Grandma passive agreessive to school-aged grandson

[Anonymous]

How old is this kid? I wouldn't want grandma helping out too often - if she's that easily annoyed and going to play childish games, it's just easier to do it myself.

[Anonymous]

Was this at beach week???? Not an excuse, but maybe grandma is having a bit too much kid time.

[Anonymous]

I think you need to relate more stories of this passive aggression in order to see what type of woman this is. Because if it was just this one dubious waffle incident, big deal.

[Anonymous]

I still don't get the problem. He can't handle
Waiting until his waffle cools down?

[Anonymous]

Maybe he's an annoying picky whiny kid and nothing grandma does is good enough for him.

[Anonymous]

For everyone asking why he didn't wait for it to cool down, she ruined the waffle. Eggo's require a very specific level of crunch. Microwaves destroy the crunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For everyone asking why he didn't wait for it to cool down, she ruined the waffle. Eggo's require a very specific level of crunch. Microwaves destroy the crunch.

Try story. I would never microwave an Eggo, but let's give Grams the benefit of the doubt - maybe she doesn't know how to make an Eggo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For everyone asking why he didn't wait for it to cool down, she ruined the waffle. Eggo's require a very specific level of crunch. Microwaves destroy the crunch.

Spare us the details, Eggo-lover. If the kid was some kind of Eggo expert seeking the optimal crunch, the whole family has bigger issue than grandma's overheating a cheap waffle. Geez.

OP, unless you also know that grandma consistently does stuff like this on purpose --if your whole "why would she act this way" is based solely on what you reported here -- you are assuming WAY too much. It's probable that she was trying to please the kid, heated a waffle she's not used to serving in a way that didn't work, then was peeved when he complained that it was now TOO hot. Cut her some slack instead of jumping to the assumption that she was being evil and passive-aggressive based on -- oh, my! --her tone of voice. She's probably from a generation that, quite rightly, didn't try to please, please, please kids every moment of the day.

You admit that you have an infant and this isn't your kid. For all you know, kid had gotten on grandma's last nerve with the it's too cold, now it's too hot routine. When you have a child who is old enough to whine and complain, you'll understand better how an adult can lose it with that kind of behavior. But in this case I don't even think grandma lost it -- I think you are assuming motives for her that may not be there.

[Anonymous]

grandma was probably just annoyed at the whiny kid. no big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For everyone asking why he didn't wait for it to cool down, she ruined the waffle. Eggo's require a very specific level of crunch. Microwaves destroy the crunch.

Give her a break. She probably knows how to cook REAL food, not prepackaged frozen crap.

[Anonymous]

clearly she's mental..... get that kid away.... sounds like a lifetime drama waiting to happen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For everyone asking why he didn't wait for it to cool down, she ruined the waffle. Eggo's require a very specific level of crunch. Microwaves destroy the crunch.

Give her a break. She probably knows how to cook REAL food, not prepackaged frozen crap.

Haha, I'm a chef with a culinary degree. I love an Eggo every couple months. Especially the blueberry kind. They even come with cooking instructions.

[Anonymous]

EGGO - not Ego

[Anonymous]

Ego waffles make you feel better about yourself.

if this is the worst grandma has done, who cares? Kids get whiny sometimes.