The word Grandma conjures up images of sweet little old ladies. They are busy knitting, baking cookies and going about doing charitable good deeds. This all may be very true but I know a dark side to Grandmas. They also have suppressed frustration towards their own children.
The years of headaches I have caused my mom is having its repercussions. I have proof my mom has a personal vendetta against me.
This is what I witnessed the other day.
My mom giving Cesar a sip of coffee
I have seen with my own eyes, Cesar ask Grandma for sips of coffee, and her in amusement oblige his request. She laughs and says, “It’s his Norwegian blood running through him. Norwegians just LOVE their coffee.”
I already have my hands full keeping heads and tails of this child so clearly a sip of caffeine will not further my cause of keeping a handle on taking care of an already mischievous 2 year old.
Apparently, my husband was a very naughty child as well that left his mother on a mission to get back at him too.
This is a scene I caught earlier this summer when Cesar’s other Grandma came to visit.
My husband’s Mom giving Cesar a sip of her coffee
I guess Cesar’s Hispanic blood that he has running through him was craving some coffee too!
Both my mom and mother-in-Law ARE very sweet ladies. They are the best Grandmas my kids could have. However, they do have a dark side.
Their dark side causes them to dole out one too many cookies, say “yes” when they should say “no” and give out sips of coffee. This is what my husband and I get after the amount of gray hair we gave them and years of worry we bestowed upon them. Sometimes I wish they would just give us a spanking.
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