Today, my grandma was arrested for throwing her cane at a man who she thought was mocking her walk. That man was my boyfriend's father, who limps because of his cerebral palsy. He refuses to drop the assault charges. 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, my boyfriend of 2 years decided to tell an unimaginably rude joke to my grandma while at my house. She hit him over the head with a vase, and he's threatening to press charges. I still don't know whose side to take. 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, I got a phone call letting me know my grandmother was arrested for trying to light my grandpa on fire. She's now in jail, asking for bail money. FML
Today, my grandma got a new boyfriend. She dumped the old one because "His wife was taking too long to die." FML
Today, no one warned me that my grandfather was slipping into dementia. I proudly brought my new baby to meet him, only for him to burst into hysterical tears that I was a teenage whore, who’s now brought shame to the family. I'm 30 and married, but he still tried to hit me with his cane. FML
Today, I spent several hours downtown with my violent grandma, after she was arrested for threatening a guy with a gun. His crime? "Trespassing" by ringing the doorbell and asking if she was interested in donating to charity. FML
Today, I learned that if you make fun of a man for walking with a cane, you'd better be ready for him to hit you with it. FML
Today, my grandmother tried to start a fist-fight with my wife during my wedding ceremony. FML
Today, my boyfriend of three years and I went to visit my 85 year-old grandmother at the hospital. While I went to the restroom, she apparently told him about a guy I was seeing on the side. I have no idea who she's talking about and my boyfriend refuses to talk to me. FML
Today, my grandma moved in with us. Along with her 36-year-old boyfriend that none of us knew about. FML
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ohsnapword 21
He isn't wrong. Your grandmother is old enough to know better than to throw a cane at a disabled man.
coolmike699 26
Good. He shouldn't.
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Comments (22)
ohsnapword 21
He isn't wrong. Your grandmother is old enough to know better than to throw a cane at a disabled man.
coolmike699 26
Good. He shouldn't.
Jurbla 14
If he "refused" that means someone has more than likely asked if he'd consider dropping them. He absolutely shouldn't and I don't feel anyone had any moral grounds to ask him to do so. If your grandmother's very first response to feeling mocked is physical violence, then she deserves to be charged. She's more than old enough to process it in a better way, much less consider the fact that she's not the only person on the planet with a limp.
Mike3258 18
she probably assumed she's so old there wouldn't be any charges
Little Richard 11
Well that's going to make the holidays at your place awkward.
RichardPencil 32
That's going to make for an interesting scene at the wedding -- when grandma shows the groom's dad his name tattooed on her knuckles. She had that done in prison.
Wendy O Koopa 5
beat me to it
jessicasoho 13
Little late in the game to be learning lessons, grandma.
Pixiewolfe 46
Her first response was to throw something to harm another? Who was walking? Damn.
Talis99 26
Can't really see as how you think he should.
MikuandKaito 24
"Refuses" to drop the assault charges? Maybe you should get off his back. He has every right to press charges. Your grandma is an adult, not a child. Even if he was mocking her, there was no excuse for her to resort to violence.
Socks91 16
Good. Why should he? Old age is not an excuse for bad behaviour. She shouldn't have thrown her cane, simple as that.
Zeus_strike_me_w 15
Well, he's right. I hope your granmother learned her lesson. This is the proof "old" does not mean "wise"