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I was eating with my grandmother and some of her friends a few weeks ago and when I left, I told my grandmother "bye, I love you." When I was walking out to my car one of her friends also walked out and said in a snotty tone of voice "bye, I love you" and started laughing.
Not that it really bothered me all that much as it just made her look stupid, but I wonder why some people openly mock others. Isn't that pathetic?
Wow, but yes could be jealous of your close relationship with your grandmother. I agree it was pathetic.
One of your grandmother's friends? Another old person? My impulse would be to slap the $hit out of them, but since they're old, don't. Instead, tell them, if you weren't so old, I'd slap the $hit out of you.
Are you sure she's a friend? I think not. What would your grandmother say if she had heard it? Did you tell her?
Or maybe they're mentally disabled, in which case, ignore it.
I tend to think that anyone who reacts in the way that this woman did (regardless of age or gender) has something buried inside that is nagging away at them. Perhaps your admonition of love for your grandmother brought back reminders of this woman's lack of love from her own family. Perhaps she was never able to learn to love. Perhaps she has a mental disorder. Who knows? In any event, it is a direct reflection of something not quite right in this woman's world. It has nothing to do with you.
While it can be upsetting when someone does this, I think the best thing is to believe that the problem is theirs, and let it go.
I was eating with my grandmother and some of her friends a few weeks ago and when I left, I told my grandmother "bye, I love you." When I was walking out to my car one of her friends also walked out and said in a snotty tone of voice "bye, I love you" and started laughing.
Not that it really bothered me all that much as it just made her look stupid, but I wonder why some people openly mock others. Isn't that pathetic?
I am assuming you are relatively young (granddaughter) so I am going to offer you some free advice: The sooner you learn there are nasty people in this world AND you need to IGNORE THEM the SOONER you can be HAPPY. Well, in truth, have a shot at being happy anyway...
I think the person was mocking the fad of so many people saying 'love you' or 'I love you' at the end of many cellphone conversations and in-person meetings.
The fad started with saying 'love you' at the end of cellphone conversations - and many people started copying each other in saying it - and it is and was often said to people who one is just casual friends with and to people with whom there is no deep history or to people with whom there is no established relationship.
Sometimes 'love you' is said at the end of conversations to see if the other person will say it back to you, as a plea for evidence of regard or as a test of whether the person likes you and feels strongly enough to say 'love you' back.
The fad caused an epidemic of many people saying 'love you' so often - and often not to people who are anywhere close to being a loved one in one's life.
It is said so casually these days at the end of cellphone conversations and in-person get-togethers that it has lost some of its value and meaning.
Last edited by matisse12; 01-28-2018 at 02:23 PM..
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