What were your grandparents like?

Both grandfathers were veterans in the Canadian Armed Force. Grandmothers were stay at home.

ManicMicah · 22-25, M

On my dad's side, my grandpa (who we call Pop) is a mentally abusive dick-head who acts bipolar but is now very weak after he attempted to starve himself. My grandmother is a stay-at-home woman who used to be my grandpa's slave until she left him (hence why he tried killing himself through starvation). She's very nice and is like a second mother to me, taking care of me for most of my life. She now takes care of her mother, my great-grandmother, who is the only great grandparent on my dad's side to still be alive. She's old and has serious Alzheimer's and can barely walk by herself. I never met my great grandfather.

On my mom's side, my grandmother (who we call Mimi) is a woman who used to work at several restaurants until she retired and now currently stays at home. My grandpa used to be an alcoholic who suffered from a stroke so he can no longer speak clear sentences (stuttering most of the time). Since he can no longer drive, he quit buying alcohol and no longer gets drunk. He used to be abusive in his younger years to his children but he never abused anybody again. My great grandmother is an old lady who's very sweet and kind who I don't see all too often, but she makes a point of giving me ten to twenty dollars every birthday or Christmas. Her husband was a World War II veteran who passed away in 2008. He was a very kind, compassionate, and strong man and died in his late eighties.

This was a long and detailed explanation of both sets of grandparents, AND great grandparents. I just got caught up, hehe...

Tatsumi · 31-35, M

My grandmother on my mom's side was a decrepit cunt who should have been put in prison for child abuse. My grandfather on moms side is equally a decrepit cunt. My aunt, his daughter, got various forms of cancer and died two years ago, suffering terribly. He didn't even show up to her deathbed.

My dad's side, my grandfather is a miserable, angry person who knows nothing. My grandmother on dad's side was very aloof and sort of cold. But at least i could call them grandparents. They were there, at least. And they did play a grandparenting role that wasn't bad. But grandma died 11 years ago, and hes been a mess ever since.

SW-User

I don't remember much about my mothers parents but my father's parents were ok. His dad was pretty nice but his mom... was a very self centered hag. When grandfather had a stroke she wouldn't let us move the couch so that the ambulance people could move him out. Shes one of those..

SW-User

I never met my grandparents on my biological father's side. But my stepfather's parents believed that children were to be seen and not heard. My mother's parents moved away when we were young and we never saw them.

prettylittleliar · F

Grandpa didn't care about us. All he cared about was his deluded girlfriend.. But my Grandma is the most caring loving soul you will ever meet. Every time I went there when I was little she would fix me a massive feast!