My Grandmother was born and raised in Russia (The Former Soviet-Union), she was born on a farm in a small rural village, and later moved to St. Petersburg, and later emigrating to the United States with my Mother.

At any rate, she's been visiting for the past few days, and while some of the stuff she says is just flat out crazy, she occasionally drops a TRP bomb which some people disapprovingly shake their head at, but can't deny it's truth. (All the following are translated from Russian).

  • [Talking about my Great Aunt] "You know the reason she's not happy? Because she's not married. When she was younger she'd bob her hair and say 'Ill do what i like, its my hair', and now she's old and lonely, nobody wants her at that point, she threw her youth away to prove a point and now she's unhappy."

  • [Talking to my Uncle] "You're 24, have no job, no skills, and no future, do you expect some young girl to fall in love with you when you have nothing what so ever to offer her?"

  • [Speaking to me] "JimmyPickles, stay in shape, and get a good job, and women will be lining up around the block to marry you."

She grew up in a society where people were aware of these truths, and didn't try and suppress them like in the United States. I'll edit and post more as Christmas progresses, i'm sure she'll drop a few more.