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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my grandmother yet again asked where my grandfather is. She refuses to believe us when we tell her that he passed away 6 years ago. She always insists that he's out cheating on her and accuses us of lying to cover his arse. 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, during my uncle's funeral, my four year old loudly asked, "Where's all the dead people?" FML
Today, at our usual family gathering, Big Grandpa, the family patriarch, said with his loud super authoritative voice, "Hey! Where is granddaughter?" I responded, "Here, Grandpa!" He then disgruntledly yelled, "NO! I meant my PRETTY granddaughter!" FML
Today, at my grandparent's funeral, we were waiting for the pastor. He was fashionably late because he couldn't find his sunglasses and had gone to buy new ones. FML
Today, I went to a family funeral. Talking to my grandfather, trying to chitchat, he said, "You're gaining weight, aren't you?" FML
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
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, 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, at the end of my great grandmother's funeral, her daughter (my grandma) told me and my mother that she doesn’t have a reason to come back and visit anymore, and that everyone in her life is now gone. FML
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Top comments
rileyrae0000 23
How are you even supposed to answer that? Like you have to keep breaking terrible news. I'm so sorry OP, FYL
TiffyTaffy96 13
So sorry for your loss OP, hopefully you'll come up something on how to tell your grandfather.
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Comments (150)
iwadasn 33
How could anyone vote YDI on this?
Andrew1251 1
Well would actually click "you deserved it" on this. I understand trolling but that is just ******.
kiki9_fml 10
Aww I'm so sorry. My grandmother is the same way sadly. My grandfather passed last July and she still asks where he is and tells us about things he did "yesterday". Its a very sad situation.
doubleofuck 20
That's terrible, I'm sorry for your family's loss OP.
SUN_lover 19
So sorry for your loss OP this is really heartbreaking :( and to all the nut jobs who voted YDI, what did OP ever do to you? Stole your charger and plugged it in horse's butt?
TheShoopinator 5
Sounds like he's spent. Should've grabbed the shovel and made it a 2 for 1 funeral.
smarti1809 12
you are a horrible person
mayhemily 7
That's just heartbreaking
DragonFire13 2
That's so sad, I'm sorry for your loss and his OP :(
shinikageWolf 15
This is so heartbreaking.
GhostFox 34
To be the devil's advocate, depending on his memory span, and what time his mind is stuck in, it might be one of the least traumatic solutions to tell him that "she had to go visit family far away, but she misses you, and loves you very much." Depending on what you believe, you could also say that she will come to get him when it is time. To those going to snarl at me about lying- I had a family member who was in the terminal stage of Alzheimer's. She thought that those of us around her were friends and family from when she was 7-12. For a few days that we were visiting, she asked, "Where's pappy?" The first few times, her daughter and son in law- my biological uncle- explained the whole situation to her- that she was 87, not 8, that her parents were gone, that it was 2012, not 1933- and each time she would have a meltdown, crying, shaking, hitting things and herself until she exhausted herself into sleep. The fourth day, her other daughter told her that "pappy went out of town," and wouldn't be back for a few days, and left her with us until he got back. No meltdown, no crying, and she didn't remember long enough to pick up on the lie. So, yes, it is morally dubious, but it is less traumatic for both the individual and the family. Don't judge until you've been in the situation.