Primo: My dad’s mother was not a nice grandmother or mother,
but my other grandparents were the kindest, most loving people ever. My dad
would make fun of them because neither of them were educated. I think they
probably got as far as eighth grade before they had to drop out of school and
work.
Me: Education does not cause niceness. It doesn’t even
correlate to it. They are two completely independent, non-correlated
statistics. I guess PhDs in English are not ever required to take statistics.
Primo: I loved my mom’s parents. My grandfather taught me to
shoot pool. They loved Nancy and me. They were always so nice to us. They were
always happy to see us.
Me: Did they ever take you to a lecture on global warming?
Primo: No! They didn’t even feed us brown rice!
Me: That means they were bad.
Primo: One time, my dad was being nasty about my
grandparents to my mom. He does that to her to be mean. I was little and I
said, “But Daddy – Grandma and Grandpa are nice! Doesn’t that matter?”
Me: What did he say?
Primo: I don’t remember, but I don’t think he was impressed
with my observation.
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