Today, I saw my grandmother. All of my cousins and I went to say hi to her, one by one. When I got up to her and said, "Hi grandma!", she said in Chinese, "I don't remember this one." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, we spent the day with my grandmother. During a family conversation, my sweet little grandmother looked me up and down, and without any hesitation said, "I remember you being so beautiful," before looking at my mother, mouthing, "What happened?" and laughing. She's 87. FML
Today, I had to cancel my plans to go see my grandma, because I wasn't feeling too well. I called her to apologize, but she had trouble remembering who I was. When I told her my name, she said "Oh, the FAT one." Yes grandma, the fat one. 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, being the nice grandchild that I am, I went to visit my grandmother. She didn't recognise who I was. I thought she was joking. She later called the police as, "Some weirdo had walked into her house." I'm that weirdo; she wasn't joking. FML
Today, I went to visit my grandmother for what will most likely be the final time. It has been 6 days since she has been allowed to eat or drink, and the doctors are sedating her. I walked in and gave her a hug. Her response? "I don't know who you are." Thank you late stage dementia for that final memory. FML
Today, my grandpa died. I called my grandma to make sure she was going to be fine. After talking over the phone for 30 minutes or so, I told her goodbye and said, out of habit, "Say hi to grandpa for me". FML
Today, my grandmother called. She greeted me by my mother's name. When I told her it wasn't my mother, she apologized and corrected herself, but this time she addressed me as my sister. When I told her it wasn't my sister either, she said, "Sorry, wrong number" and hung up. FML
Today, I went to pay my grandma a visit. She called the cops because she didn't recognize me and thought I was a robber. FML
Today, I went to see my grandmother. She has Alzheimer's and doesn't remember me sometimes, and today she thought I was her sister and that I was trying to steal my grandfather from her. She hit me with a cane and called me a slut. FML
Today, during a family reunion, my 89 year-old grandma stood up and drunkenly made a speech about how ashamed I should be of myself for still being single. She then passed out at the table. Half my family got up to help her, the other half whispered in agreement. FML
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MermaidSongXOXO 6
Awww, don't take offense to it. Her memory's just slipping. It would've been worse if she suddenly remembered and said "Oh, yeah--- the mistake."
Jadian 4
Sounds similar to when my great aunt was introducing us four kids... she was like, "This one's Matt, this one's Angelica, this one's Kyle..." then she points to me and says, "and that's... oh, whatever her name is." It definitely sucks.
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Comments (78)
Baylorbound2012 0
*insert troll food here*
Fluffy_homan 0
fyl for being Asian :-)
Ohnothingreally 0
There is no language called "Chinese". There's Mandarin and Cantonese...
perdix 31
The weird thing is they are an Italian family! No one knows why Grandma is speaking any of the languages of China.
melqart 0
Actually, most linguists would consider Mandarin and Cantonese to be dialects of a Chinese language. While the English use of the word dialect doesn't convey the fact that the two spoken language systems are mutually intelligible, for social, linguistic-historical, and cultural reasons, there is indeed a spoken Chinese language. Furthermore, the spoken Chinese language features not only Mandarin and Cantonese but many other dialects.
misspeg 0
kudos to u ohnothingreally. so many ppl don't know there is a difference. the thing is OP should have specified if it was Cantonese or Mandarin if she's Chinese so a few alarm bells r ringing there. but all in all people start forgetting stuff when they get old. what's it called again?
catastrophicsock 0
Yeah, I know the feeling. When my grandfather was dying (from cancer) we visited him at Christmas and he couldn't remember my sister or I (two of the only three grandchildren. He remembered the third, in jail for stealing from him) and to add salt to the wound, he said "she's prettier" and indicated to my sister. Try not to take it too seriously. They mean no harm, even if what they say really hurts
rhymethyme 0
Everyone should pity me, Though it's my Grandma's memory That's fading way too rapidly. I can't be worried for HER, you see, Cause Im a giant cry baby. Seriously, give the woman a break. I've watched a older and not so older people slip memory wise and worse, loose it completely. It's not an FML.
rainbowfrootloop 0
awwwww! so sad
bosshaug 0
Gook
Skull_300 0
Did you say "**** You Old Lady" in English?
minakichan 0
I'm Chinese and one of like 13 cousins, and this happened to me too! Well, it's definitely understandable, but I was a little hurt my grandma recognized my little brother and not me... Guess kids are cuter.