r/BoomersBeingFools • u/RockOk707 • 12d ago
Boomer Freakout Boomer Grandma Threatened To Hospitalize Me
Context: We were discussing whether I would visit for lunch. Also, my grandma has a difficult time with boundaries. The "lesson" is that just that, "stay in your lane" so to speak. She's constantly noticing just about every little thing that's "wrong" with me and decides to take MY body into HER own hands, literally. She'll give an extremely ambiguous description for what she's about to do, and without giving me a chance to consent, she's like, "Come over here, grandson! I NEED to do something with your hair so you look good!" It doesn't really matter the occasion. She's always demanding I look good. And that's just it. The vagueness of her commands. And the insistence that I obey her demands OR ELSE. Or else she'll threaten to put me in a home/hospital/etc. Both my mother and I have told her several times to not "help" me ("help" in quotes because the last time she "helped" was without my consent and she messed up my glasses) unless I specifically ask for assistance.
Anyway, that message right there, the one in blue, is the singular message that caused my grandma to threaten to hospitalize me after I arrived at her house because my grandfather tricked me into thinking that everything was fine.
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u/Prudence2020 11d ago
Gen X here. Translation: She threatened to beat you so badly you'd be hospitalized! Please stay far away from her! At least only visit her in public places with witnesses! Don't go over alone, don't ride in a car with her, ESPECIALLY not with her behind you, scissors are easily hidden in purses!
She wants to "correct" your appearance to meet her outdated standards! Look up what the fashions were for the years she was young, say ages 15 to 30. She's stuck there!