Hey my name is Rachel and iam a 17 year old girl and my granny is in her late 80's,but I don't feel like it is an exusce for what she's been doing and saying to me.she tells me all the time that iam to fat for my own good and she talks really bad about my sisters.on my 17th birthday she told me my mom didn't care about me and I ended up going to my room and crying when my cousin saw me crying she tried to console me in anyway she knew how,but nothing she did or said didn't work.when I don't make my bed just right she yells at me or when I don't fold my dirty clothes she fusses at me.when my 68 year old aunt cooks my granny tells her how to do things in her own house and when my 35 year old cousin is folding clothes she stands over her like hawlk I think she can fold clothes she's 35.T
Nallie answered Saturday May 27 2006, 1:33 am: Has your granny always been this way? There is a reason to be concerned if she hasn't been. A change in mental status, and doing things such as you described can be symptoms of a physical disorder.
Something else too...she is losing her independence, and this is about control more than it is about the way the clothes are folded, the bed is made or how much anyone weighs. Granny feels powerless over the awful effects of aging and is taking it out on your family. Ignore it, at this point she won't change and it's not your fault, or hers either..it just happens. [ Nallie's advice column | Ask Nallie A Question ]
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