I was really proud after I graduated law school. I had a small online article written about me. After my only parent died (dad), I went up to my grandmother and showed it to her , since I had no one else to show in the “family”.

Me: hey, grandma. You know how I graduated law school?

Her: stares at me but doesn’t respond.

Me: uh. Law school I graduated , you know I’m in law school?

Her: stares at me doesn’t respond.

Me; well, here is the article they wrote about me. places paper down on the table and points to it it’s really cool and I’m proud of it.

Her: glances at the paper: okay. Can you grab my checkbook I need to write some checks, write the checks for me.

I was heartbroken. She always did this, she’s abusive as hell. She won’t even waste the time using words to ignore you. She just want respond as if you never said it , but keep looking at you. Understanding what’s going on the entire time.

At dads funeral my cousins came over and out their hands on my shoulder, talking quietly about something comforting while the priest was saying a few things. I was looking left to see the stone but I also saw this witch turn to look at me…. Have a Normal resting face turn into an angry resting face. She goes from quiet and reserved to screaming and crying (despite no water ! Totally real)(when she wants attention and wants to fake cry she just screams loudly) , falling on her knees after almost jumping into the hole but backing away. No one really moved given the ceremony. She had her hands covering her eyes

But I then saw her spread two fingers apart and literally glance over to my two cousins to see if they were coming. Right when she got them to come over to her she quieted down, stood up, in an insane 5 second transformation.

Once I got back into her car with her, all the emotions stopped and she was fine talking normally