Grandmas: they can kiss you on the cheek while punching you in the gut, and you’ll still write a thank-you note…or wish you had. BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN’T BE HERE.
![[Grandma]: I have 7 Grandkids -- 3 grandkid-in-laws -- 5 great-grandkids -- THIS IS A MESSAGE TO ALL OF THE ABOVE -- I just wanted to remind you that I am the mother of your mother. Without your mother YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE. I want you to know that I am NOT keeping track, but Christy [redacted] is the only one who remembered me on Mother's Day. Our will is being adjusted as I speak. Lots of Love...Nan](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2305/5710963077_895e2af715_o.jpg "[Grandma]: I have 7 Grandkids -- 3 grandkid-in-laws -- 5 great-grandkids -- THIS IS A MESSAGE TO ALL OF THE ABOVE -- I just wanted to remind you that I am the mother of your mother. Without your mother YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE. I want you to know that I am NOT keeping track, but Christy [redacted] is the only one who remembered me on Mother's Day. Our will is being adjusted as I speak. Lots of Love...Nan")
related: But…but…I didn’t forget!
P.S. By the way, Grandma Cookie, I did call you at Palm Garden on Mother’s Day — three times — but you didn’t answer. But, um, Happy Mother’s Day?
92 responses so far ↓
#1
Chesire Cat
Wow. What a bitch!
First of all maybe they were going to send her a card for Grandparent’s Day instead? I go ahead and just send my grandparents cards on Father’s and Mother’s day but some do Grandparent’s Day instead.
Secondly, won’t she feel stupid if it gets there like tomorrow meaning the mail was just slow? Or maybe they had a reason not to have time to get the card like they lost their job or have a new baby?
Sure they should have sent a card or called her, but one act does not make someone a bad grandchild.
May 11, 2011 at 8:47 pm rating: 28
#2
kmd
Nan has a very bratty sense of humor! Team Nan.
May 11, 2011 at 8:49 pm rating: 5
#3
katie_2256
A grandma on facebook? What is this madness?! Mine still can’t text, or operate the remote control for her tv.
May 11, 2011 at 8:51 pm rating: 26
#4
shipaddict
Get over it, Granny. The only one responsible for calling you on MOTHER’S day is your own kid. Anything else is a bonus.
May 11, 2011 at 8:51 pm rating: 109
#5
laura
Wow. Grandma has some anger issues. Technically there is a Grandparent’s Day so I feel she is definitely overreacting.
And way to air out dirty laundry in your family through Facebook. I really hate facebook because of that.
May 11, 2011 at 8:52 pm rating: 27
#6
katie_2256
Oh and “I’m NOT keeping track” but “Christy is the only one who..” …. In what world is that not considered keeping track?!?!
May 11, 2011 at 8:53 pm rating: 50
#7
Jaylemeux
I’m sorry, but there is nothing cute or loving or quirky about that. Unless it’s a joke. Even then, it’s really rude to air it on the news feed.
May 11, 2011 at 8:55 pm rating: 21
#8
Canthz_B
They have got to reinstate the arts and crafts budget at Happydale Farms Rest Home. Someone has too much time on her hands.
How much can construction paper, macaroni and Elmer’s glue cost anyway?
May 11, 2011 at 8:57 pm rating: 18
#9
Clifton Griffin
With grandmas like these, who needs enemies?
May 11, 2011 at 8:58 pm rating: 32
#10
Canthz_B
Happy Mothers’ Day, Grandma.
Remember next time, it’s OK to walk into the light.
May 11, 2011 at 9:07 pm rating: 58
#11
UnclGhost
Sheesh, she can’t wait until Grandparent’s Day in September?
May 11, 2011 at 9:08 pm rating: 1
#12
Fervel
Grandma can go fuck herself.
May 11, 2011 at 9:10 pm rating: 27
#13
Stacy
This lady reminds me of my boss… someone who demands respect yet does little to actually deserve it.
May 11, 2011 at 9:16 pm rating: 25
#14
Alexis
They all sent cards to their ACTUAL MOTHER! Why would you expect a Mothers Day card from grandkids? If they forget Grandparents Day that’s different.
May 11, 2011 at 9:25 pm rating: 11
#15
DLo
She better hope she doesn’t need any of the grandchildren she just pissed off to help pay her nursing home bills some day. Can you say “Bekins Box Under a Bridge” Nan?
May 11, 2011 at 9:27 pm rating: 19
#16
Dibs
grandkid in-law? really?
May 11, 2011 at 9:42 pm rating: 17
#17
TippingCows
I tried reading it as a joke, but it’s not even funny that way. Fail on Nan.
May 11, 2011 at 9:57 pm rating: 3
#18
BigJoe
I’m not keeping track, but only one of you remembered me and I am writing the rest of you out of my will. Yeah, doesn’t sound like keeping track at all.
And what the heck does grandkid-in-law mean?
May 11, 2011 at 10:28 pm rating: 2
#19
jen
it’s MOTHER’S day, you crusty old biatch.
May 11, 2011 at 10:30 pm rating: 15
#20
Charlotte
Lucky Christie, all that bitchiness and neuroses medication she’s going to inherit….
May 11, 2011 at 10:39 pm rating: 5
#21
Allie
What I want to know is who the two suck-ups were that “liked” it.
May 11, 2011 at 10:58 pm rating: 7
#22
Me
Grandparent’s Day will be very uneventful…
May 11, 2011 at 11:55 pm rating: 3
#23
Ana
after a note like that to her grandkids forgetting mother’s day, I would love to see what she does if they forget her for Thanksgiving or Christmas. and what in the world is grandparents day?
May 12, 2011 at 12:20 am rating: 5
#24
Tammy
So what happens when she does start keeping track?
May 12, 2011 at 5:13 am rating: 2
#25
Buck
Not only is she a bitch but she has a flaw in her logic. “I just wanted to remind you that I am the mother of your mother. Without your mother you wouldn’t be here.”
That might apply to her biological grandchildren but she writing her “grandkids-in-law” (whatever the hell that is) out of her will too. I’m pretty certain she had nothing to do with the birth of THEIR mothers.
I hope Christy has money… otherwise Nan is going to really hate that nursing home the rest are going to drop her off at in a few years.
May 12, 2011 at 5:41 am rating: 12
#26
Bissell
Ha! 7 grandkids, 5 great grandkids. What’s so bad about the other two???
Non-use of a hyphen, and poor spacing did not make it obvious she was talking about her grandkids’ kids.
How crappy does your relationship have to be that the promise of an inheritance is the only thing holding your family together? Methinks Granny is just reaping what she’s sown.
May 12, 2011 at 6:29 am rating: 13
#27
Splint Chesthair
Don’t worry about it, nan! I’m already working on the paperwork to get you declared mentally incompetent. We’ll all make sure your stuff gets distributed evenly.
Love you!
May 12, 2011 at 6:50 am rating: 16
#28
mugabo
bitter and angry people die sooner, granny. put down the crack pipe, eat your veggies, and get some exercise; you’re too precious and laughable to die at 65 (!).
May 12, 2011 at 7:31 am rating: 3
#29
mugabo
also, she is the mother to the mother of another mother; that’s how GREAT works. And why no mention of her kids in the message? Have they been disinherited, too.
May 12, 2011 at 7:39 am rating: 1
#30
MARY
Something is telling me that Christy is going to take a lot of heat for this from like 15 people(or more) for like 15 years(or longer).
It is proper to include Grams in the Mothers Day calls. Being old and a bit lonely, any person would grow to expect their family to be there for them. Hell, giving birth and raising big ass families isn’t easy. But that being said, you never hear of Gramps pulling this crap.
May 12, 2011 at 8:56 am rating: 2
#31
DLW
There are too many holidays to think about already without having to include grandma in every single one. She already has a birthday, Christmas (or equivalent), anniversary…she probably expects greetings on Valentine’s day, grandparents day, mother’s day (apparently), etc. When does it end people?! When does it end?!
May 12, 2011 at 9:25 am rating: 1
#32
TJM
You know… sarcasm doesn’t read very well in print, but there are families that give each other this kind of crap on a regular basis. This may just be granny’s sarcastic way of announcing “Hey! I’m still alive! Hello!” Anybody out there? I know you wouldn’t notice if I died, but Hello?” I suspect that the intent is to prompt a few of the grand kids to pick up the phone and say “Sorry I haven’t called in so long, Gran.”
May 12, 2011 at 9:52 am rating: 4
#33
krunchbang
Another reason why the youth must be beaten, and the elderly should have to report to the “Sleepshop” a la Logan’s Run.
May 12, 2011 at 9:57 am rating: 1
#34
boodie
Never heard of Grandparents Day, must be an American thing. Over here on Mother’s Day you send cards to your Mum and any and all Grandmothers still extant, same thing on Father’s Day, Fathers and Grandfathers of any kind.
May 12, 2011 at 10:08 am rating: 3
#35
merkin4
Gran:
So sorry to have neglected you on Mother’s Day this year. We really meant to remember you on this special day, but things got a bit hectic. Julie was on her way to the post office to mail your package when her water broke (three weeks early). So, we all headed to the hospital and thirty-six hours later, our precious baby girl came into the world. Julie lost quite a bit of blood during the process, and we thought we were going to lose her there for a while, but I’ve got the same blood type and was able to provide the three pints of rare ABO++ they required. Lots of miracles that night. Baby and mom are doing fine.
We had named the baby after you – in an effort to preserve your name and legacy – but now the birth certificate is being adjusted as we speak. Can’t have such a sweet, innocent child growing up with a petty, mean, vindictive witch as a namesake and role model, now can we?
See you on Saturday for the weekly poker night.
-Brent
May 12, 2011 at 11:03 am rating: 18
#36
doeseatoats
This is just another example of society failing our elderly. It would only take a minute to pick up the phone!
Getting off the phone, well that’s another matter….
May 12, 2011 at 11:06 am rating: 1
#37
diddywiddit
Sounds exactly like something my Borderline Personality Disordered mother-in-law would write. Every word. Makes me shudder.
May 12, 2011 at 11:17 am rating: 4
#38
Nunavut Guy
One of the pluses of killing your entire family in cold blood is that you have a very short Christmas card list.
May 12, 2011 at 12:28 pm rating: 10
#39
Car Title Loans
Facebook is definitely one way to get your point across to your family. I know I’ve been bad occasionally at forgetting someone on Mother’s Day (I have a large, extended and step-family) but for everyone to forget one person? Ouch. I don’t blame her!
May 12, 2011 at 12:51 pm rating: 1
#40
toad
When I was younger, I definitely had a few elderly relatives and friends who stopped sending cards or gifts when they didn’t receive thank-you cards. I think it’s sort of a lost tradition, something expected by the older generation but not important to the younger generations.
May 12, 2011 at 2:01 pm rating: 0
#41
bamboocurl
I guess she’s fine with knowing that any attention she gets from her grandkids are only because of her money and not out of love.
May 12, 2011 at 6:49 pm rating: 2
#42
Kronstadt Sailor
If she’s addressing her great grandchildren she can’t possibly be the mother of their mothers. What a prick.
May 12, 2011 at 6:55 pm rating: 1
#43
Kurtis
[Submitted by Christy]?
May 13, 2011 at 8:32 am rating: 2
#44
CalmpleXed
Keep the money and the guilt…
May 13, 2011 at 2:39 pm rating: 1
#45
Afrosheen
Oh no, who will inherit the doublewide and the care and feeding of the Vietnamese potbellied pigs now?
QUICK, everyone send her a card!
May 16, 2011 at 12:00 am rating: 0
#46
angela
I sent a mother’s day card to my MOM. Not to HER mom. My grandmothers didn’t raise me.
May 16, 2011 at 1:05 pm rating: 0
#47
easily distracted
By Nan’s logic she needs to give her own daughter a gift for Grandparents’ Day. After all, if daughter didn’t have kids, Nan would have never become a grandmother.
Somehow, however I think she pulls this on every holiday and event.
“It’s your birthday so YOU should be giving ME presents. If not for me you would have never been born!”
May 17, 2011 at 1:04 am rating: 2
#48
RP
Dear Grandma,
I’m rich, bitch!
Signed,
I Don’t Need Your Estate
——————————————
Seriously though, I hate the whole “You never call” complaint. Last time I checked the phone works both ways. If you call and leave messages and they never answer then that’s one thing but this always comes from people who think everyone else should call them.
Also, as long as they’re treating you well and appreciating you during the whole year, does it really matter if they forget about a Hallmark holiday?
May 17, 2011 at 4:43 pm rating: 1
#49
coldwindblows
My children don’t do much for MY mother on MOTHER’S Day. My children make a to do for their grandmother on Grandparent’s Day, which my mom likes just fine because then neither she nor I are “sharing” Mother’s Day. I get “my” day, she gets “her” day. Win win for all involved.
May 18, 2011 at 11:48 pm rating: 1
#50
Britt
I tell my grandmother “Happy Mother’s Day.” I have never heard of Grandparent’s Day til now.
Regardless, Nan sounds like a bitch so she doesn’t deserve shiiiiii.
May 20, 2011 at 5:01 am rating: 0
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