Meet me on my grave...that awkward baby conversation with your grandma

How many of you have had pressure from various family members to do something? For singles it can be anything from getting/switching to a new job, getting an education, getting married, buying a house, "settling down," having kids, etc... Sometimes the pressure can be made into a joke and sometimes you can turn the words back to your family member. Here's the story of E's last interaction about Grandma pressure.

E and her sister were at her grandmother's house visiting and they took the great granddogs to see Gram. Gram made the comment that while she liked seeing the dog she'd rather see some great grandbabies before she was dead. E and her sister both looked at each other and then at Gram and Sis said, "well we're not the only grandkids." For the record, there are eight grandchildren that range in age from 39 to 20. Realistically five of eight could have children and none do. Gram said to E and Sis that "they should find men before the great grands had to meet her by dancing on her grave." Gram has this weird fasination with death and has wanted to actually die in her sleep for the last few years--so meeting her on her grave wouldn't be so strange, even if that's morbid sounding. Welcome to E's family. Gram then said "well in my stories it isn't so hard, they do that online thing--you know match something or whatever the hell its called and meet men just fine. You girls should try it." Her stories consist of CBS soap operas where psychics exit and people come back from the dead but hey, what do E and her sister know? So E and Sis explained to Gram what online dating was like for E the last time around (creepy--70 year old men "winking" and sending icky emails) and said it cost money. Gram said "I'll pay for it because you need to get on the baby business."  When Gram couldn't persuade E or Sis to do the match business, she said "well if nothing else why don't you "hook up" and just get pregnant? As if it is that easy. After about an hour of awkward conversation E and Sis were able to convince Gram that all wasn't lost and E was considering her options--NOT match, eharmony, chemistry, or any online anything and NOT a "hook up." Think more along the lines of adoption or a single mom by choice route. Who knows something else could happen in the mean time? Good news did come in the last month though--E's older cousin and partner are looking at surogacy so Gram is now off E and Sis' backs