Today, I was over my grandparents' house for my grandfather's birthday. For years they would talk to each other in Italian and I could never understand them, so I started to take an online class to teach myself Italian. Now I know all they talk about is how much they hate everything about me. 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, I went downstairs to get a drink and overheard my grandparents talking about me. They spent a good 15 minutes double-team attacking me for my failings as a human being, mainly me not being married with children yet. I'm barely 20. FML
Today, my grandparents came to visit. So far, they have called me fat, bragged about how my cousin is better than me, and told me how I'm not good enough for them. It's OK though, they gave me a pretzel from the airline and a textbook on physics. In another language. FML
Today, I had to listen for over 10 minutes as my brother and grandmother discussed how much they hate me. They thought I was asleep. FML
Today, I discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML
Today, I spent all day cleaning for my grandparents to come over, only for my grandfather and father to interrupt me, talk over me, and treat me like I'd done something wrong. I'm autistic and was infodumping. They know this. FML
Today, I visited my in-laws, whom I thought I was on great terms with. I soon learned that wasn't the case when my mother-in-law yelled at me about how I've been abusing her for years. Ten minutes later, she hugged me and asked me for grandkids. FML
Today, I listened to my grandma monologue about how if my uncle was born first, my mother (and consequently, I) would not exist. I then got to listen to her rant about what a terror he was. Let's just say I learned and heard some things I'd rather have not known. FML
Today, I was sitting in class when I overheard a group talking about how much they don't like me. When they saw me there, they burst out laughing. FML
Today, I went to visit my grandparents, as my grandmother may not have long left. When my stepfather wasn't grilling my visibly uncomfortable grandad about Bible passages, my mother was trauma-dumping about how hard her life has been, and how awful her marriage to my father was. They're his parents. FML
Today, I'm spending time with my granny, with whom I'm supposed to live with for a few weeks. I've noticed that she repeats the last word of every sentence I say, and now I'm wondering how it's possible for me to now be so horrible that I want to punch a sweet 92-year-old lady in the head. FML
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OhDearBetrayal 25
You should play along with it and then when the times right you should start talking in Italian. Embarrass them.
kittenmeownyan 18
Sorry OP some families can be real assholes even to their one of their own.
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Comments (83)
Setareh23 34
I wonder if your parents ever visited at the same time and could understand everything they said....
XxcaitanatorXx 12
wow those are some grandparents you got there
buckdharma 38
If the reason they don't like you is because you ride a tangerine bicycle and sleep with many, many oxen, you might want to show them your mucus and chilax. Oy vey!
Omniprism 15
Maybe your lost in translation. It's easy to get lost. But if you feel that's what they are saying then I wouldn't go over there anymore. Or next time you do and you hear them say something ask them why in Italian. That would teach them a lesson but also start a real conversation. Good luck and protect yourself emotionally.
JennNoVa 8
Turn the tables and tell them what miserable excuses for grandparents they are in Italian, then calmly get up and leave. Sounds like you're a good grand kid so if they're not going to appreciate the time you spend with them don't waste it on them!
russfml 31
I could of told you that before you took all those classes. Everyone knows that talking foreign languages they are usually talking about you lol. For real though that sucks fyl
Brilliant66star 17
Well, that's family for you: respect... Love yourself and do your own thing from today forward. Never mind what they think. Above all, if these grandparents need care when they're older, please leave that to others who they valued and treated with respect and kindness.
onorexveritas 24
that's pretty horrible
beatlegirl27 20
Mi dispiace! che deve essere stato imbarazzante.
WildWonder808 14
That's awful! Old people cab be so rude at times