What to do when your grandmother won't stop nagging ?

Question

We respect her but she's just too much. She talks non-stop throughout the day. Not only she nags, she criticizes, insult others and more others you'll never expect to hear from her.. what can i do? my ears hurt! It's stressing!

Answer 1

just try to ignore it..enjoy what time u have left with her

Answer 2

You need to be honest with her about how you feel. She may not even realize that she is being nagging and hurting people by criticizing - let her know. She is an adult and she can handle the truth. If you aren't an adult you should talk to your parents about speaking to her because you don't want to be disrespectful. But if you are an adult you should talk to her and let her know that you love her but that you would appreciate it if she wouldn't criticize and nag you. Give her some examples of what she does and try to explain to her how it makes you feel.

Answer 3

Does she have dimentia? That could cause a person to be hard to get along with. She may know she is losing control of her life, and be fighting it. If not and she's just being herself, you could respectfully decline ineractions with her by finding "other" things to do when she starts up.
Growing old isn't easy, and having lived that long, she is a storehouse of useful, and not so useful information, let her share with you as much as you can handle, she won't be around forever.

Answer 4

When she criticizes or says hurtful things say this: "Why would you want to hurt me, have I done something to you?" or "Do you feel better now that you have hurt me?" or "I love you so much, when you say things like that, it hurts me so very deeply, is there something we can do so this does not happen again?" Personally, it sounds like she is insecure, and by bringing others down around her, in her mind, she is raising herself up. Most people stop doing this when they graduate high school, others latch on to it for life. Good Luck.

Answer 5

I think all Grandmas are that way... it's just their nature. I've found that if I keep my opinions to a minimum when I speak to my Grandma, she is less critical of me. And even though she has a response to everything I say, it's made me become a better listener. I think that's really all that grandparents want: someone to listen :) Grin and bear it!

Answer 6

Don't try to change her. Agree with her all the time. Leave when you don't feel like talking to her. Get bussy doing something else when she gets to be too much even if you have nothing to do.

Tell her that there's such a thing as yahoo answers where you can get solutions to your life and that her advice is outdated.

Answer 7

It's your grandmother what can you do it's your grandmother. Learn to deal with it ask her questions about her life find out if anything intresting ever happened to her. She probably just wants to belong and feels her expereinces are secondary are useless since she's old. When she starts ask her questions like "grandma where'd you go to school" ? Maybe she's bitter because she's lonely. I find when people are mean if you show interest they get nicer they wanna be cared about. I mean really you can't tell her to "shutup" she's your grandmother.

Answer 8

Wow my grandmother was the same. I stopped visiting her. And then she died. Now I don't have to listen to the nasty judgemental ***** anymore.

Answer 9

Buy your grandma an Ipod

Answer 10

i think that's just her one way of getting attention. you know, she's getting old and she's seeking a lot of attention and care from her relatives. i think if you show more sweetness and care for her she'll gradually stop her nagging. try it, it might be worth it.