Recently my mother came up to me with a simple question: Is this quarter silver? She had in her hand a 1963 quarter which indeed was 90% silver worth around $3-30 as junk silver. She then said "oops, it seems I may have spent away your father's collection of 100+ silver quarters on newspapers and that was the last one. Don't worry though, I kept all the worthless 50 state commemorative quarters with the funny pictures in back." I subsequently beat my head over my table for an hour before posting this story.

Just wanted to get this thing off my chest and hear some stories about messed up things parents/grandparents do to make me feel better about this incident. 🤢

The only thing I can think of right now is the blood feud between my grandma and her sister. Apparently the cause of the feud was the place where they should be putting flowers on their parents grave. I think it's been 7 years since they've spoken or seen each other, which is even more ridiculous as they live 15 minutes (by foot) apart

Worst thing is, I'm the one suffering the most because of it...As now I have to drive them to the supermarket separately. 🤢

If the sea were made of Whiskey and I was a duck
I'd swim to the bottom and never come up

hmmmm...
like for example talking endlessly non stop about things that doesnt make sense??

oh please do click this!
The sweeter the apple, the higher the branch. The quieter the fart, the nastier the smell.
GUESS WHO??

parents and most older relatives take for granted that i am interested in their day/work/friends/who they ran into/movies

but when i talk about my interests in manga/games/movies/books
im usualy met with the words
i dont care ONE BIT ABOUT that
and/or a very obvious[lets try to get out of this conversation as fast as possible by not awnsering/not listening/mostly IGNORE the problem]

i should say mostly male relatives act this way
woman are better at faking an interest perhaps

🤣 Oh god would I tear this thread up....

Any stories I have will just sound like I'm classifying all older people like that, when there are (in fact) some old folks out there that don't come off as so impaired...I have yet to meet one, myself. But. >.>

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My grandma sometimes forgets where she is when she wakes up.
Sometimes she thinks she's still back in Indonesia and starts speaking indonesian to everyone for some reason.
She lives in a nursing home now (her alzheimers is pretty severe) and drives the staff crazy when she does that.
Funny thing is, she gives real clear answers when someone talks to her, just in indonesian. She doesn't seem to realize it herself.
I'm quite impressed she can still speak it so clearly though, considering she hasn't been to indonesia since '46.

Do but despise reason and science,
The highest of all human gifts -
Then you have surrendered to the Devil
And must surely perish. - J.W. von Goethe

Well, this one is not so much what old people do... but something my retarded family would.

Okay, so... one day my family went to a fundraiser for this library my grandmother helps at (not that we had any money to give... but more as moral support), there we were sitting at the table eating and listen to this two bit jazz band when my aunt stands up and lifts her shirt. True, she had recently gotten the "lap-band" surgery and was proud of her new found (or rather lost) stomach.... to the extent that she wished to show her family...
But my god NOT IN PUBLIC at a fundraiser.

[color=green]"Officially, this machine doesn't exist, you didn't get it from me,
and I don't know you. Make sure it doesn't leave the building."[/color]

BAHAHAHAHAHA
That is the funniest thing ever.

I have a funny... but kinda sad... story. 🙂

At my grandmothers old folks home people rarely come to see some of the older people there.

The main door is next to the dining room so as soon as anyone under the age of 40 comes in they all pop their heads up and start gossiping. My dad calls them Meercats. Its funny cause they all do it at the same time.

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"Oh here! Borrow this from your grandmother! It's REAL gold! I spent so much money on it!"
"Okay. o__o Thanks...?"
puts on and wears for a day
"OH GOD WTF MY NECK IS GREEN."

Thanks Granny.

♪MONSTARR~ will eat all your cookies and steal your bishies~♪ Φ_Φ

When old ladies fuss about their clothes and their hair... It's so cute!

I've spent lots of time volunteering at care homes (but none of my relatives have ever been in one).

Old ladies really love me, for some reason. Maybe because I love them too. Sometimes I have to remind them to speak to me in english though, and you have to be so patient with them... But old people are cool anyway 😎

My friend tutors people in basic skills for using a computer. Well, there was an old lady who signed up for his lessons just so he can sign her up for dating sites. She literally focused a whole entire hour or so on having him guide her through 6 dating sites. The other day, she had her second lesson and told my friend, "I won't need you anymore. I have a date tomorrow."

I told my friend that he should chaperon her because she's old and all, but of course he refused haha.

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