Older Relatives

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by markolas

My dad's parents are both in their 80s, and I make it a point to see them every time I visit my hometown (roughly twice a year).

My mother's father passed away 11 years ago. My mother's mother is an abusive drunk whom I have no interest in spending time with, so you'll have to forgive me for not wanting to be around that. Even now that she's in a nursing home with dementia, she manages to sneak booze into her room and get drunk. So, not all of us have hunky-dory memories of our older relatives.

No, thats totally understandable