Today, after my 5-year-old finally got over his grandmother's death, we went to a store and saw a lady that looked exactly like her. She came up to us asking if we saw her grandson; I can't get my son to stop freaking out. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at work, I served a customer who looked so much like my grandma that I thought it actually was her. Then I remembered she died 6 months ago. I had to serve customers with a smile on my face while choking back tears for the rest of the day. FML
Today, at my mother's funeral, as everyone was around her casket for the viewing, my 5-year-old son in cluelessness of what was going on shouted, "Grandma is more fun when she isn't sleeping." Everyone cried. FML
Today, at my grandmother's funeral, my senile grandfather kept asking me "Where's granny? I've been looking for her, but I can't find her." FML
Today, a parent came into my class and told one of my 6 year-old students that their grandma died. Then the parent left. The kid started crying from the news, which then got all the other students crying. I spent the rest of the day comforting a class of kids crying over someone else's grandma. FML
Today, I'm beginning to regret explaining death to my 3-year-old son. We were at the supermarket when he looked at an elderly woman and loudly told her "You're gonna die soon!" FML
Today, while at my aunt's funeral, my grandma who has terrible memory loss asked me whose funeral we were at. I had to explain to her that her daughter had died. FML
Today, I told my grandmother I was planning a trip to take my newborn son to meet his great-great-grandfather before it was too late. She had a guilty expression on her face. My great-grandfather died 4 months ago and my family forgot to tell me. FML
Today, my six-year-old son told me my makeup looks like his grandmother's did in the casket. FML
Today, I was picking up my nephew from school. I waved when I saw him coming, shouted, “Hey dude!” The kid stared at me, confused. That’s when I realized it wasn’t my nephew, just a child who looked vaguely similar but who was now terrified. His actual mom gave me a look like she was deciding whether to call security. FML
Today, my phone made a random noise. I jokingly said, "Wow, I wonder who died now?" Turns out it was my son's grandmother. I had to explain it because I screamed. I also got to tell his dad that his mom just died. FML
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kristinash_baby 5
Wow that's kind of creepy, I think I'd be freaked out too.
HouseElf 13
Awe I'm so sorry that your son has to go through that. Death is such a difficult concept to grasp, even when you're older :/
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Comments (75)
FMLoverAgain 7
She came back !
SomeRandomGuy15 18
Ouch... I'd probably have been freaked out too... Creepy coincidence. My deepest condolences, OP
woiz 11
call it "THE Return of the Grandma"!!!
perdix 31
She probably faked her death to get the insurance money. An effective con artist would keep a lower profile until the money was safely in the Swiss and Cayman Islands banks. Hope she's going to share some of the swag with you.
Fuhkyoo 17
Old people are so fragile, she would probably accidentally kill herself in the process of faking her own death.
crazytwinsmom 25
The grandma could be in her forties, not old and fragile yet.
CanCann 16
Maybe it's a sign of something good.
fksfsdhfsdfh 26
The person in the store must be creeped out!
BinaryGuy 22
Don't know that he is quite "over it" yet, but that is really unfortunate for that to happen. Hope she found her grandson.
erck3800 12
time to start saving for therapy sessions
PhishloverA 14
Good luck trying to convince him it wasn't her ghost.
dareintheren 7
Ydi because u could have took him to another store then that the one you went to
InfamousLastWord 9
Why would she have taken him to another store? It's not like she could have known there would be a grandma "look-alike" in the store, or that the grandmas would stop and ask about her missing grandson.
Pandora_UK 7
Yeah, you're so right - because OP is so obviously psychic, right?! Pfffft... the only dumb idiot round here is you, sunshine.