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I have been living in a 2 appartment house with my grandmother and my family all my life. That family had contained my grandfather and father as well but not any more really. My "loving" grandmother has always told me several things such as, "You Dumby you don't even know how to read in french!" or "Awe ______ you look so skinny in that corcet, if only that could be you all the time." I have spent all my life listening to stuff like that and now I'm IN the "smart" class and I'm the skinniest I've been in my whole life. Too bad my grandmother "loves" me so much she still has to say that I'm stupid and fat....
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My grandma just embarrasses me and gets confused about politics, After which she claims how she is right and starts a huge family argument. Last time was how she claimed the british royal family "owns" tons of countries. After an explanation of how they own nothing including Britain, And there territories. She left in anger claiming she's right.

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Oh my! I feel like all grandparents have to go against us. I mean we are only about 50 years younger or somthing like that, right?
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Honestly I can't wait for the older generation to die off(All that the white man is against us garbage just holds back youth and the next generation).
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I'm with you on that to the highest degree!
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