My Mema once told me I had really nice skin. Now, my skin was and is the bane of my life, and I told her so, but she said yeah, but your skin is still pretty nice. She was able to see past the zits, and to my not giant pores. It was a nice feeling, and totally unexpected.
Hi Mema, I miss you!
Wow, my grandparents all died when I was very young so my memories of them are sketchy. I do remember my grandpa cutting the head off a chicken with an axe; I had to hold the bucket under to catch the blood. He was gone only a year or so later.
After reading your story maybe that's a good thing.
My grandfather said the most unexpected thing at my grandmother's funeral. They had a cemetary plot that would hold 2 caskets...one stacked on top of the other. After the funeral, we were standing around looking at the ground and my grandfather said "We always fought over who got to be on top and I win." I had been sobbing all day, but his comment made me laugh so hard. (Of course, no one else in the family thought it was funny and I was the only one laughing, but it was good!)
One of my grandmothers was the queen of inappropriate comments, even before the dementia set in, so I'm having to pick and choose here...
I think the most unexpected thing she ever said to me was, after the birth of my second child, "When is your husband having his vasectomy? Your dad got his right after your mom had you."
Umm, yeah, Grandma, I'll have to get back to you on that.
At one point in a conversation with my grandmother, she mentioned that she hadn't really taken a shower that day. "Just a PTA," she said. "You know, Pits, Tits, and Ass!" and laughed. I just about spit out my drink as I looked at the horrified expression on my then-fiance's face. Never expected that one from granny!
When I was 16 and terribly concerned with how I looked, Grandpa took my arm to walk me across the (cluttered and amazingly dangerous) farmyard. He told me I was his "best girl" (don't remember what that is in Czech, but I understood it at the time) and then, in all seriousness, said I was too skinny and should put on another 20 lbs. if I wanted to stay healthy. I laughed and told him I'd get right on that. I didn't pack on the pounds (until much later) but for some reason I felt much more comfortable in my own skin after that.
Jennifer, According to my Grandma, PTA stood for pussy, tits and armpits, I've never heard it the other way.
She also told me a story once about my Grandpa, who was quite the joker. Apparently she was seeing him off to work one day and noticed it was a nice day so she was apparently going on with the, "Gee, it sure looks nice out!" to which my Grandpa replied, "Really? Maybe I should leave it out all day!"
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