By chickety boom - 02/08/2013 12:41 - United States - Austin

Today, my 70-year-old grandmother held a celebration over officially having divorced my grandfather. FML
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Zimmington 21

Never too late to be happy I guess

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Ambient25 24

Just because you're old doesn't mean you lose the concept of what/who makes you happy

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olpally 32

She's about 20-30 years late with this. There's not enough guys around her age to date and they're mostly dead, literally. Haha, stupid move grandma. Well, as long as she's happy I guess.

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Welshite 39

My twice widowed great-grandmother remarried in her eighties. Don't be so close-minded, Olpally.

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LittlestPrincess 21

in our society there's such a pressure of finding a new partner. it's sick, when you think about it. if OP's grandma wants to divorce bc she's not happy anymore, good for her! but all that pressure into immeadiately having to go on the hunt for a new man... smh. if she finds someone new, good! point is, she freed herself (and ex husband) from an unhappy situation.

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Juneyah1017 9

Granny got her groove back. I wonder who she met to divorce gramps

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chanelvander 7

Not necessarily anyone, she could have just not been happy.

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Sinistra_Blue 12

This reminds me of a joke I heard a long time ago. "When asked why they were divorcing after 70 years of marriage, the elderly couple flatly responded, 'We were just waiting for the kids to die'. " I guess jokes wernt as funny back then.

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rsue 14

Man, I dunno. My grandmother finally divorced my cheating, abusive grandfather when she was in her 60s and I don't blame her (though they're both gone now). He was an incredibly successful car dealer, she had no skills or retirement of her own because they'd gotten married right out of high school, and up until he died he still went back to court every single year to try to get her alimony reduced. So I couldn't judge her without knowing a lot more, but either way, dude/lady, not only do I not see how this makes your life suck, I don't see how it even AFFECTS you.

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Rianokami 22

Divorce usually affects everyone in the family.

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LittlestPrincess 21

i think it's the shock of the announcement

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TheLittleBear 19

It's upsetting but they may be happier apart OP. I guess that's the best way of dealing with it.

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brittyboo123 35

Well, why should two people stay together if they're not happy? No matter what age they are.

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KinkyCurly 13

(Leaving this fml out of it..) Divorce should only be done in extreme cases. People should try working it out first.

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crazytwinsmom 25

They probably worked on it for 50 years. That's long enough.

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nerdlove422 14

Hey, you're never too old to party! But I'm sorry about the divorce OP :(

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