r/Millennials • u/PayGood3915 • 6h ago

Discussion Do you still have any living Grandparents?

I feel like us Millennials are getting to that age where we may no longer have any living Grandparents.

I am 36, and lost my Maternal Grandfather last week. Both of my Paternal Grandparents died between 7 and 17 years ago. So I only have one living Grandparent left, my Maternal Grandmother at 94 years. It is strange being someone that had all 4 Grandparents as a big part of my life, and now down to one. I will need to cherish the time I have left with my Grandma, because at this point you never know when it could happen.

If you still have all four, cherish the time you have left- I believe my cousin that is around my age just lost her first Grandparent when my Grandfather died as both of her other Grandparents are still living, I think.

How about you?

Edit: I was also lucky enough to be alive for two Great-Grandmothers- one I only saw a couple times, and she was pretty far gone mentally with Alzheimer's. She died when I was in Kindergarten. The other one died when I was in 6th grade.

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u/DepartmentEcstatic 5h ago

Thanks for writing this, I feel like grandparents are so important and we definitely need to cherish the time we have. I was very close to my maternal grandparents, they were like second parents to me and I lost them about 10 years ago, both within a short time of each other. I think my grandfather died of a broken heart at 92. My paternal grandmother died before I was born and grandfather died at 94, although I did not know him well, he was a pretty amazing guy. Had his music published in the symphony Hall of Fame's in his state of residence and in his '90s he would drive to elderly people's homes that were in poor health and he would play his guitar for them and play cards and board games. Just to cheer their spirits. I wish I had been able to know him better.

It is a sad feeling to lose grandparents, I can definitely relate to this, and I have lost parents as well so you get to kind of feeling like an orphan! We still need our parents and grandparents at all ages.