Philadelphia Nesties
Shannon1110
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Poll - your grandparents
When you were growing up (or if you're lucky enough to still have them around) which set of Grandparents did you see more often and do more family stuff with?
Re: Poll - your grandparents
My fathers father was dead before I was born and his mother never lived near us. Once we moved to Jersey (when I was 5) my moms parents were 40 minutes away and then eventually moved in with us. So I lived in the same house as my moms parents from about 8-19 yrs old.
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I'm just curious because in my circle of friends most of them were all closer with the mom's parents (as I was) and it seemed like it would lean that way in the pp about how we all seem to see our parents rather than DH's parents.
both of my grandfathers passed before I was born/when I was super young. I picked my Dad's family because my paternal grandmother lived with us for a number of years before she went into a nursing home.
It's kind of funny you posted this, because JEGs and I were just having a similar conversation this week. He grew up living with his maternal grandparents, so he is very close to them. However, he isn't close to his PopPop on his dad's side and is uncomfortable stopping over to tell him about the pregnancy.
The only grandparent I knew was my paternal grandmother, the rest had passed before I was born
I have great memories of my grandma, but she passed when I was 7 or 8. I remember the night before she died, we went to visit her and she told us that God had come to her and told her it was time.
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My Moms dad passed when I was a baby. I saw my Mommom a lot and eve nlived with her a few different times in my life. She was nice but more of a laid back watch TV type of grandmom. She was also really mean to my brother. Hated him. Called him the devil and said he had threee 6's on his head. It was bad and why my mom continued to allow her to act that way around him still blows my mind. She disappeared from my life when I stopped talking to my mom.
I was and still am very close with my Dad's Mom. She is the most amazing woman and Mommom ever. She use to take us down the shore to her camp ground, would play games, etc. It was always always always a blast when we were with her (and still is!!). I am so happy that my kids get to know her too. She's always been there for me no matter what. I can't imagine her not being here and it makes me sad to even think about it.
Special snowflake:
When I was born, there were only two gp's alive, my Poppy (dad's side) and Mom-mom (mom's side). My mom-mom didn't drive, but she would take care of me if I was home sick. She passed when I was 5.
Poppy lived until I was 17 and would take me to swim lessons, day camp, softball clinics, etc.
We called my grandfather Poppy too! And he also died when I was 17.
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My mom's mom and step dad live 2 blocks away, so when i was little, we saw them a lot, then they moved down to the Villas in Cape May. Would see them a couple of times a year. Then my grandpop died, grandmom stopped talking to my mom. Hadn't seen my grandmom in years, then i would see her maybe once a year. She died last June. Still never spoke to my mom.
My dads mom, we saw her all the time. She live about 10 minutes away, but she was the one who always babysat us over night, or she would come and pick us up and take us to lunch or shopping. She would take me to her shore house for weeks in the summer. She died 6 years ago, and I miss her so much. My dad's father died just right after my oldest brother was born in '63.
My dad's parents both died before I was born.
My mom's parents (Nanny and Poppy) lived only 3 blocks away and right across from my grade school, so we were there all the time. My Poppy used to drive us places during the day when my dad was at work because my mom didn't drive. They also used to watch us when my parents had somewhere to go.
Nanny died when I was 22 in 2003 and Poppy died less than five months later in 2004.