Can familial love ever truly be free of filial obligation?
Commentary: How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies doesn't want to make you cry but to rethink meaning of family“Sad grandma movie” is a meme-y phrase popularised by netizens reference to How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies — but really, the film isn’t about being or having a grandmother.
I brought a small tissue packet with me into the theatre, intended for the two friends I was with, both of whom are leaky faucets in sad movies.Not because of my companions — although they were indeed sobbing messes, as were most of our fellow audience members, judging by the chorus of loud sniffles in the hall.Having no grandmother relationships in her own life, the author didn't expect herself to have a strong emotional reaction to the movie.
Why is it hardest to talk openly about our feelings with those nearest and dearest to us, even when it’s something we know they need to hear? My mother was surprised and a little hurt. “Blood is thicker than water” isn’t a concept to her, it’s gospel truth. Whatever your relatives have done to you in the past, you’re supposed to show up for them in their time of need.I’ve explained it to her since then, that I have no connection with this dying person and I felt neither desire nor obligation to connect with her now, towards the inevitable end of her life.
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