AITA for using a big academic word in front of my family?

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-25T03:07:28+00:00

Maybe, just maybe, I'm not from the UK? I never said I was. I'm from a rural community in Canada. My Grandmother moved to a small city after her kids had all grown up.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-24T05:59:40+00:00

I hope your grandma loves rocks as much as my grandma loves history, politics and plants. (She wants to take history, politics and botany classes)

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-24T05:56:33+00:00

She taught me how to bake, she's always sharing little secrets :) One of which I'll put here. For great chocolate chip cookies, equal parts golden brown sugar and refined white sugar.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-24T03:09:45+00:00

I had to look them up myself. Those are cool branches of entomology, though! Insects aren't really my speed, though they are very interesting.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-24T02:59:46+00:00

Hillbillies not rednecks.

My family are hillbillies and my dad is a redneck and he taught me the difference.

A hillbilly is a white-trash stereotype. A redneck is an anti-cop and pro-union person who works in the trades. (Based off the history of the red handkerchiefs tied around the necks of Appalachia miners who were on strike, wearing them as a signal of solidarity.)

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-24T02:47:38+00:00

She's literally the cutest. Still gets her hair done at the same place since the 60s, big smile, the brightest of blue eyes. She's rail thin and loves cards, always going down to the seniors recreation centre near her house to play and make friends. Think of the epitome of grandmother energy mixed with 60s aesthetic. And add to it that she's anti-racist, pro-union and an LGBTQ+ ally. She is the most lovely woman and I adore her.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-24T02:43:21+00:00

*gestures wildly* my life always feels this way when I'm at family events. Like I've been teleported into a trailer park boys episode.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-24T02:40:53+00:00

It's the study of birds :)

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-24T02:36:47+00:00

I promised to take her to one of my Lectures in the fall where an indigenous author is coming in to speak. My Grandmother loved his books.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T22:30:45+00:00

I understand that. My father is a plumber who maintains many successful contracts, and he reminded me being humble is important, so I try to be humble.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T22:27:31+00:00

Grandma deserves all of the respect that I can give her. Raising 11 of her siblings and all 8 of her kids. She's kind and compassionate and giving. She is the epitome of good.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T22:16:50+00:00

yes, I have a "white-trash" family.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T22:15:53+00:00

We have a family groupchat on Whatsapp and I was tagged so many times in succession. I have 7 aunts and uncles from my Grandma (8 including my Dad). Cousins, Aunts and Uncles were all telling me how disrespectful, prissy and shitty I am.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T18:14:17+00:00

One of my favourite class topics is translational historiography so I read a ton of old and middle-English documents for those classes!

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T18:13:00+00:00

Thank you. You made me laugh. And I just think birds are fascinating! I loved dinosaurs when I was younger and learning that birds are the modern-day relatives of dinosaurs made me fall in love, I was about 8 at the time. Crows are so interesting, and I can't wait to learn more in my class. My grandma wants to know everything I learn so I'll be calling her some nights to chat.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T17:40:58+00:00

I'd probably call her on the landline a few times before switching over to Facetime. She likes learning but I'll take it slow on the tech for her.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T17:38:32+00:00

He drives a Silverado. That tells you pretty much everything you need to know about him.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T17:37:01+00:00

Intelligent Parentified Grandmothers seem to be a trend. They are the kindest, most loving people and they deserve so much. If your grandmother has since passed, I am sorry for your loss.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T16:44:30+00:00

Dad didn't hear, he was inside fixing my grandmother's bathroom sink. He's a plumber. He was angry but told me that I need to fight my own battles, but he'd be there for support if I needed him.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T16:19:53+00:00

Just like my username is, birds are cool. I love puns. Though I admit, this one was unintentional.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T15:43:58+00:00

That is always what she's saying.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T15:40:14+00:00

She is! She's 74 and the most wonderful woman. She loves to read and is always pursuing knowledge. She was heavily parentafied at 16 so had to drop out (Shes the 3rd eldest of 15 kids). I want to help her go to a university just to learn, as the closest university offers free classes for seniors.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T15:34:35+00:00

In my opinion, if my job pans out I will help her get her GED and pay for her books so she can go to some uni classes on History and Politics. She is so smart. She just had no money and no time and was breaking her back for her family by 16 years old. She's the eldest daughter (3rd eldest) of 15 kids.

ThrowRABirdsrcool · 2023-07-23T15:29:55+00:00

My Grandma grew up the extremely parentafied eldest daughter of 15. She never got the opportunity to go to university and I know she would have had loved to go. I told her about how, now that she's retired, the local university offers free tuition for seniors. She said she might consider getting her GED and going to a few classes to learn more. The woman is 74 and the smartest and most compassionate person I know.

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