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No. That is not what I said

While visiting my family for the holidays, I had a long conversation with my grandmother who lives with my parents. As a brief background, she is getting old. Fast. She is losing her hearing, vision, and mind.

She tends to spend the majority of her days in her room. The only time she leaves is when she eats and poops. During my visit with her, I said the following: "Grandma, you know you can come out to the living room whenever you like, it's good to have you there." Something more or less like that.

The next day my mom confronts me and says "GINA! Grandma is SO excited that you invited her to come stay with you in UTAH!"

WHAT?

No.

I did nothing of the sort. I cannot house her. I have no bed for her, no food for her, no time, no no no. Not that I don't care about her, but no. I wouldn't be able to have her live with me for any period of time. All I can do now is hope she realizes she's too ill to leave her cozy little home right where she is.

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rachel b. said…
Oh man, that is HILARIOUS! I had something similar happen with my grandma, whose problem, I think, is not so much hearing as making assumptions. When Jeff and I were dating, my grandma and I had a long conversation over Christmas, from which she took that Jeff and I were engaged (we weren't). So she announced my "engagement" in her Relief Society. The next Sunday, back at BYU, a girl whose mom was in my grandma's ward also announced my engagement in my BYU ward . . . yeah, it was awkward. Our bishop came up and congratulated us and everything, and I was just thinking, "Oh, Grandma, I said no such thing." It was especially embarrassing when we really DID get engaged about 3 weeks after that, and everyone in the ward was like, "Really? Is it for real this time?" Grandmas are fun, huh? I wonder if she'll really come visit you.
January 12, 2009 at 9:27 AM
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