On Jul 16, 2005, at 23:45, Jenny Brandis wrote:
I don't mind being old, I don't mind being a Grandmother - but - waking up next to a GRANDFATHER?
<g> When our son was born, my DH was delighted; his youngest from the "first batch" was 18 yrs older, which made my DH feel very young indeed :) My mother was also delighted - she'd been "after me" to give her a grandchild (preferably legitimate <g>) since I was 17, and it took 10 yrs for me to "oblige"... But my *father* was appalled - "you mean I'm now a *grandfather*???" He was doubly appalled when I made it clear that I didn't approve of children calling their elders by first names, and preferred "relationship names" (though he'd have been equally appalled had *I* called him anything other than "father" or "dad")...
Me, I'm happy enough to collect my 5% senior citizen discount at the local grocery store every Tuesday since last October (when I passed my 55th); it was too much pain in the neck to try and orchestrate a schedule so that DH could show up his grey hair as a "passport" :)
Yours, nagging my son to reproduce and make me a "true" grandma (step-grandchildren aren't *quite* the same <g>). I didn't start as early as my Mother had which might have been a mistake - he's now past 28, and still no sign of *marriage*, never mind an offspring....
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