Forget him! FORGET HIM!!!! FORGET HIM!

Remind me to never ever show my grandpa my writing EVER! I am so mad at him! He has NO respect for fiction, NONE! He thinks that I'm being selfish because I'm not contributing to society by just writing a fiction story based on my own experiences! He blames me for just dwelling in self-pity and not using my experiences to help others! The man does not understand women!!!!!

I can't believe my grandmother has been married to him for 53 years. How can she stand a man so blind and uncaring for the female perspective?!! How can she stand him?!!!! At least my husband TRIES and RESPECTS that I am different from him!! I'd be shocked if Grandma felt respected by Grandpa at ALL!

There are BOOKS! BOOKS! NONFICTION BOOKS!!!! That say that men and women are different in these ways! I can't believe him! Maybe I should throw one at him! Just--remind me to NEVER EVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER talk to him again about my writing! He has NO RESPECT for it! NONE!

My friend Isaac said that good writing gets reactions from people, and it was good that I was getting a reaction. I typed out a whole response but couldn't post on his page, because it'd be there for the whole world (including my grandpa) to see, plus Isaac doesn't know anything about my family. This is what I wrote.

But he's my grandpa! And grandparents are supposed to be supportive. But you know what? He never has been, why should he start now? I've flown under the radar up till now and avoided all kinds of criticism from him all my life by being the best kid, grandkid and student I could possibly be, while the rest of my family has gotten terrible criticism from him for various things. But now I'm pursuing my own interests as a grown woman, with or without his approval, and I'll suffer along with the rest of my family! I just can't believe he never said anything about my reading fiction--it's only now that I'm WRITING fiction that he decides to rip into me. Fine! Do whatever you want! I'm a grown woman and I don't have to let you touch me, especially after what you said about my sister!!

Felt a heck of a lot better after I wrote that.

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