There's nothing sweeter than a gracious grandma. They're there to talk to you, comfort you, cook for you, and love you. While they weren't always the most exciting trips, visiting grandma as a kid was always a treat. While your parents are responsible for raising you , grandmas are responsible for treating you. Great gifts, copious amounts of food , coddling you, and, if you're lucky, a little bit of money slipped into your hand as you leave her house. Now, my grandma was nothing like this and…

Family secrets can range from being horribly painful to being the juiciest gossip ever concocted . I definitely don't want anyone to have to deal with the trauma of finding out their father has a secret family or their aunt committed vehicular manslaughter in 1992. However, these stories are interesting for a reason. We don't tend to advertise our family's most heinous classified deeds. There's a sense of relief when you learn the family secrets because it can explain many things that were prev…

She's our grandma now

These are hard to believe

Part of being a parent is forcing your kids to do things they don't want to do. Sometimes, they have to eat yucky vegetables and finish the year of playing with their soccer team, even though they wanted to quit halfway through. However, there's a point where parents need to listen to what their kids are saying and act accordingly. One mother took to Reddit to ask whether she was the villain for forcing her teenage daughter to wear dresses when going over to their grandparent's house. There is…

Not a conspiracy diaper!

Family secrets are hit or miss. You can either discover something super rad about the people you see during Christmas and Thanksgiving or realize that they really are horrible people deep down. When you're a kid, every piece of new information you learn about your extended family feels like a long-hidden family secret. Even if this is not true by definition, I believe that anything once unknown to you that you learn about your family counts as a family secret. My grandma worked for a TV station…

Kids really do be thinking, "why wear gloves on hands when they fit perfectly fine on feet? Or pants on legs when they work great on head?"

She got more than she bargained for

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"It's time for you to STOP sending me this crap!!"

Another memory to bring up in therapy

“What do you think I am, a windmill?” the nonna says in disbelief. “How am I gonna blow them out??”

Grandmas are just so sweet and innocent. Why do they think they need to pack their entire apartment with them when they travel??

Apparently, she also got her mom with this one—grandma's on a roll!

Legendary.