Variance? Grandpa just died
 

My little sister just called me at work and said that my grandpa died. My immediate reaction was "grandpa who?".

Backstory:

Within 3 months of my birth, both of my Grandfathers had died. Both grandmothers live in Chicago, where I lived until I was 3, when we moved to california. When I was like 8 my grandma remarried. The guy was super nice and I still have this set of proof coins he gave me. About 4 years ago my grandma had a stroke and has been in a nursing home ever since. After the stroke, my grandma didn't recognize her new husband anymore and this kinda caused him to stop coming to visit her. The combination of being incapacitated/having no memory/far away made it so that I never really went to see my grandma(my mom would go once in awhile by herself) and never saw my grandfather.

So after my sister tells me our grandpa died I finally figure out what she means. She is kinda crying and stuff and I am super indifferent because I barely knew our grandpa at all, like i might have met him 3 times ever? All of this made my sister even more upset since she seemed like she thought I should have been sad. Am I blowing it here or what?

Re: Variance? Grandpa just died
 

sad story.

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RJ,

The answer depends on how old your little sister is. If she is 25 then meh. If she is 12, then you were out of line.

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beat imo

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fake cry for show, collect on will for dough

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You should pretend sad so you can comfort each other. Play your cards right and you could be look at a Celebration of Life Sexytime. TMO

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pics of sister/grandmother

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Your feelings or lack thereof are perfectly normal & reasonable. If you blew it, it was because you came off as cold to your sister who was looking for comfort. You don't have to fake feelings, but "yeah, so?" is probably not the right thing to say to her either.

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I'll celebrate when my "step" grandfather dies.

Re: Variance? Grandpa just died
 

YOU UNGRAETFUL LITTLE BASTARD GIMME BACK DEM FANCYCOINS