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Grandparents can be frustrating at times?

Everyone here had them. Some even still have them. Grandparents. I only ever knew my Grandmother. Most of us look back on them with affection. I cried at my Grandmothers passing. She was such a sweet lady. She did have an acerbic streak, but only when provoked.
Remember those sayings that used to come from their mouths. Sayings that left me, as an unknowing child, wondering, "What does that mean"?🤔

The cat can look at the Queen
If johnny told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it? My response to this was, " "Who's Johnny "?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. huh?
You would forget your head if it was not screwed on. I had nightmares about this.☹
I'm sure it was only a lick and a promise.
Who's got a bee in their bonnet then?
I'll give you what for.

I look back on these times in awe and a little frustration.
So much could have been learnt if things were explained to us.
My dad frustrated me the most.
When he was venturing out somewhere I would very often ask him,
"Where you going, Dad" ?
He always replied,
"I'm going to see a man about a dog."
I was so excited thinking we were getting a dog.
We never got a dog.🐕
My great grand mother was 96 when she died and that was twenty years ago so yes I'm familiar with those sayings. She was a wonderful woman. I was lucky to have known her.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
I miss my grandparents, even though they have been gone for many years. I remember all those sayings too. Now that I am growing old, alone, their memories are like an anchor to keep me grounded in what now seems like an insane world.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
I’m watching the “signs.” I have one of my grown children here, who I don’t think would leave, so it’s not an easy decision to move to another state where I don’t know a soul. I have the means to go anywhere. The thing is where to go, if I go, but I’m just waiting and see how it starts to play out. @Gusman
@Carissimi I'm sorry to put it so bluntly but go to a red state (but not to a university town there [e.g. Austin in TX]).
Carissimi · 70-79, F
A red state is where I plan to go, if I have to. I’m in a very Leftist place now, and even though it’s a beautiful place to live, I don’t feel comfortable here as a conservative. Making friends here is virtually impossible. I tried, and once they know your values, they shun you. There is too much of divide now, and even though I can make friends of decent people on the Left or Right, I find the Left intolerant of anyone who holds different views and values. @LamontCranston

 
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