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[apocalypsos]

I was talking to my mother before, and she mentioned that my uncle Johnny was coming to visit. We never get to see my uncle Johnny, but apparently he's been living with his ex and babysitting his granddaughter (the first great-grandchild my grandparents would have had). And right after she mentioned that, she threw in, "You know, your father would like a grandchild."

HA! I nearly made it to twenty-seven before either one of them mentioned grandchildren. That's got to be a record.

I told her to get me an Olympic swimmer, and I'd work on it. She told me to lower my standards. I told her that if my standards got any lower, I'd have to start digging. She told me my very first boyfriend is working at the local mini-mart and has "turned over a new leaf". I told her that as sweet as Mike is ... uh, no.

So, all in all, a very weird phone call. Especially since it began with the news that Psycho Neighbor, the elderly nut who lived next door, died in his sleep this week. It goes to show just how liked this guy was that no one noticed he wasn't around for about three days. And if it weren't for the fact that he obsessively waited for the mail every day the mailman wondered where he was, he'd probably still be there until we smelled him.

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[morriscat69.livejournal.com]

i love that icon... even though i have no idea what you mean by it, its just funny as hell!

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

What a cute icon! Your cat looks like mine.

[tinylegacies.livejournal.com]

HA! I nearly made it to twenty-seven before either one of them mentioned grandchildren. That's got to be a record.

I tease my mom all the time about making her a grandma (I'm also 27) and she gets mad and tells me she's not ready. She is only 45 (she had me young).

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Hee ... I think it's a chick thing. She said my dad wants a grandkid, but when I asked if she wanted to be a grandma, she couldn't deny it fast enough.

[florahart]

You could broaden your horizons and ask for a gymnast instead.

My folks were alarmed when I had a kid at 22 (TOOYOUNG! AAAUGH!) and then when my middle brother did too the following year, but are now bemoaning that my sister (35) and youngest brother (30) do not yet have any. There's no winning, really.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

See, what I should have said is, "You know, Bryan's over eighteen now." But I don't think pointing to my younger brother as a prospective grandchild machine would have been a good idea.

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

My parents always go, "You're not pregnant yet, are you? Because we're not babysitting your psycho children."

Me: Um. No.
Mom/Dad: Not that we don't like you or anything. We just don't like kids.
Me: ...I was a kid once. Actually, I was your kid once.
Mom/Dad: Exactly.
Me: *sigh*
Grandma: Are you sure she isn't gay? She's always looked really gay to me.
Mom: She's married. To a man. He's white, but I can almost forgive him for that. However, he has tattoos, so he must be a criminal. And he has long hair, so he's definitely battling homosexual urges.
Grandma: I'm just saying that I was pretty sure she was raging with lesbianism.
Me: ...I can hear you.
Grandma: Do you still have short hair? Maybe that's why everyone thinks you're gay!
Me: *deep sigh*

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

*LOL* Sounds like your mom thinks you should be married by now. How weird.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't even mention the phone call I made to the house the night of the fireworks earlier this month when my mother has a huge party and invites the whole family. I was stuck in Virginia but called home and had them pass the phone around so I could say hello, and at last three of my relatives asked me when I was getting married. *sigh*

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

So silly. Why is that even important?

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

I got the "marry a nice Jewish boy" lecture from my grandmother when I was twelve. Does that count?

-blue

[andraste]

Heh. I've always made it very clear to my parents that if they want grandchildren, they're just going to have to harrass my little brother. Since he's turned twenty-one recently and is still being supported financially by them, I think they're hoping he doesn't start soon.

Of course, my grandmother has somehow got it into her head that once I've got my phD I'm going to get married. No idea where that came from, or who she things I'm getting married to.

[teleute12.livejournal.com]

My mother has been referring to my dolls as her grandchildren for as long as I can remember. My mother is a strange lady.

[wenchamok.livejournal.com]

I told her to get me an Olympic swimmer

If Michael Phelps' Spandex swim trunk things get any lower on his hips, they're going to have to move the coverage to Cinemax....or an X-rated channel..... yowza....

Does it make me a sick pervert for wondering just what all he shaved before swimming?

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

My sister had her son when she was 17. A while back (weeks, a month or two, I forget), she mentioned that mom had said something about giving her a granddaughter...

As for me, it'd be enough of an accomplishment for me to get any...

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

Also, there was a story in the Paducah Sun a while back, about a guy who no one had seen for several weeks. Eventually, the mailman noticed a strange smell coming from the house, and, upon further investigation, it was discovered that the man had been dead, inside the house, for about three weeks, if memory serves.

(The story about the Psycho Neighbor brought this to mind. By comparison, his absence not being noticed for three days doesn't seem nearly as bad...)