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Post by G. Novella on Jul 21, 2012 10:52:17 GMT -5
My late grandmother was eztremely conservative Christian. Family meant everything to her, and she took her kids getting married hard, but she was a strong woman. She never liked me much because I was born a girl right after the first boy in the family was born. She adored my sister though, which was funny since my sister was terrified of her and never went near her. But towards the end of her life she was paralyzed from the waist down after being mugged and getting injured, and delusional...though all her children are pretty sure she made up her delusions since she knew exactly where she was when with people she liked, but gave hell to the people she didn't.
My other grandmother was in an abusive marriage and had a really tough life, despite being the kindest person you'd ever meet. She left her husband, and despite not loving him, made sure to take care of him until his death. She cared for all her sibling, who were assholes to her (cheated her out of the family fortune, refused to help her when she couldn't pay her bills, pretty much let their only sister and her kids live in poverty while they burned money in gambling, jewelry, etc) But by the time she had grandkids, they became all she cared about since the rest of her life sorted itself out. She'd never say no to anyone, and like my other gran, family was most important to her. I love them both, but I absolutely adore my second grandmother.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 10:53:57 GMT -5
Arguable  Oh, I don't know. Mine had that lovely habit of putting her stuff everywhere. She could't have all her clothes in this cupboard and all her wool in this one and all the paper stuff in that one. Oh no, way too easy. No, it was something of everything everywhere, which means, she was ALWAYS searching for something (and it wasn't always as easy as telling her that she has the glasses she's been searching for over the last half hour hanging around her neck!) and suspected my mum of taking it. The places where we found stuff again ... *bangs head* Who puts tea boxes into a plastic bag, puts the bag onto a coat hanger and the coat hanger into the wardrobe?? *bangs head a bit more* |
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Post by G. Novella on Jul 21, 2012 10:59:17 GMT -5
Aha, both my grandmothers were hoarders. My conservative grandmother hid things under her bed, and of you touched it, she would yell and holler for hours. She kept things like my grandpa's walking cane and war medals, to the broken pan she bought at a flea market once and had zero sentimental value.
My other grandmother sounds just like yours. She started putting her medicine into gum boxes, and now I'm not allowed to have gum unless it's from my mother because it could be drugged, and my gran has no idea which is which since she keeps them all over the place. And she keeps old clothes we told her to donate, broken toys, anything with no use, in her closet and then complains that he has no space.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 11:03:38 GMT -5
*groans* That hoarding you can add to her habits, too! After two world wars, she couldn't throw away anything, it could be useful one day, right? So, my grandmum is a combination of both of yours.
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Post by Dimcairien on Jul 27, 2012 19:14:04 GMT -5
My maternal grandmother is a hoarder and we're dreading having to clean out her house when the time comes. She grew up during the Depression and WWII, so in some ways it's understandable why she doesn't like to get rid of things. She is the type of person to give lots of gifts, though it's lessened some in the past as she isn't doing much shopping anymore. In fact, my mom recently told her to 'shop in the house' for us as there are many rather interesting and sometimes useful items spread throughout, many of which have a story.
My paternal grandmother is almost the opposite. She's a very simple person and doesn't like having a lot of things. She is also very hardworking, which probably has to do with the fact that she was a farm girl with eight siblings.
Neither of my grandmothers are the spoiling type, and for that I'm grateful. They both have treated all their grandchildren fairly equally and love us all.
As for the initial question for this thread, I think Harry would be a good father. Yes, he would spoil his children slightly, but he'd know where to draw the line. I've often thought that he learned how not to be a father from the Dursleys and a little bit (or a lot) on how to be a father from Arthur. I can see him being the type of person who can't get enough of his kids or Ginny and is always taking them places, Quidditch games, vacations, and other things along that line. I also think he might be a little withdrawn at moments and is very quiet about his past, but is willing to share some of it as his children get older.
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Post by ykickamoocow on Jul 27, 2012 20:00:07 GMT -5
I have not read all of this thread but i hate the names Harry gave his children as not only does it mean they have the pressure to perform simply being his children but now they have the added pressure of having to live up to who they are named after. It was a bad decision by Harry to put extra (and unneeded) pressure on them.
Also and i know we only saw him for a moment and that it isn't necessarily Harry's fault but James seems like a self important tool.
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