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Please tell a bit about your Grandpa/Grandma. :) [I'd Rather Get To Know You Than Small Talk]

ABCDEF7 · M
My grandfather used to work after his retirement. After he died few widow came to us after one or two months. They told us that they didn't got the money(as pension) that my grandfather used to give them monthly after their husbands died and nobody was there to take care of them and their children. They told that they couldn't believe that my grandfather had not sent them the money this month due to any reason because it never happened till then. So they came here to enquire about him.

These women were mostly illiterate and were not capable to earn living for themselves and their children. My grandfather didn't ever told anything to any of us about this. He used to get his pension which he used for his own and his family expenses. He used to work after retirement only to help such persons in need.
All I can remember is that my grandpa used to shadow box like Rocky with a skullcap and sweatshirt well into his early 80’s. He would give me $1 for every time I could sneak him a beer w/out my grandma seeing it. He also swore that he won the lottery, but when he went to check the numbers with a gas station attendant the guy said he didn’t win, yet kept the ticket and never worked there again after that. This was obvs before the self checking machines in the early 90’s and he was still pissed about it on his deathbed.

My grandma was always cooking (phenomenal cook) and loved ALL children. Even the annoying ones lol. I’ve never met anyone that thought children were as angelic as she did. She took care of everyone, but even with that kindness, in the end only a few reciprocated and took care of her. That taught me that even if you have children there’s no guarantee that you’ll be looked after in your old age.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@DecafD <3 Well written :D
JustNik · 51-55, F
I never knew either grandpa. Grandma Frances, I admit, gave me the heebie jeebies, but I don’t think she was all there by the time I came around. I’m told she had a horrible temper, by today’s standards would have had her children taken away from her, but liked creative pursuits and played both fiddle and piano by ear. She died when I was 20. Grandma Elsie I adored. An easy laugh, a good cook, an amazing green thumb. She couldn’t read, but she knew more about life and survival than I ever will. She died when I was 16 and I miss her still.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@JustNik Sweet :D
hunkalove · 61-69, M
He was born by a river in a little tent. And just like that river he's been running ever since.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@hunkalove That is sweet.
Iwillwait · M
@hunkalove Such a great song.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
My grandkids have amazing grandparents
Harriet03 · 41-45, F
@MarineBob Modest one's too Robert!!
Riemann · 31-35, M
@MarineBob How about yours?
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@Riemann deceased, not Covid related
Iwillwait · M
My Grandpa is a smart man, he knows about so many subjects it's frightening. He's someone I love to spend time with and hear his stories or just to listen to him talk about whatever daily thing that has happened no matter how trivial. I will hear the same stories repeated and that's ok, I cherish every minute I have with him.

He's Awesome. 🤗
Riemann · 31-35, M
@Iwillwait Yes, we can learn so much right? :)
Powderflask · 31-35, M
I was closer to my grandfather than anyone else on the planet. He was a twisted mix of compassion and stone. He devoted so much time to carrying me to and from hospitals, physical therapy, school and church. At the same time he wasn’t a very warm person; “men don’t hug they shake hands” a man of few words but he cared.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@Powderflask I understand what he said. :)
They are the cutest. They been married since the 60s and been through a lot together and I love hearing stories from them.
Those are my mom's parents. My dad's parents died in the 80s I never seen them.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@PiecingBabyFaceTogether Can I get a story?
@Riemann Sure but maybe a bit later 😊
Riemann · 31-35, M
TheConstantGardener · 56-60, M
Paternally they were both Cockneys. Migrated for work and raised a house full of children through the great depression. Hard lives but enjoyable in many ways.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@TheConstantGardener <3 Wonderful :)
My granny is beautiful and somehow full of vitality despite battling cancer. Funniest and wittiest person I know. Strong af and smart. Love that lady.
Riemann · 31-35, M
<3 Sweet
SW-User
My only living grandparent is amazing, and despite her being old and frail I wouldn't fuck with her 🤣
Riemann · 31-35, M
@SW-User Some details. :D
SW-User
@Riemann She's from Cyprus. Survived and British and Turkish invasion. Left school at 8 to lookafter her nephews and niece. Came over to the UK on a 3 month boat journey with my mum and aunt. Can swear in 6 languages.
Were great people. Resilient, principled, loving.

Warm memories of my grandmother's little kitchen. First thing she did was sit you down for tea and a chat.

Grandfather was a weathered journeyman. We'd sit and talk late into the night, trading tales of adventure.
@Riemann LOL, there was a near miss with a mountain lion and a shotgun in the deep woods. Grandfather was the victor.

Consumption, pregnancy, illness without antibiotic. Recoveries on faith of a community alone.

Great grandmother still had a magazine breaking news of the Titanic.

I think there's a ghost story or two in there somewhere also.


What were yours like? Do you have good memories of them?
Riemann · 31-35, M
@SethGreene531 Granpa saved the community in the independence war. Granma is a kind smart lady who was a housewife. I heard war stories from her.
@Riemann That's incredible! History come alive. Rare glimpse through their eyes, these are the stories that need to be preserved.

Amazing. We have few war veterans in mine.
SW-User
On my mom’s side, they were from the Philippines. They died in their 80s. They spoke no English and I only met them once when I was 13.
On my dad’s side, my grandfather died when I was 4, so I don’t remember him. My grandmother died a year later, but I do remember her. She used to give me butterscotch candies because those were my favorite.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@SW-User <3 Candy
Both sets were farmers and dairy owners
Riemann · 31-35, M
@Stillwaiting Wan kno mor
SirBenedictTheSecond · 22-25, M
I only have one alive and she’s a monster. She has to be stopped.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@SirBenedictTheSecond Nein ist nein
Nomad7 · 22-25, M
@SirBenedictTheSecond Dad's mother? Mine's a low life, I don't call her grandma
SirBenedictTheSecond · 22-25, M
@Nomad7 Yes lol
My grandfather died in the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918. He was an immigrant from Poland. I suppose he was in his 20s. He was a coal miner and lived in West Virginia. He died decades before I was born. My mother was only three when he died.
Spica · 31-35, F
My grandma got married when she was 13. She can’t read or write, but she’s such a strong and amazing woman. And, she’s one of the very few humans in this world that I love with all my heart.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@Spica Aww <3
SW-User
I don't have much recollection of any sides of grandparents. They're almost mythical to me.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@SW-User Any stories?
SW-User
@Riemann Not been told much.
I don't remember my paternal grandparents.

I barely remember my grandmother on my mother's side and I have the best memories of her father.
assemblingaknob · 26-30, F
But my nan was a hardcore feminist.
Riemann · 31-35, M
@assemblingaknob Any stories?
assemblingaknob · 26-30, F
@Riemann She was a huntress, and was proud of all her daughters, encouraged them to study their asses off and pushed them to be financially independent with fvck-you funds in their banks, back when it was taboo for women in my community to go to school.
assemblingaknob · 26-30, F
They six feet under.
They are all dead.
he was probably crazy. hometown still lingers with stories about him
Riemann · 31-35, M
@stound Like? :)
@Riemann like the kinda things they try really hard to gloss over for his kids, much less grandkids. something about a bar fight and money covered with blood.
MeowsoliniReturns · 51-55, F
Mine have all passed away.
travelguy01 · 41-45, M
My grandparents (on my mother’s side, I never met my father) passed away several years ago. My grandfather was a farmer from Missouri and worked as a mechanic, he was basically like a father to me. My grandmother was an alcoholic, smokaholic, and gambleholic.
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