Re: Op-ed.......

Posted by SweetFeet on January 30, 2017 at 06:16:44 from (70.35.102.196):

In Reply to: Re: Op-ed....... posted by rrlund on January 30, 2017 at 04:46:45:

rrlund,

That's very true! My grandpa (born in the late 1800's), was shipped off to be raised by his grandparents.

This happened because grandpa's mom died shortly after giving birth to him. Then about six months later, my great granddad married the sister of his deceased wife. That woman refused to raise her own sister's baby - grandpa was never brought back home to live with his own father and stepmom. So he ended up with a bunch of half-brothers/sisters that he never even got to grow up with.

I often wonder how all of that made grandpa feel. And living over 12 miles apart back in the days of horse & buggy, you know he must not have gotten to see them very often.

I think my step-great grandmother must have been a real creep to refuse to raise her own dead sister's child... and my great grandfather must have been a jerk and/or a wimp to not insist that his own son be brought back home.

THEN ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE FAMILY TREE...
My great aunt was engaged to be married. Her fiancee ditched her and INSTEAD married her sister at the last moment.

That "ditched" great aunt became a man-hater and never married. Her parents built her a small house on their farm where she lived out her days.

My dad eventually bought that farm... and inherited that hermit aunt with that purchase. So my family ended up taking care of her in her old age. My folks drove her everywhere she needed to go - church, for groceries, the doctor, to visit other folks. When her health became infirm, we kids would carry meals over to her three times per day and visit with her while she ate her meals (mom did it while we were at school)... and maybe play cards or some other game with her to brighten her days.

I think that my dad even helped pay for her funeral because she had very little assets.

So yep... even "back in the day", people were kind of "messed up".

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