Hi,
Ok so first of all I have to admit, I'm not a grandmother. BUT, I am the daughter of one, and I am an auntie to several nephews and nieces. Anyway, hear me out ...
My poor mum who is in her mid-sixties, tirelessly prepares Christmas for her grown up children (all over 30 / majority in their early forties) and their multiple grandchildren every single year.
Without fail herself and my father pull out all the stops and greet everyone with open arms, the fridge full to the brim with food, the tree propped up with presents and the house practically aflame with Christmas lights.
So it's safe to say they make a huge effort.
This year however, all families are seriously ill with the flu. So you would assume that, whilst it's very unfortunate, everyone would just throw their hands up and say "Ah well, these things happen and we don't want to make Granny and Grandpa ill" right?
Wrong.
I literally have never known such selfishness.
One sister was wailing down the phone to my mum practically insisting that they came and my mum feeling so guilty ended up saying ok (despite having a compromised immune system!)
She then thought about it and said that she'd rather they all came when they were better on Boxing day or perhaps New Years instead and all hell broke loose!
I mean, is it unreasonable to shield yourself from a potentially life threatening illness? Christmas is lovely and everything but, it's surely not worth making your parents ill for, is it?
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