What does Granddad do all day ?

Exactly Bathsheba we should count our blessings

Increasingly, granddads go to work all day, and so do great granddads as the pension age swoops ever upwards

DH is a very busy man who teaches people to fly on a part time basis. He's also doing a law degree. He does all the DIY, gardening, and cooks the dinner every evening. When he has time we go out for lunch and I trail him round the charity shops! He calls them flea shops. I call them curiosity shops! He hates tv, so we don't watch it together. He's 65 this month, so I suppose he's still a youngish granddad.

He sits at his computer all day doing I know not what. If asked, he will make dinner. Oh and he loves to go shopping. He will visit the supermarket three times a week.

Quite a lot of pottering. And he spends lots of his time in the garage with bits of wood!

He brings me fruit juice and tea in bed. Then follows this up with oats, water for tablets and coffee. I then drag myself from my pit after checking emails and looking at Gransnet and Mumsnet on my iPad. As I occupy myself with these important chores he reads the paper from the day before in the greatest detail. Then he is busy in the garden which he loves and he is ready for orders!!! Other than that we like to go up to London and visit art galleries and other places of interest. He enjoys a walk and so do I. I enjoy painting while he gardens so we are both happy. Oh! I forgot. Most importantly, he puts a hot water bottle in the bed and wraps my nightgown around it. He loads the dishwasher and changes the sheets on the bed. Also hoovers upstairs once a week. Have to say before he retired he didn’t do anything in the house and I used to be up with the lark doing everything in the the house and most of the gardening.

My h is a gd, winds up his gd and me, makes us laugh my d thinks he’s great.
Likes to walk, sleep in the afternoon, puzzle books, listening to music and eating, rides his exercise bike.
Not bad a.

Grandad here is still at work , but at home he spends all day either playing his ukulele or on Facebook on various groups

Mine is pretty busy too - Works harder than me I think. He's on various committees which take up a lot of time, and plays in 3 music groups so practises for them. Other than that he does gardening, car maintenance , helps with shoppin g and housework, recycling, decorating and has some exercise every day (swimming,gym,cycling or walking. ) Oh,and golf. I'm exhausted thinking about what he does while I'm wasting time here on GN!
Before he retired he had no hobbies or interests outside work. He found part time work for a few years while developing interests - he couldn't bear to sit around watching TV.

Mine is becoming a Mrs Brown's Boys Grandad and its really hard to get him to do anything! He is nearly 86 though!

I get up at 6 make tea,feed cat,go back to bed make breakfast Have in bed,cat comes in bed.
DH makes coffee.Then he does his horse racing “system”.
If not going out we stay in bed him on lap top,me on iPad
The blessed “system” takes over his whole life, He grows all are fruit and veg in the allotment, and is a kind,generous and funny.Its a second marriage for both of us.We walking with our Burmese cat, DH wears a bag on his back to carry cat when he tires.
My first husband was alcoholic , DH is a gambler. I joke that my 3rd husband may be a womaniser and thenI’ve done a Hat Trick.!He deals with all the household bills and books the holidays.We’ve been together 37 years this week. Apart from the all consuming System. He makes me happy.

Granddad, in this house, does everything. He cooks, cleans and does the laundry. We have had the garden changed so there is no longer any grass to mow so gardening is restricted to sweeping up of leaves.
His day starts when I wake and he brings me a glass of water for tablets followed by a cup of tea.

In this case it’s what Grandpa doesn’t do. He works part time fitting kitchens and bathrooms, he runs a large community centre, he’s a councillor, deputy mayor, serves on three boards, does school runs for the twins, looks after out two severely disabled grandchildren and does all the cooking, gardening and cleaning. Oh he doesn’t do the washing, but does the ironing. He’s almost 74.

He reads the Daily Mail online (which is free)! It seems to be regularly updated unfortunately......

Watches too much Tele!

Not a lot at the moment unfortunately as he is on cancer treatment, but there again he has never done a lot since he retired. If I was lucky he would wash up, put the bins out and cut the grass, apart from that sit and sleep, read or watch tv - so not a lot has changed. He always used to cook Sunday breakfast, but that is gradually falling by the wayside as he was in bed asleep till 11am this morning. I know I shouldn't complain as he is going through a lot with frequent hospital visits and a daily drug regime, but I just feel I've lost the man I married. He was always very active, a keen diver and walker, badminton player, but those days are long gone. Sorry if I sound down and moaning! I do count my blessings every day that I am still waking up with him beside me, but it's hard work.

He walks, rides his bike (but not in Lycra!), volunteers in the local hospital and hospice, church work, does the heavy work in the garden, decorating, some cooking, housework, anything that needs doing really. And he pours my G&T! It’s good to have written all this down, might make me a bit more grateful!

There's a chap in our village who cycles round all day, rain or shine, because he got fed up with his wife telling him he was in the way. Sometimes I wish mine would get out from under my feet but that does seem rather extreme.

Elenkalubleton
As the mother of a pro jockey, I get asked many times if I have any tips.
The answer, straight from the horses mouth, is 'no'.
It's all luck, nothing more.
If you work a system and make money, good luck, as that's all it is. Horses have moods just as people do.

I’m happy not to know but unless something momentous has happened since he walked out I would surmise nothing much?

Mine never stops working at something or other. He is a perfectionist so takes three times as long as anyone else to do things. He looks after the house and garden , does all the money stuff, helps my son with his work. He does far more than me but never complains. He says I am a lady of leisure as I socialise quite a bit. However at the weekends I get him to come out with me.

He is a devoted grandad. He can drive me mad at times with his exactness but I wouldn’t swap him.

When we downsized he moved into my sons old house without discussing it. I think he spends most days going to men's meetings or funerals, lunch included. Other days visits his girlfriend,more free meals. He has avoided all babysitting and when reminded it was Millies birthday said Millie who?

My OH still works full time, he still has over three years until he can collect his state pension. When he is at home he reads and watches tv, man programmes and sport. We both enjoy football but support different teams, we have some great discussions !!
He is a good grandad but because of hip problems cannot get down on the floor to play.
He cooks a mean roast but I tend to do the majority of the cooking, cleaning etc.

Very little. Watches tv and plays solitaire on his lap top.

Lets the cats out in the morning as he gets up first, makes coffee, does most of the building work etc on our still fairly new house. Shares shopping, cooking, washing up with me. Repairs bike punctures. Reads, watches TV, listens to music. Sometimes remembers to let cats in again.