re: Did anyone not have an "A" set and "B" set of grandparents?

My grandparents were a tie:

A) Oldschool grandfather who didn't talk to kids, grandmother who saved her kids comics for her grandchildren, circled monster movies in the TV guide for when you came over, took you to see monster/adventure movies at the theater. Fed you like you were just released from prison camp.

1) Oldschool grandfather who didn't talk to kids, grandmother had so many grandkids around that she served treats at set times during the day. So many cousins around the house that you didn't mind that they were rationing out food to the masses.

No, mine were equal in my eyes. I spent a lot of time with both......One side was just my grandmother as her husband/ my Mom's Dad died when he was 29 years old. She probably had the greatest influence on me professionally as she was a white collar worker who worked her way up from a secretary for Sun Oil in the 50's raising my Mom and Uncle on her own and eventually becoming a draftswoman for Sun Oil in the 70's.....which was unheard of back then for a woman to be in the drafting department. I probably get the masculine/ manly qualities from my Pawpaw on the other side. He was in the Navy in WWII....tatoos on his forearms, always drinking bourbon in his wifebeater in the backyard under the Pecan tree.

Both sets of grandparents live with us and they share one large bed. It's weird.

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Both sets of grandparents live with us and they share one large bed. It's weird.

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Hang in there, kid. I bet things will change for the better real soon. Just do as you're told when it comes to the fizzy lifting drinks.


Both sets of my grandparents lived in the same town. When I was real young, I liked going to my father's side of the family. But that was because my aunt lived across the street, and my great aunt lived next door, and there were always cousins my age that also lived in this small town there to play with. As I got older, teenage years, I preferred spending time with my mom's side of the family. But the good thing was they lived about 5 minutes from each other so any time we drove down for the weekend we'd get to spend a great deal of time with both.

Yes,

And for some reason as a kid I thought him is that "A" side of the family and the "O" side of the family.

I had a living set and a passed away set of grandparents. Now I have two passed away sets. RIP.

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 always drinking bourbon in his wifebeater in the backyard under the Pecan tree.

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Your gramps is Roadie?

My dad’s parents both died before I was born. So I guess they were the “B” set by default.

I only had one set of grandparents. My dad's grandfather died when he was six, and my dad's grandmother never wanted to have anything to do with us growing up.

In a weird way, I feel like that helped improve the relationship I had with the grandparents I did have. I don't know if I would like splitting affection between two sets of grandparents.

I had an A and B set, but it was only due to proximity. Mom's parents lived in BR, as did I; Dad's parents lived in South Lafourche.