Happy *fill in the blank holiday*, Grandpa and 'special friend'
Why doesn't Hallmark make special cards that read "Merry Christmas, Grandpa and his wife!" or "Happy Valentine's day, Grandpa! You and your special friend mean a lot to me".
They make "For a special daughter and 'son' on Easter...", quotations marks and all because he's not REALLY my mom and dad's son, or "For a special daughter and son in law on Christmas...." cards. Those are nice, and true.
Just because she's suddenly married to my grandpa, does NOT make her my grandma. I had a grandma, and she died. Grandpa's new wife is certainly not my grandma. She's just his wife. Yes, I know she cleans his house now and sometimes cooks for him when they aren't grabbing burgers at the indian reservation casino, but still. None of those things make her my grandma.
Why is it so hard to find cards that acknowledge that. I think I would even settle for, "Thinking of you Grandpa and "Grandma" on this lovely new year". That would kind of mean like, no, you're not my grandma, but I'm not retarded and I know you are married to my grandpa, and grandma goes with grandpa, so, ok, I accept that, and I know you are someone's grandma because you have grandchildren that aren't related to me, and I accept you. Something like, "Happy Easter Grandpa, and his wife that's not my Grandma but I still like just fine!" would be super.
posted by ElliottPreciousPants @ 11:54 AM
1 Comments:
it's good that you like her. i remember the whole thing, at one time, seemed a little shady. i had a similar problem growing up with my step dad (who's an assbag). people would call him my dad, and it's apparently rude to correct them. i beg to differ- i think it's rude to call someone my dad when i have a great dad who adores me and supports me in a very non-assbag style. so there.
maybe the solution is to get a card that isn't "preaddressed," so you can send it to like, "grandpa and marylou (or whatever her name is)." Blank cards rule, or get the kind that say like, "happy patriots day!," and write dear grandpa and friend above it.
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