Everyone Hates my Grandfather

Philippines
February 2, 2012 8:34pm CST
My grandfather looks down on everyone. He treats everyone with a condescending attitude. And now I realize why his children stay away from him. They keep their children away from him too. I wonder why I even bothered to come and visit him. I guess I had to find out for myself if all the stories were true. I guess they were.
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6 responses
@aprilsong (1884)
• China
3 Feb 12
Hi,i am sorry to hear that you have such a grandfather. Well, though when we talk about parents and grandparents, we are expecting they are the person we love most and a family should be filled with love and care. But to our disappointed, there are always some people who don't as lovely as we expected. On the contrary, they make us feel bad. You know, we can't change the characteristics of one person. And we can't change the fact that they are our family members. Therefore, we have to endure them. Anyway, he is an old man now. Just try to be good to him, there won't too many years left for him. You know, some old person get very strange as they become older.
• Philippines
7 Feb 12
then i guess he's been very old for a very long time cause people have told me he's been like that since time immemorial
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Feb 12
hi chipestekhan long time no see. Oh those kind of people just can really wear one down. I had an Aunt that was like that.Her husband was such a friendly good natured man. but she never saw any good in anyone or any thing. I remember I was only seven when we stopped to pick them up on the way to the Chiagp wprld's fair. My dad had bought a huge watermelon as a sort of hostess gift. She looked at it and opened it up. then like always she said with a sneer" oh its okay but not nearly as good as the one we just had the other day." She just never had a kind word for anyone.She was the wife of a Minister too. As young as I was I knew to keep away as she showed what she thought of children at once.Why do people get like my Aunt and your grandfather? Nobody wants to be around them as ypu feel so depressed.
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@dandan07 (1906)
• China
7 Feb 12
My grandma is also the type. To me, I think it may be hard to him to trust people around him, even they are his children and relatives. And it is also hard for him to feel love from other people. So he choose such a way to treat other people as a way to protect himself from being hurt. If you want to make him better, try to talk with him, learn to his story, visit him often and let him feel that you care about him.
@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
14 Feb 12
Yeah, be extra nice the mean people, because if for no other reason it will annoy the kajeebers out of them.
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Feb 12
That is sad. I bet if people went to see him and showed him some love maybe he wouldn't be so bad. there will come a time when his life is ebbing and he will want some loved ones around him. Then what?
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Feb 12
People are only human. Would make me wonder why he was this way. What happened in his life to make him so awful. And you will have your emotional day.
@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
14 Feb 12
Some life lessons hurt, but in the end, it is worth the pain. A great many families sadly end up like this, one or two members get a unjustified feeling of superiority and treat everyone else like they are dirt. I dislike that kind of stuff, but am aware it happens. At least you know they weren't all fibbing to you. Sincerely and With Appreciation.
@syoti20 (5292)
• Philippines
4 Feb 12
Any update from your grandfather? Do you know the real story from your grandfather?
• Philippines
7 Feb 12
i'm currently living with him. if you call it living. I've taken up residence in the other house, the one i helped build when I was 18, just so i don't have to be with him every second of the day. he's a difficult person to live with.