'I’ve become the house bouncer when my stubbornly sociable grandparents want to break the lockdown rules and go out shopping or to see friends and family.'
Gone were my chances to get a break from Hounslow; at the age of 27 I was about to spend 24 hours a day, seven days a week with my grandparents, and I was worried.Would I be able to withhold showing my frustration at their lack of technical knowledge? Could I handle explaining, yet again, that while I am at home, I’m still working andI didn’t want to snap at the people putting a roof over my head, but the struggle would be real.
I’ve become the house bouncer when my stubbornly socialable grandparents want to break the lockdown rules and go out shopping or to see friends and family. I’m their postwoman and pharmacist, dropping off and picking up their prescriptions, and their relationship counsellor when they argue over what we’re having for dinner.I’ve also introduced them to a whole new world of online banking and supermarket deliveries.It’s not all been easy. There have been heated debates over why I think women shouldn’t be the only ones in the kitchen and why I really don’t need to ‘find a boy’ to be happy.
But despite our disagreements, we’re grateful for the opportunity this lockdown has given us to get to know each other on a deeper level. It’s like Love Island, but for families.Newly empty diaries have given me and my grandparents evenings and weekends together, one night a week dedicated to a family quiz with my parents, based in Birmingham, over Zoom.They tell me about their
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