Grandmothers, Amirite?

bsidebella · December 2010

Last night I called my grandma to wish her a happy Hanukkah, and after a few minutes of chitchat, she says, "I need you to do something for me."

I say, "Of course, what is it?"
She said, "You need to pick a store and register!"
"Register for what?!"
"For your wedding!"
*facepalm* I tell her, "We're not getting married until 2013, you know that!"
"Well there are people who want to know what to buy for you, what you need, what they can do..."
"What they can do is wait two years!"

Jeezum crow. Anyone else have crazy relatives who are trying to rush you? I swear my grandma's got me married already!

garcias1 · December 2010

My grandmother is her own special brand of crazy. She is mentally and physically with it, but she says nutso stuff like "If I make it to the next holiday . . ." She's 76! If she was in her 90s and really unhealthy, I would understand this, but, seriously Grandma?!

Also, after we got engaged, my mom said "Geez if FI didn't propose to you by the end of the summer, I was going to say something to him." Honestly, she never would have said anything about anything; she is not that kind of person. But I guess she really wants us to be married, lol.

[Deleted User] · December 2010

Just politely tell her that it is too soon to register. If she wants to know bc she wants to start buying you stuff, then give her a list or something of things you have your eyes on.

bsidebella · December 2010

I did tell her that, but I'm not going to give her anything until it's close enough to my date. She's a big girl, she can sit on her hands for two years LOL. Besides, there's nothing I need at all. I doubt if I'll even register when the time comes.

AllyR75 · December 2010

LOL i can totally relate...my grandmother is also pretttyy crazy...there aren't any specific stories but just in general i don't really understand her mindset lol...i would just not bring anything about the wedding up and if she brings it up change the subject

sevatipari · December 2010

Least your grandma doesn't bring up your FI's brother (it's FI's grandma) asking if her and grandpa still had sex and her going yeah they had it all the time. Love you grandma but i don't need to know about your sex life. It's bad enough I know about my parents! Don't get me wrong I understand parents and grandparents have sex and enjoy sex but I don't need to hear about it!!! After all I don't tell them about me and FI!

BeachBride310 · December 2010

Take solace in the fact she is excited. Mine could not care less... granted we are having a 3 year engagement.. almost 1 year has gone by ... but she just doesn't care. I don't get it. It makes me a little sad, but oh well what can I do. I am close with her and I know she is happy, she just isn't the kind to show it. She didn't even share my engagement with most of her friends.

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mellimel19 · December 2010

My sister has basically been all over us since the day we got engaged... not about the registry, but about having children! Now my family has NEVER been one to try and push marriage or children. But once that ring was on my finger, my sister started telling me that my nephew, who is a year old, needs a cousin to play with. Jeez we're not even getting married until 2012, but that doesn't seem to phase her, she wants us in the baby making business pronto! I just told her she needs to slow her roll!

csousa1 · December 2010

My FMIL keeps talking about her best friend's new grandson and how cute he is and how she can't wait to have one of her own. Now BF and I know we are going to get married, within the next couple of years, but honestly I don't even have a ring on my finger!! But at the end of the day it just makes me happy that she clearly loves me enough to drop hints about me being the mother of her grandbabies - it's nice to know

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