This day started out well enough. I asked my mom to come over and watch my boys so I could go to Jacob's parent teacher conference. She arrived right on time. Her intentions are good. It does help to have her watch my boys. But good grief can't she get up off the couch and play with them? She is definitely a remote control grandma! Anyone have one of these? She plops down and calls the boys to her and does not make much effort to get down and play with them. If I am near by she says 'mom will get it for you'. She turns on the price is right and proceeds to direct Josh to go and find a grandma car (a diecast vehicle that is four doors like hers). She made a comment last time that my cousins boy, who is the same age as Josh, can put together puzzles. I tell her that her grandson can do that too! Does she go to find puzzles for him to work on...nooooo. I left them out so she could see him put them together. She proceeds to say that the same cousins baby can say his address. I am wondering if she brags on her own grandchildren the same when she is visiting them. She did not play with Jacob at all that I saw. She likes to cuddle the baby because that does not distract her from watching the tv. What is more important, playing with her grandchildren or watching some no name person winning her showcase? When I got back from said conference she did not ask how Jake is doing. Noooo....she finds the recent batch of pics that I was debating on giving as a Christmas gift with frame and makes a derogatory comment. She looks at one of the pics and does not compliment it and instead says that the pic is 'interesting'....INTERESTING? What the hell does that mean? I was fuming. I kept it to myself. She either does not read body language very well or disregards it all together. These are some darn cute pics too. Now I don't even want to give her one. Am I being childish? I don't think so. The picture in question is below. I told my husband and he just rolled his eyes. This is the same grandma that used to comment about Joshua being like a lead weight to lift. Joshua seemed to internalize this at just two and said one day 'I am too big'. I felt so bad. I told grandma she need to be careful what she said in front of him. She herself has said that kids are very smart. Then why is she saying such insensitive things? My husband is amazed that I came out of my childhood normal. I have to admit that I am too.






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I think the picture is adorable & it amazes me how insensitive people....(family)....can be! My grandmother is always coming out with ridiculous comments that make me see "red rats"! I'm sure she means well, but it infuriates me! Hang in there! :)
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