World’s Worst Grandma

I had the pleasure of taking a two-year-old grocery shopping one cold, dreary day.  The only bright spot was the lone automobile/shopping cart we found on the parking lot.  I wiped it dry and loaded her up.  As we progressed through the store, she found many strange and wonderful things thoughtfully displayed within her reach.  Sadly, I had to deny her hearts-delight: steak knives, fireplace matches, cat toys, and a twenty-seven dollar toy trumpet.It was a disaster when we stumbled into the toy aisle.  She scooped several toys into the cart.  To avoid tears,  I shamelessly deposited the culled items in an empty grocery cart as I steered her toward something that met three important criteria.  It would hold her interest till we got through the check-out line.  It wouldn’t get me in trouble with her parents.  Last of all, it wouldn’t bankrupt me.

Finally, we were done.  Over her protests, I got her zipped in her hooded jacket and wheeled her toward the parking lot, clasping her toy.  I would have enjoyed waiting for icy rain to stop, but I wanted to get her out of the store.  I struggled to steer the cumbersome buggy across the bumpy parking lot.  I breathed a sigh of relief as I opened the car door and buckled her in the car seat.  She was happily unwrapping her lollipop as a woman with a small boy parked next to us. Remembering how anxious my little one was to find the fancy cart, I asked the  woman.  “Ma’am, do you want this car buggy for your little boy?”

I might as well have stabbed my little guy in the heart.  She wailed tragically as the boy’s mother loaded him in “her” buggy.  I’ve had better days.

 

 

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  2. Well, gee, you couldn’t just load that car buggy into your own vehicle? What a cruel, cruel Grandma you are. Your granddaughter probably thought you bought that cart along with the rest of the groceries. After all, you did go through the checkout line with it. :)

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  4. I am sure you two are going to have lot of fun in life :)
    Not just grandkid but parents do have similar situations with their own child.
    My child did the same and we as parents decided not to take him to shopping and we followed this for quite some years. 😂😂😂

    Then after so many years for family vacation we were in Lyon, France. His dad gave him 100 Euros to keep and only be used in emergency. The boy bought himself a Lyon soccer team t-shirt. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️.

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