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Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:00 am
My grandparents have been married for 60 years. Sixty miserable, hate-filled years. My grandfather is an uber-male who is never wrong and who will argue and correct other people even if they are right. You'll say something and he'll say "NO NO NO NO NO!" and then proceed to say exactly what you just said, but in an angrier tone of voice. It's hysterical. He can't stand to be at home.
My grandmother is a born-again nagger, and nothing in the world will make her do anything other than complain. She can't stand to be anywhere other than home.
As a gift for their 60th anniversary, my Grandfather (in his infinite wisdom) decided to buy a gift for my grandmother. 6 days on an Amtrak train. Chicago to Sacramento, Sacramento to Seattle, Seattle back to Chicago.
6 days on a train. With bunk beds. He's 80, has apnea, snores like a chainsaw and can barely walk. She's almost 78, a recent cancer survivor, can't stand to be inside or to sit still for more than 10 minutes at a time, and HATES traveling.
In short, two people with 60 years of animosity between them; two people who don't sleep in the same bedroom; two people who can't stand to be in the same ROOM with each other for longer than a couple of hours are going to be in a 6'6" x 9'2" cell, on a train, for SIX DAYS.
They left yesterday at 2 pm, CST. I don't expect to see them both alive together again.