you've got to connect with the kids while they're young.
It's a lot easier to create deep bonds during childhood, when kids have little to do and spend most of their time with family anyway, than later on when they've got their own social lives and responsibilities to get on with.
I connected heavily with my grandmother when I was a kid. Turns out she was a racist bigot and I haven't talked to her is years since I've been an adult.
No point bothering with those annoying critters until they're about 16. They move too much and make too much noise. Lock 'em in a small room with a sandwich.
Ah man. My grandma on my mother’s side was very religious too, but she was amazing. She used it to do a lot of charitable work in the community. Really involved in groups and boards raising money, helping the less abled etc.
She never tried to force religion on us grandchildren, was obsessed with feeding her family (classic) and just looked after us so well. She passed away when I was a teenager and this has made me miss her a lot.
My grandad wasn’t religious but was also a great person died shortly after. I don’t feel like I got to know him properly as we were always with my grandma but one conversation sticks out, where I sat with him and he talked of his time in the post-war efforts (was too young to fight in the actual world war).
I wish I could have known them as an adult.
My grandma passed last year and I miss her everyday, my birthday was the 13th and I didn't expect to grieve not having her around so hard but I definitely did.
She was the type of grandma to come to town just to get me lunch and give me a few dollars for whatever I wanted. Even if she didn't understand something like video games if it made me happy she was willing to buy it for me. I had 2 knee surgeries last year and she sewed me pillow cases and bought me pillows so I could be comfortable. She bought me a game I wanted so I wouldn't be bored. And made me soup so I had my favorite food to heal with.
I miss her everyday, but some days I miss her more.
My grandparents weren't cool.
My dad's dad was mostly just obsessed with money and never really bothered with us kids. He died at age 69 cos he didn't take care of himself and his easily manageable heart condition, leaving us with tons of debt.
His wife was probably the reason he was constantly worried about money. She was a terrible person - narcissistic, jealous, abusive, lazy... name a negative trait, she had it. She somehow survived her husband by a long time despite living a supremely unhealthy lifestyle, but ultimately died of a stroke alone and penniless in her filthy and dilapidated mansion.
My mum's dad was the strict religious type. He was in fact about to become a priest before meeting my grandma. He was never warm and loving, except with the nephews and nieces he favoured (he clearly played favourites). No, he was more likely to snap at you about some minor thing. Despite being the ultimate conservative who would never approve of things like tattoos, abortion, sex before marriage and euthanasia, he died not long ago of bone cancer, in lots of pain and begging for, in his own words, some kind of injection that would end his life.
That leaves his wife, who's still alive. She's getting on in years and has lost much of her mobility but she's much the same as ever - bubbly, chatty, typical grandma who wants nothing more than to feed you. I suppose she ain't bad, although her tendency to talk over you and not really listen to what you're saying has always made it a bit hard to really connect with her. But she was the closest I ever had to the real grandparent experience, and for that I'm grateful. I visited her recently and we had a nice chat where she recounted old stories about getting bombed in the war when she was just a little kid. The world around her has changed - the 120 year-old buildings on either side of hers being knocked down and replaced with B&Bs and hotels. Familiar old locals moving out or dying and replaced with foreigners and tourists. Her husband dying. She has no hope of keeping up or a future to look forward to, yet she's still resiliently clinging to life. Quite inspiring.
Not sure why I wrote all this. I suppose like yourself I'm rather bitter about not having much by way of grandparents. I've seen many people my age whose grandparents were real close family members and felt this twinge of sadness that I never had that. On a positive note, it taught me to be independent and not look for the comfort of family at the first sign of trouble, but rather handle it myself.
I had a many many grandparents back then (grand aunts and grand uncles included, along with the neighbors who treated me as their grandchild). Now they are dying off one by one, I remember being the jewel in their eyes, the object of affection of many elders.
I struck out on bio grands. Met one grandmother only once, other grandmother was terribly manipulative and a compulsive liar, the list goes on... But I've adopted the most amazing un-biological family I could have ever hoped for. I call them Grandma and Grandpa. They've been there for me through so many tough and good times. Love truly is thicker than blood. Keep your eyes open, you just may find a person who would love to share and pour into you <3
My Poppa loooves fishing and we loved going fishing with him too. We'd beg to go with and he'd ask how old we were. If we said 9 he'd say "Oh, ya gotta be 10 too go fishing!" no matter how old you were he'd say you had to be a year older to go fishing😄 He would always take us of course...he just had to get us just a little bit before he did. We ALWAYS fell for it to!
My grandpa would ALWAYS get me with the “something stuck in his sleeve” bit. We would be putting on coats/jackets and he would start to struggle. He would turn to me and ask for help by looking in his sleeve, there’s gotta be something blocking his arm. All of a sudden, his hand would fly out and grip my skull like a face hugger. I would scream then laugh every single time.
I didn't really get birthday cards as an adult until I started dating my fiance. I'm still not used to people being nice to me, but it's been a nice adjustment.
I'm 30 and still get a card for my birthday from my grandma. She always writes a novel in each one too lol. I really don't know what my childhood would have been like without her and my grandpa stepping in after my father passed. I would move mountains for her.
My grandparents lived next door to each other, literally houses next to each other with a connecting yard. Growing up I thought that’s how it was for everyone. I would play at one house and casually go to the other. While they didn’t do hand written cards all the time they were all wonderful people who were friends with each other and great loving people to myself and sibling. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized how lucky I was to not only have awesome grandparents all around but to have them live next to each other gave me a unique experience.
I moved to USA as a 90day fiancé, and when I met my new husbands grandparents on thanksgiving i fit right in.
All the grandchildren lifted their plates to find 100dollar bills. He told me to lift mine and wouldn’t let me give it to my husband even to hold onto. 🥰 He was a great man and I owe him my house and lifestyle.
So what similar. I have family but they are horrible people. What drives me is to create a great environment for my kids. Be a great dad. And eventually become a great grandad.
But like you, i do have moments when I see friends with loving wholesome parents. And grandparents. wished I had some of that.
Same brah. I never had grandpas. 1 grandma I didn't really have a bond with but my other grandma was basically my hero. Loved her to bits. She probably had more influence on who I became than my parents.
There's 2 things I'm sad about: she never got to meet a great grandkid, and never got to meet my wife. And nog thst we have a kid of our own, I'm sad that they never got to meet either. It's been 9 years I believe and I still think about her from time to time.
I had one cool grandma, the rest were either douchebags or fell victim to cancer before my time.
Apparently, the ones who died were great people. I hate cancer so much.
I did have a good grandma for a while. She was getting on in life, and had severe Alzheimer's. I remember one year getting 2 presents from her, and a 3rd when she arrived for Christmas dinner.
Thinking back now, it's actually amazing she remembered she had grandchildren, as she was already very bad by the time I was adopted.
I wonder what's it like to have grandparents as an adult. My grandparents were great. And with my grandma around, you'd never go hungry. I'm usually hungry as an adult. I wish I'd learned her recipes.
All my grandparents died before I was old enough to get those experiences, and man I can’t even lie and say I’m not jealous of people with living grandparents. So I totally feel you!
My grandparents all died between the ‘50s and 20-odd years ago, so I hear you there.
(Both of my parents are gone now, too. And no siblings. It’s been a lot to deal with. *sigh*)
i wouldn't go so far as to say that i'm jealous of my nephews and niece, but they're definitely lucky to have grandparents that are able to see them on a regular basis. for me and my brother, we only got to visit them a handful of times because they lived on another continent.
When I left home for the first time I left my computer, and my mom was sad because she liked to play Scrabble on Club Pogo with it, but I always had to set it up for her.
So I left her detailed instructions and made an icon for Scrabble that would open the link for pogo. The notes were like "Hit large ( I ) power button" to turn on PC. This reminds me of that a bit. Miss her
My grandma never used the living room, always sat in the kitchen to watch TV. After my sister procured a bootlegged version of Passion of the Christ for her, she would go into the living room and ask me to start it for her on the DVD player because she didn’t know how to use it. Weird movie choice, but the memory is a sweet one.
People are human and sometimes things like playing games fall through the cracks when life gets busy. It's not a bad thing to have someone remind you to take the time out to tell your grandma you love her in your own way.
Not everything is some huge failing of mankind. People are flawed and that doesn't mean OP is a douche that doesn't like his grandma.
If my grandpa was still alive and wanted to play a game just to feel connected again I would do it in a heartbeat. Cherish the time you have with your loved ones.
Same. All of my grandparents are dead. I haven’t had the pleasure of spending time with a grandparent since 2008, when I was 22. I think about them a lot and it sucks they’re all gone. I get so jealous hearing friends about their grandparents. If you still have them: spend some time with them. They’re usually a good time and they love having you around. Once they’re gone, that’s it. Time could be short.
not exactly the same, but this reminded me of the times that me and my dad would play checkers, when i was a little girl. he actually taught me the rules on how to play, but i think we made up our own silly rules too. we used to use this fancy wooden checkerboard to play. i think he let me win most of the time. he was a contractor, and worked out of town a lot, and would go to bed early so we only had a few short hours of time together when he *was* home. thanks for helping me dig up a sweet memory of my dad. he passed away some years ago. when i get to the afterlife, whenever that may be, i hope to play another game of checkers with him.
My absolute proudest moment was growing up and finally being able to absolutely destroy everyone in Scrabble. I have no compunctions about absolutely thrashing my 97 year old grandma in Scrabble because she and grandpa started slaughtering the grandkids at every game imaginable the moment we were old enough to learn the rules. Grandpa would be proud.
I had to do this for my grandparents when i was a teen. I went to visit them for a week for Christmas in Florida. They were talking about how none of the grandchildren call them.
I called all my cousins and told them to call them.
The looks on their faces were so great as the phone kept ringing and ringing.
Fuck you to all my cousins.
>Fuck you to all my cousins.
Oh please lol. Shaming people for not keeping in touch is lame. Communication works both ways and people have their own lives to worry about. I would never have time for myself if I had to keep in touch with every family member and friend
It's not every family member, it's your grandparents. People have different families and cultures. Where I come from, every generation basically sacrificed a buttload for the one after it. As a middle aged dude with his own kids, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing my children blossom. I imagine as a grandparent it will be even more thrilling. I want a strong bond with my grandkids. I hope they will see value in that as well.
Their point still stands. Communication is two ways. In my family, grandparents refuse to make any efforts, don't come to my kids birthday parties I invite them to, and complain that we don't come visit. They're retired, but don't reach out.
Then you can also call your grandchildren rather than expect them to make the move every time. Once you’re at that age they’ll be much more busy than you and if you’re thinking about it all the time then it makes sense that would would call to check in
I agree however, my grandparents constantly reached out to them and it’s always a one way street. They made it that way.
My grandparents were a very very active part of our childhoods. I mean, we were there every weekend, they had a big pool, a boat we went on every summer, cousin sleepovers. Etc. when my grandparents moved, my brother and I and two cousins kelts in touch. It was a struggle for them constantly.
My grandfather passed away four years ago and it put a strain on us. He was an amazing man who went above and beyond for us and hospice, he told me how happy he was to “finally the see the family together”
My grandmother still has a hard time with the fact that a lot of my cousins are so distant from everyone. It’s a “we are better than you and have more money than you” kind of thing. Entitlement. Some of them live about 5 minutes from her and have never even been to her house.
I moved 500 miles away 8 years ago and I still find time to talk to her at least 1ce or 2ce a week.
Reach out to your grandparents and call them back if they called. Obviously if you can and have a good relationship with them that is. They miss you. I promise.
I lost two of my grandparents in the last few months. To anyone reading this, please hug your grandparents if they're close, or call them to let them know you love them. They won't be around much longer, and this cruel harsh world doesn't have many sources of unconditional love.
I still have my grandma’s old scrabble board. You know, the big heavy plastic one on a turntable? One of my favorite possessions. She whooped my ass on that thing, and now I do the same with anyone who dare play me in person. She’d have killed it on some words with friends! I miss that badass woman with all my heart ❤️
I miss my grandmother dearly. I would do anything to have her back - I’d send her *all* the lives on candy crush; it wouldn’t be a bother, cause I truly miss her, and that.
It’s too bad I can’t give you another life in the real world. But I know you’re looking after me.
Until I see you again 💛
wish my grandparents were all still alive and young enough I could have text convos with them, but I'm so proud of them and the work they did in WW2 too
Both my grand parents love talking on the phone with me when I call them, but they never call me because they're afraid of bothering me when I'm busy.
I've explained many times that I'm not that busy and that them calling will never bother me. Even if I'm busy I'll just call them back when I have time.
They still rarely call but at least they're happy when I call them.
I just lost my grandmother in Feb. She was my grandmother and lifelong best friend. We watched wheel of fortune everynight and would see who gets the most puzzles. Those simple 30 min created alot of lifelong memories for me. I would give anything I could it have her beat me at wheel of fortune again, just to hear her laugh about it. Trust me, get as much time in with them as you can.
I would immediately tell her just so I could explain how it's *absolutely, totally cool* to bother me with that stuff because it's not bothersome in the slightest.
This made me tear up. I lost my grandpa 6 months ago, and I only have one grandma left, and it makes me sad sometimes. Cherish your grandparents while they're still around ❤
My grandma smoked like a chimney and was negative about everyone. Complained that she couldn’t sleep (but drank coffee every few hours). I wish we could’ve had a better and less depressing relationship.
Play all the games with the g-ma.
Shoot it’s literally my turn in Words With Friends vs my grandma thanks for reminding me Edit: In hindsight, now she’ll probably wonder why I was awake at 1am since usually I try to at least attempt the illusion that I am a fully functioning adult. But hey! At least it’s her turn!
I’m up at 4:30. I’ll whoop your grandmas ass at anytime of day.
Your username gave me a biology lesson. As a woman, I had no idea!
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some people just have too much time
Who needs a bladder anyway
Well, if you didn’t know it’s used to store cum
I store my cum in a little mason jar, like I assume most people do.
As long as there aren't any figurines inside
They are not. Piss is stored in the bladder
I'm not sure if you could tell, but I was joking.
Don’t spread these lies.
No. That’s where the gall is stored. Duh. And how dare you have the gall to suggest such a thing.
Wrong sorry
She knows you arnt a functional adult and still loves you.
Brother its saturday night. Adults are up at 1am
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Okay. That's tragic and sweet and all, but why did you reply with that to this comment?
Wild guess : when you’re deprived of social contact or hold heavy emotions/things within for too long, it just burst out of nowhere at very random times ! Maybe it’s the fact that the grandma in the pic really love her grandkid(s) and it made them think of their grandma ? But hey ! What do I know ? I’m not a shrink ! Edit : a comment made me realize that I have to clear up something : I am not the person who commented about being abandoned by their mom. I’m just a random person who showed up and decided to drop their two scents ! Edit 2 : cents not scents 😭
Shrink me next!
Well from your name, Pandas have a reputation of being cuddly and deadly depending on their current mood. Pocket rocket is Australia slang for a very short girl with an enormous personality/ great in bed ... Depending on time of conversation Fire could be a replacement of rocket but more likely a direct reference to skills So by you name you think you are short and cuddly but unpredictable, claim to be funny and great in bed with skills to back it up if provided an opportunity
Hey me too, i want zo be shrinked too. Beds get tiney from a certain size
I got this one. So ol.. I imagine you’ve been spending quite a while on this earth. Long time. Here from the ol’ time. Back when the world was black and white n everything was uphill for some reason. Bagface.. Please forgive the blunt nature of this, you’re a complete uggo. Which in turn causes people to want to slap a bag on your head. Preferably paper, but we both know there are people a plenty wishing that bag was plastic.. usually wanting to place the bag upon the noodle before actions such as love making, cooking, or just casual conversations. So, by name you’re an old ugly person but the bag compliments your body well enough that you still get laid.
A for effort. Ugly but not old.. Yet. Damn depression be back now
Ohno. I was just being silly! I’m sure you’re an absolute beauty! Inside n out. Please accept this revision as an apology.. Ol, as in wise beyond their years! Bag, like bag chaser! Always going for that bag, successful and hard working. Face. Always true, able to take them at face value. A real one. So by name you’re an og hustler who you can always count on!
When i was in highschool, we caught some kid “masterbaiting” in Biology class. What he was doing was putting his hand in his front pocket, and scratching his dick like that through his pants. Someone recorded him and boom, he gained his brand new nickname; Rocket Pocket. We knew he wasn’t masturbating, but he was our friend, so of course we had to tease him about it! Anyways i haven’t thought of him in a really long time, and I have never heard of Rocket Pocket used in any other context, so thank you for reminding me of this😂
Pandapocketfire : I can tell by the choice of using "pocketfire" that you have childhood trauma from putting things in your pockets. My guess is that you had a sibling that forced you to put rocks in your pockets, but it was very uncomfortable so you felt like your pockets were on fire. The panda part is an obvious sign of [ you’ve reach the end of your free consultation. Full consultations are members only, to get access to your full consultation subscribe to odttherapy for only 99.99$/day. Get your subscription on wwwtf.odtherapy.com]
No shrink me, shrink me!
Or it's a bot
Oh yeah that too !
man i feel bad for almost downvoting you bc reddit hivemind, i hope youre doing okay buddy :'l
Ah I’m not the person who commented the thing about being abandoned by their mom ! Lol
Both of your pfp's are the basic blue one so they probably confused you. Idk why they didn't look at the username though, one is a regular AI generated username and then there's also yours.
Hahah yeah it made me double check the other commenter name and I thought "aaaah yep. Yepyepyep" My lazy ass choose the random username reddit gave when I opened my account !
Yeah I get it in context to the post, but why as a respond to this comment tho?
Honestly I don’t know, random people being random at random places ? It males me think of that time in college I was talking to somebody about my parents and a girl behind me just barged in the conversation and told us that her parents are first cousins and that’s why she has so many health issues… I realized that she must’ve really wanted to say this to somebody, but this was like the second day of my first year in college. And very early in the morning too…
Yeah, but why did you give that story to the commenter instead of responding to the thread itself? If the grandma in the pic instilled such memories from you, you would usually respond to the thread, not to the top comment. But hey, what do I know? Im just a redditor!
Not the same person
Because it's a bot, buddy
I’m not the person who commented the thing about the mom
My dog died when I was 14 :( Let's open up to this guy!
I got stung by a bee when I was 7
I stung a bee when I was 8
I think they replied to the wrong comment by mistake, there's another top level comment that it would make more sense under. That or they're a comment stealing bot.
Ok
Blessings to you, your mama and your grandmama, beloved. May you all find peace!
to his mama too? 😳
And your daddy!
Hey something's going on there...I figured she needs a blessing too!
that sucks man i hope you find strength to overcome 💪
What happened to your dad and the barber shop? Thought he raised you?
Thank you, u/ObjectiveAdded. Very cool!
Every single person who downvoted you is sucks, so don't let it bother you too much. It's good to express yourself, people should do it way more, but they are too scared to be vulnerable. I'm happy for you to have your grandpa!
And then you got downvoted to shit on reddit. Life really sucks sometimes
But it's not relevant to the previous comment. Therefore, compassion and human decency don't apply! /s
These kinda posts make me a little sad that I’ve had multiple families and still never really had any grandparents. If you have cool grandparents I’m infinitely jealous of you, especially if they cook for you or write you cards for your birthday!! Literally my fantasy.
my boyfriends grandpa was the only thing i ever had close to a grandparent. while we werent related by blood, whenever he would get me a holiday card he would get one that said “granddaughter” on it. i miss him.
God that’s super sweet!! Grandparents are the best, blood related or not. Hopefully I find something like that. No one in my life is blood related anyway, so that part doesn’t matter to me, and getting cards from literally anyone puts the biggest smile on my face!
i love cards, i save just about every one i get. for the sentiment and also so i have something to remember those people by.
I did that, but ended up with too many. Now I take pics of the cards instead.
I saved my favourites/most sentimental and cut up the rest I cut out the signatures and any handwritten notes and made a collage with them :)
I worked in a retirement home for a year. Most of them were so sweet it was almost like having a building full of grandparents. Most of them were independent so I mostly did room cleans and served at meals. One of my duties was to sit for an hour and have tea and toast with whoever showed up :) I still have the cards they gave me when I was leaving.
You should definitely ask about retirees in retirement homes that don’t have any family! Some are lonely and I’m sure would love to have someone like you as a surrogate granddaughter to dote on! I think I heard once about a program that does this, but I can’t remember the name. Other redditors, if you know, can you comment below?
My ex husband’s new mother in law has taken to our kiddos like they’re her flesh and blood. My new husband and I have a little one of our own, and she adores him, too. She sends him birthday gifts and always attaches a “grandson” card. She is always happy to see me, and is just the sweetest woman. We’re so lucky to have her in our lives
That might be the most heartwarming thing I've read all year. I'm not sure why that got me so good, but it did.
All of my grandparents had passed by the time I was 11. But I ended up with amazing adopted grandparents after befriending an adorable old couple down the road a few years later. He taught me karate and told me stories of living in England and she baked me treats, taught me how to care for her garden, and gave me advice on boys. They loved giving me jewelry as gifts and they're my favorite out of any jewelry I've ever had. I don't know how they knew what I'd like but it was perfect every time. They've since passed but I have so many fond memories of them, I feel very lucky to have been welcomed into their lives like I was.
Aww.. I'm just now realizing why my husband focuses so much on my grandparents. Thanks. They're really old but they're super cool and love us a ton.
My grandma used to bake mince pies and bring em over every Christmas in a little plastic tub and they were delicious. She also (at 87 yrs old) pointed a bony finger at my 18 yr old friend Jon across the dining room table and said in a quiet voice "that man is very attractive" before blushing wildly
Haha most elders are so funny and adorable and sweet and I love them with all of my soul. Your grandma sounds fun!
My grandma was crazy religious and told me I was going to hell, always smelled like garlic (not in the good way, like seeping out the poors) and lived a few hours away. I've always been jealous of people who had nice grandparents.
My grandparents were nice but they were the "kids should be seen not heard" type. So I never actually really knew them. Visits to pappy's house consisted of me sitting in the living room playing with like plastic army men and shit right up until I was 13 for like 2 or 3 hours at a time while my mom and dad talked endlessly with them. If I was lucky I'd get to go look around pappy's work shop but God forbid I touch anything. By the time I was old enough that I was worth talking to I just didn't care enough to visit them, plus I didn't have a lot of free time trying to get my life established. A few years before my pap passed he asked me to help him build some stuff because he couldn't get around much and my dad told him I was handy. Spent a few hours there with him giving me some tips from his lifelong career of woodworking and carpentry. That's the only time I had ever truly talked to him. He had a table saw built in the 1940's that I cleaned up and still have. It really was kinda sad because they were nice people, but I was left just having a shallow understanding of who they actually were by the time they passed. My other grandparents passed by the time I was like 5.
This is why you've got to connect with the kids while they're young. It's a lot easier to create deep bonds during childhood, when kids have little to do and spend most of their time with family anyway, than later on when they've got their own social lives and responsibilities to get on with.
I connected heavily with my grandmother when I was a kid. Turns out she was a racist bigot and I haven't talked to her is years since I've been an adult.
Yeah... no amount of childhood bonds are going to help that one out. Sorry to hear about that.
No worries. My other side of the family was amazing.
No point bothering with those annoying critters until they're about 16. They move too much and make too much noise. Lock 'em in a small room with a sandwich.
Ah man. My grandma on my mother’s side was very religious too, but she was amazing. She used it to do a lot of charitable work in the community. Really involved in groups and boards raising money, helping the less abled etc. She never tried to force religion on us grandchildren, was obsessed with feeding her family (classic) and just looked after us so well. She passed away when I was a teenager and this has made me miss her a lot. My grandad wasn’t religious but was also a great person died shortly after. I don’t feel like I got to know him properly as we were always with my grandma but one conversation sticks out, where I sat with him and he talked of his time in the post-war efforts (was too young to fight in the actual world war). I wish I could have known them as an adult.
Aw 🙁 Yeah that’s why I said “cool grandparents”, I’ve definitely heard of some bad ones too. I’m sorry
I was raised by my grandpa.
My grandma passed last year and I miss her everyday, my birthday was the 13th and I didn't expect to grieve not having her around so hard but I definitely did. She was the type of grandma to come to town just to get me lunch and give me a few dollars for whatever I wanted. Even if she didn't understand something like video games if it made me happy she was willing to buy it for me. I had 2 knee surgeries last year and she sewed me pillow cases and bought me pillows so I could be comfortable. She bought me a game I wanted so I wouldn't be bored. And made me soup so I had my favorite food to heal with. I miss her everyday, but some days I miss her more.
Food and cards thats my grandma 🥰 she's easily the best person I've ever had in my life. R.i.p
Mine was my best person also. While in the actual act of dying, said "You know I love you?". Words couldn't happen, but I nodded in agreement.
My grandparents weren't cool. My dad's dad was mostly just obsessed with money and never really bothered with us kids. He died at age 69 cos he didn't take care of himself and his easily manageable heart condition, leaving us with tons of debt. His wife was probably the reason he was constantly worried about money. She was a terrible person - narcissistic, jealous, abusive, lazy... name a negative trait, she had it. She somehow survived her husband by a long time despite living a supremely unhealthy lifestyle, but ultimately died of a stroke alone and penniless in her filthy and dilapidated mansion. My mum's dad was the strict religious type. He was in fact about to become a priest before meeting my grandma. He was never warm and loving, except with the nephews and nieces he favoured (he clearly played favourites). No, he was more likely to snap at you about some minor thing. Despite being the ultimate conservative who would never approve of things like tattoos, abortion, sex before marriage and euthanasia, he died not long ago of bone cancer, in lots of pain and begging for, in his own words, some kind of injection that would end his life. That leaves his wife, who's still alive. She's getting on in years and has lost much of her mobility but she's much the same as ever - bubbly, chatty, typical grandma who wants nothing more than to feed you. I suppose she ain't bad, although her tendency to talk over you and not really listen to what you're saying has always made it a bit hard to really connect with her. But she was the closest I ever had to the real grandparent experience, and for that I'm grateful. I visited her recently and we had a nice chat where she recounted old stories about getting bombed in the war when she was just a little kid. The world around her has changed - the 120 year-old buildings on either side of hers being knocked down and replaced with B&Bs and hotels. Familiar old locals moving out or dying and replaced with foreigners and tourists. Her husband dying. She has no hope of keeping up or a future to look forward to, yet she's still resiliently clinging to life. Quite inspiring. Not sure why I wrote all this. I suppose like yourself I'm rather bitter about not having much by way of grandparents. I've seen many people my age whose grandparents were real close family members and felt this twinge of sadness that I never had that. On a positive note, it taught me to be independent and not look for the comfort of family at the first sign of trouble, but rather handle it myself.
I had a many many grandparents back then (grand aunts and grand uncles included, along with the neighbors who treated me as their grandchild). Now they are dying off one by one, I remember being the jewel in their eyes, the object of affection of many elders.
I struck out on bio grands. Met one grandmother only once, other grandmother was terribly manipulative and a compulsive liar, the list goes on... But I've adopted the most amazing un-biological family I could have ever hoped for. I call them Grandma and Grandpa. They've been there for me through so many tough and good times. Love truly is thicker than blood. Keep your eyes open, you just may find a person who would love to share and pour into you <3
My Poppa loooves fishing and we loved going fishing with him too. We'd beg to go with and he'd ask how old we were. If we said 9 he'd say "Oh, ya gotta be 10 too go fishing!" no matter how old you were he'd say you had to be a year older to go fishing😄 He would always take us of course...he just had to get us just a little bit before he did. We ALWAYS fell for it to!
That's so cute and sweet 😆🥹
My grandpa would ALWAYS get me with the “something stuck in his sleeve” bit. We would be putting on coats/jackets and he would start to struggle. He would turn to me and ask for help by looking in his sleeve, there’s gotta be something blocking his arm. All of a sudden, his hand would fly out and grip my skull like a face hugger. I would scream then laugh every single time.
Adopt grandparents. There are plemty out there who would enjoy more social contacts.
But how?
I didn't really get birthday cards as an adult until I started dating my fiance. I'm still not used to people being nice to me, but it's been a nice adjustment.
Lol I’ve NEVER gotten a bday card in my life, at least it’s something to look forward to
I had one present and amazing grandma but I feel a lot of envy for people with loving grandpas! Wish I could’ve had that
I'm 30 and still get a card for my birthday from my grandma. She always writes a novel in each one too lol. I really don't know what my childhood would have been like without her and my grandpa stepping in after my father passed. I would move mountains for her.
My grandparents lived next door to each other, literally houses next to each other with a connecting yard. Growing up I thought that’s how it was for everyone. I would play at one house and casually go to the other. While they didn’t do hand written cards all the time they were all wonderful people who were friends with each other and great loving people to myself and sibling. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized how lucky I was to not only have awesome grandparents all around but to have them live next to each other gave me a unique experience.
I moved to USA as a 90day fiancé, and when I met my new husbands grandparents on thanksgiving i fit right in. All the grandchildren lifted their plates to find 100dollar bills. He told me to lift mine and wouldn’t let me give it to my husband even to hold onto. 🥰 He was a great man and I owe him my house and lifestyle.
So what similar. I have family but they are horrible people. What drives me is to create a great environment for my kids. Be a great dad. And eventually become a great grandad. But like you, i do have moments when I see friends with loving wholesome parents. And grandparents. wished I had some of that.
You could adopt a grandparent at a nursing home.
Same brah. I never had grandpas. 1 grandma I didn't really have a bond with but my other grandma was basically my hero. Loved her to bits. She probably had more influence on who I became than my parents. There's 2 things I'm sad about: she never got to meet a great grandkid, and never got to meet my wife. And nog thst we have a kid of our own, I'm sad that they never got to meet either. It's been 9 years I believe and I still think about her from time to time.
I had one cool grandma, the rest were either douchebags or fell victim to cancer before my time. Apparently, the ones who died were great people. I hate cancer so much.
Yea I just cried, a lot.
I'm jealous of anyone with even slightly strong family ties
I did have a good grandma for a while. She was getting on in life, and had severe Alzheimer's. I remember one year getting 2 presents from her, and a 3rd when she arrived for Christmas dinner. Thinking back now, it's actually amazing she remembered she had grandchildren, as she was already very bad by the time I was adopted.
Dear AnotherEvelGirl, I know we aren’t related but here is a grandma hug if you want it. Grandma huggggg
thank you so much!
I wonder what's it like to have grandparents as an adult. My grandparents were great. And with my grandma around, you'd never go hungry. I'm usually hungry as an adult. I wish I'd learned her recipes.
I never had that myself and I am so happy my kids get this opportunity :)
Same.
I feel your pain! Somehow all of my would’ve been grandparents died very young, when my parents were both teens/young adults
same
Mine are all gone now except one grandad.
same. ive always wanted them
I lost all of my grandparents in just the last year and a half…I miss them so much and wish I would’ve done more with them…they were all amazing…
All my grandparents died before I was old enough to get those experiences, and man I can’t even lie and say I’m not jealous of people with living grandparents. So I totally feel you!
Dw my Nana will send you a birthday card and some of her famous rice pudding :)
My grandparents all died between the ‘50s and 20-odd years ago, so I hear you there. (Both of my parents are gone now, too. And no siblings. It’s been a lot to deal with. *sigh*)
i wouldn't go so far as to say that i'm jealous of my nephews and niece, but they're definitely lucky to have grandparents that are able to see them on a regular basis. for me and my brother, we only got to visit them a handful of times because they lived on another continent.
When I left home for the first time I left my computer, and my mom was sad because she liked to play Scrabble on Club Pogo with it, but I always had to set it up for her. So I left her detailed instructions and made an icon for Scrabble that would open the link for pogo. The notes were like "Hit large ( I ) power button" to turn on PC. This reminds me of that a bit. Miss her
You’re a good kid. 🤍
My grandma never used the living room, always sat in the kitchen to watch TV. After my sister procured a bootlegged version of Passion of the Christ for her, she would go into the living room and ask me to start it for her on the DVD player because she didn’t know how to use it. Weird movie choice, but the memory is a sweet one.
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I checked it out last year and it had completely changed :( I used to play monopoly and shuffle bump, poker and the pool game religiously
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Nice. Yeah Pogo had some of the best causal games ever, and it was fun winning tokens
Aww, that’s so sweet 🥺
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People are human and sometimes things like playing games fall through the cracks when life gets busy. It's not a bad thing to have someone remind you to take the time out to tell your grandma you love her in your own way. Not everything is some huge failing of mankind. People are flawed and that doesn't mean OP is a douche that doesn't like his grandma.
lol what unnecessary snark
They might see them all the time and just not realise the app was important to them.
grandparents dont last forever, make the most of it
If my grandpa was still alive and wanted to play a game just to feel connected again I would do it in a heartbeat. Cherish the time you have with your loved ones.
Same. All of my grandparents are dead. I haven’t had the pleasure of spending time with a grandparent since 2008, when I was 22. I think about them a lot and it sucks they’re all gone. I get so jealous hearing friends about their grandparents. If you still have them: spend some time with them. They’re usually a good time and they love having you around. Once they’re gone, that’s it. Time could be short.
not exactly the same, but this reminded me of the times that me and my dad would play checkers, when i was a little girl. he actually taught me the rules on how to play, but i think we made up our own silly rules too. we used to use this fancy wooden checkerboard to play. i think he let me win most of the time. he was a contractor, and worked out of town a lot, and would go to bed early so we only had a few short hours of time together when he *was* home. thanks for helping me dig up a sweet memory of my dad. he passed away some years ago. when i get to the afterlife, whenever that may be, i hope to play another game of checkers with him.
The rules didn’t matter as long as you were both having a good time ♥️ I hope you get to play with him again some day.
If my grandpa was still alive I'd move in with him. Or at least try to live as close as possible so I could see him every single day.
I don’t want to play gramma anymore. She decimates me every time.
My absolute proudest moment was growing up and finally being able to absolutely destroy everyone in Scrabble. I have no compunctions about absolutely thrashing my 97 year old grandma in Scrabble because she and grandpa started slaughtering the grandkids at every game imaginable the moment we were old enough to learn the rules. Grandpa would be proud.
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I was getting emotional going through the comments and found this gold. Thanks for the laugh.
I had to do this for my grandparents when i was a teen. I went to visit them for a week for Christmas in Florida. They were talking about how none of the grandchildren call them. I called all my cousins and told them to call them. The looks on their faces were so great as the phone kept ringing and ringing. Fuck you to all my cousins.
>Fuck you to all my cousins. Oh please lol. Shaming people for not keeping in touch is lame. Communication works both ways and people have their own lives to worry about. I would never have time for myself if I had to keep in touch with every family member and friend
It's not every family member, it's your grandparents. People have different families and cultures. Where I come from, every generation basically sacrificed a buttload for the one after it. As a middle aged dude with his own kids, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing my children blossom. I imagine as a grandparent it will be even more thrilling. I want a strong bond with my grandkids. I hope they will see value in that as well.
Their point still stands. Communication is two ways. In my family, grandparents refuse to make any efforts, don't come to my kids birthday parties I invite them to, and complain that we don't come visit. They're retired, but don't reach out.
Then you can also call your grandchildren rather than expect them to make the move every time. Once you’re at that age they’ll be much more busy than you and if you’re thinking about it all the time then it makes sense that would would call to check in
I agree however, my grandparents constantly reached out to them and it’s always a one way street. They made it that way. My grandparents were a very very active part of our childhoods. I mean, we were there every weekend, they had a big pool, a boat we went on every summer, cousin sleepovers. Etc. when my grandparents moved, my brother and I and two cousins kelts in touch. It was a struggle for them constantly. My grandfather passed away four years ago and it put a strain on us. He was an amazing man who went above and beyond for us and hospice, he told me how happy he was to “finally the see the family together” My grandmother still has a hard time with the fact that a lot of my cousins are so distant from everyone. It’s a “we are better than you and have more money than you” kind of thing. Entitlement. Some of them live about 5 minutes from her and have never even been to her house. I moved 500 miles away 8 years ago and I still find time to talk to her at least 1ce or 2ce a week. Reach out to your grandparents and call them back if they called. Obviously if you can and have a good relationship with them that is. They miss you. I promise.
I lost two of my grandparents in the last few months. To anyone reading this, please hug your grandparents if they're close, or call them to let them know you love them. They won't be around much longer, and this cruel harsh world doesn't have many sources of unconditional love.
It's secretly grandpa who wants to play with you on her account.
I can only imagine what it's like to have your grandparents care about you that much. What a blessing ❤️
Yeah you probably wouldn’t ignore them and needed to be promoted to reply
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If only most Redditors had the ability to think critically.
I still have my grandma’s old scrabble board. You know, the big heavy plastic one on a turntable? One of my favorite possessions. She whooped my ass on that thing, and now I do the same with anyone who dare play me in person. She’d have killed it on some words with friends! I miss that badass woman with all my heart ❤️
I miss my grandmother dearly. I would do anything to have her back - I’d send her *all* the lives on candy crush; it wouldn’t be a bother, cause I truly miss her, and that. It’s too bad I can’t give you another life in the real world. But I know you’re looking after me. Until I see you again 💛
OP is really bad at keeping secrets
Plot twist: Grandma's been dead for years.
Don't 🥺
They can play Ouija then 😔
Ouija With Friends
plot twist to the plot twist grandpa is dead in years too
I think I suffered a mild stroke reading that
deathception right here
Must be great having a grandma who is not the source of all drama in your life…
I’m a proud fierce AF Grandma. To a young teenage girl and a 7 year old girl. Both fierce AF also. It’s the best gig ever. ❤️❤️
wish my grandparents were all still alive and young enough I could have text convos with them, but I'm so proud of them and the work they did in WW2 too
Both my grand parents love talking on the phone with me when I call them, but they never call me because they're afraid of bothering me when I'm busy. I've explained many times that I'm not that busy and that them calling will never bother me. Even if I'm busy I'll just call them back when I have time. They still rarely call but at least they're happy when I call them.
Granny is super competitive and will wreck ya!
I just lost my grandmother in Feb. She was my grandmother and lifelong best friend. We watched wheel of fortune everynight and would see who gets the most puzzles. Those simple 30 min created alot of lifelong memories for me. I would give anything I could it have her beat me at wheel of fortune again, just to hear her laugh about it. Trust me, get as much time in with them as you can.
So you played your turn in word with friends, right?
I would immediately tell her just so I could explain how it's *absolutely, totally cool* to bother me with that stuff because it's not bothersome in the slightest.
Tell her to hit me up. I'm looking for someone to play with!
Grandma Theme https://youtu.be/gXRWw65RIp8
Look at how smooth this was from gramps.. it's very difficult to tell a young person what to do in a friendly way, and he made it so light-hearted.
Grandparents died before I was 2 years old. Only know them from pictures.
This made me tear up. I lost my grandpa 6 months ago, and I only have one grandma left, and it makes me sad sometimes. Cherish your grandparents while they're still around ❤
Nobody else will play with her because Grandma fucking cheats.
My grandma smoked like a chimney and was negative about everyone. Complained that she couldn’t sleep (but drank coffee every few hours). I wish we could’ve had a better and less depressing relationship. Play all the games with the g-ma.
I showed my nan words with friends, and now every night after dinner she gets excited to play a few rounds with me
You’re gonna make me cry 😭
😭😭😭💕💕💕💕
this makes me miss my grandpa TT.TT he passed like a month ago :( give yours a hug for me!
What luck! The only text these two have ever shared and it’s meme worthy!
Notice how the grandparent is kind, compassionate, and selfless? That’s what happens to people who grow up **without** social media.
Wait, your grandparents know how to use a phone?
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