Best Birthday Present - Grandma Warns Granddaughter She Is Headed Straight To Hell Because She Wasted 18 Years Of Catholic Education

"How else would I visit you?"

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• December 2, 2023

Traditionally, people receive gifts and well-wishes on their birthdays. We don't expect someone telling us, for example, that we are headed to hell during these celebrations.

A grandma thought the best time to dissuade her 18-year-old granddaughter from following in her dad's footsteps was during her birthday dinner. The OP's dad died when she was 12 years old.

Her dad was gay, and her grandmother thought her son was a bad influence on her granddaughter. When OP's parents divorced, her mom relied on OP's paternal grandparents for support.

It gave her grandparents a lot of pull on OP's upbringing. Her grandma insisted for OP to study at Catholic schools until she was 18.

OP was an active member of their church until she went away to college. After her first year, OP's finances forced her to move back home and enroll at the local community college.

Her grandparents offered to treat her to a birthday dinner. OP chose a diner and had a great time with her grandma and grandpa.

Her grandma's attitude changed when OP's grandpa went to the counter to pay their bill. Her grandma expressed her disappointment that OP stopped attending church service.

She said that OP wasted her Catholic education. Apparently, Grandma was deeply saddened by OP's lack of faith as it surely condemned her to an eternity in hell.

OP was stunned. It was the first time that her grandma spoke to her that way.

She can't remember how she responded, but couldn't forget how she felt.

She realized that she would always fall short of her grandma's expectations if she didn't conform to her Catholic faith.

Her grandma clammed up when OP's grandpa returned. He never would have allowed her to speak to OP that way.

OP believed it was her grandma's desperate attempt to bring OP back into their fold since OP was finally old enough to make her own choices.

OP also shared the story of how her grandma tricked her into visiting her father's grave when OP made it clear she didn't want to.

Grandma had a lot of gall casting the first stone

She reinforced OP's decision to leave the church every time she brought up hell.

OP's grandpa should know who he sleeps next to at night.

Sometimes the best way to deal with people like OP's grandma is to completely distance yourself from them.

That's a lot of words to say you don't want to be lonely, Grandma.

It's one of the more obscure commandments.

Did she want OP to be a nun?

OP can try this approach next time her grandma gives her a lecture about her journey to hell.

Or this... it will end the conversation abruptly.

Grandma is the embodiment of "There is no hate like Christian love." Isn't she scared that the hatred she has for her granddaughter secures her a one-way ticket to the fiery pits?

OP's refusal to engage with her grandma's scare tactics is the best way to deal with her. People like her grandma will change their minds once hell freezes over.

Chelsi