MUFFIN TO RED EAGLE: the badgers have landed
grandad and his wife are over
I don't know what to talk about, it's always like that with granparents! Theres that weird vibe in the room like OMG I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN SO LONG and then they say that one phrase "Oh you've gotten so much taller since we last saw you" and then...
the conversation dies i honestly cannot think of anything to say to them...
I can't talk to them like i talk to my friends
ie: Hey did you get that new blink CD? it's fuckin awesome
the reason that wouldn't work: they don't know who blink 182 is...that or weird al i'm sure and if they know either one they sure as hell don't listen to them...my dad is away on a trip (he's a pilot) so my mom is left out there talking to them and i am here and sooner or later she will burst in and say WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM YOU ARN'T EVEN TRYING TO TALK TO THEM GET YOUR ASS OUT THERE AND STRAIGHTEN UP!
to which i will reply: But i can't talk to them, we have nothing in common
to which my mom will yell: FIND SOMETHING IN COMMON
and then i will be forced to awkwardness forever...
this seemed like a good plan to stay out of the way which will work for a few hours...when the badgers leave the nest i will infiltrate the lair and play video games...
I'm not like this with the rest of my family (aunts,uncles etc)...i can talk to them about stuff (ann and paul listen to blink 182 in their store) it just never works with grandparent type people...
any suggestions?
I don't know what to talk about, it's always like that with granparents! Theres that weird vibe in the room like OMG I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN SO LONG and then they say that one phrase "Oh you've gotten so much taller since we last saw you" and then...
the conversation dies i honestly cannot think of anything to say to them...
I can't talk to them like i talk to my friends
ie: Hey did you get that new blink CD? it's fuckin awesome
the reason that wouldn't work: they don't know who blink 182 is...that or weird al i'm sure and if they know either one they sure as hell don't listen to them...my dad is away on a trip (he's a pilot) so my mom is left out there talking to them and i am here and sooner or later she will burst in and say WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM YOU ARN'T EVEN TRYING TO TALK TO THEM GET YOUR ASS OUT THERE AND STRAIGHTEN UP!
to which i will reply: But i can't talk to them, we have nothing in common
to which my mom will yell: FIND SOMETHING IN COMMON
and then i will be forced to awkwardness forever...
this seemed like a good plan to stay out of the way which will work for a few hours...when the badgers leave the nest i will infiltrate the lair and play video games...
I'm not like this with the rest of my family (aunts,uncles etc)...i can talk to them about stuff (ann and paul listen to blink 182 in their store) it just never works with grandparent type people...
any suggestions?