Don't mention it
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Your family should be ashamed of themselves. How could they do that to him? How could they not have on any Clay Aiken music during dinner?
Who the hell is Clay Aiken?
more importantly, who the hell cares?!?
your family is the problem here, not greatgrandpa and not the sister. They were not trying to avoid embarassing him but themselves. The thing to do was to help the poor man, not pretend the problem doesn't exist. This is a FML alright, but not because your sister made ggpa cry, but because your family is cold and uncaring
This is probably what happened. from the grandfathers point of view. he was most likely just sitting at dinner with his family ( something that clearly doenst happen often because the OP said "over for dinner" rather than "we were at dinner"infering the the great grandfather is a guest" when suddenly he lost control of his bowls. clearly mortified, and hoping no one noticed he probaly continued eating and talking as if everything was fine. the family, seeing his reacting probably thought it was a good idea to go along with it and pretend they didnt notice ( respect your elders). after a while, when things seemed to be getting less awkward for everyone, the sister bursts into the room and shouts what the entire family had been thinking silently and why the great grandfather had hoped no one noticed. hence the crying out of mortification. this situation is not hard to imagine guys.
So he pooped himself and you and your family just left him there? That is gross and mean. Who wants to sit in a pile of their waste and eat dinner?
How could you get all that cleaned up quickly? and carry on with the meal like nothing happened? but then again, how can you act like nothing happened? and why wasn't a nurse on standby??
Not every old person with an incontinence problem needs a nurse. Did you ever think the family couldn't afford a nurses service? Or maybe he lives in a rest home and went to visit the family for dinner? Nurses aren't the only ones who can wipe poop. My cousin took care of her mother-in-law until the woman passed away. She was bed/wheelchair bound and couldn't go to the bathroom on her own. They didn't hire a nurses service until the end when she was put on a certain type of machinery that required special care.
To all the people who are saying 'oh well why wouldnt you clean it up?!?!?!?!', maybe he's ashamed of it, and didn't want to bring it up? And for the others who say 'how is this an fml?', how would you like to see your great grandpa cry because of something he's ashamed of, and brought up rather rudely? So, basically, what I'm saying is...**** OFF.
Why am I laughing? That's so bad, but so funny.
Any reason behind that? Or is that just a solid '**** off' with no reasoning? Either way, meh, I don't care what you think.
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awe poor guy I wish I could give him a hug :(
Aww this is sad. At least you didn't make him cry... Your sister did....