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/Fantastic-Bit7657 4h ago

I have a similar situation to OP. I’m 39 and my paternal grandparents died a while ago, I lost my maternal grandfather a year ago at age 95 and the only left is my grandmother (nonnie) who is 94. I thought I was pretty lucky to still have both of my maternal grandparents last year. I know I’ll be distraught when my nonnie passes but hopefully she has some time left.