“This is my Great-Aunt, who went to my cousin’s wedding in that pastel track suit with the purse around her neck. This picture was taken right after she was told she could take home the champagne glasses. She fit as many as she could in her hands, but made sure she had room for the leftover champagne.”
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I wouldn’t have wasted any hand-space for the glasses.
My thoughts exactly! They are just supersized beer bottles, who needs glasses!
Seven glasses and a bottle of champagne that we CAN see. It makes me wonder if there are a few Trojans in that purse that we can’t! Maybe that is why she has such a *hurried* look?
Hahaha!!!!!!
She may be old, but her night is still VERY young!
Comment gold.
This is going to be me in about 20 years.
lookin forward to it
My great grandma used to take all the sugars and jellies at restaurants and was known to also take the salt and pepper shakers and silverware if she really liked them. Ahhhh….family.
Marnie?
Hope those are regulation size glasses!
too funny!!!!!lm*ao
Proof that when you get to a certain age, you can get away with absolutely anything, and people will just smile and let you get on with it.
That’s the one thing I’m looking forward to when I get old. And this is so going to be me in 40 years.
I’m just curious. Is the purse filled with the leftovers that she’s taking home in the re-used Ziploc bags she brought along “just in case there’s too much food for one meal”?
This is my sister at weddings. (minus the track suit…she’s very fashionable!!) She just can’t resist the centre-piece!!! She’s even recruited me to help her carry as many as possible!
Just a footnote…I’m all about the leftover wine!!!
Reminds me of the aunt character in “Home For The Holidays.”
Shhhh…dont spill the beans! Someone is getting a set of champagne glasses for Christmas.
And I’ll bet you ten bucks she’s wearing slippers.
the track suit / purse around the neck is my mother.
Do those glasses have the wedding date on them?! Seriously, what are you going to do with 7 glassse that say “Congradulations Mike and Mindy, 2008!” ?? And do you really need glasses at all? I drink straight from the bottle!
Please tell me this was in Florida…. southwest coast… like, maybe… Sarasota?
Napels.
Ooooh, Marney’s going to be SO upset over this!!! Those are NOT regulation-sized champagne glasses!
This is me. I have grabbed a wheel of cheese along with the wine. Forget about the glasses just swig! It so beats the look under the table for a number,then you get the flower arrangement!!!!
At least you now have a good gift idea for her – she needs a big purse in the worst way!
Dear all, this is my grandmother. Her name is Ann. She is the sweetest person you would ever want to meet. I’m sure that she took those flutes to give to other family members that couldn’t attend the wedding because she had a kind thoughtful heart. We are from a very impoverished area of Alabama and life has been very hard for her. Her father was a small town pastor, her mother played piano and made hot meals for people that were less fortunate and the greatest heartache of her life is that her younger brother was killed in the Korean War. She was married for 20 years to a man that had muscular dystrophy and cared for him all those years until he passed away. She used to live on a little mini-farm and raised vegetables to eat, chickens for eggs and meat, and goats for milk. She only had one son, my father, who became seriously ill at 25 and has been disabled all these years. When things were at their worst for us, she literally fed us from her freezer and never asked for anything in return. Besides my own mother, she is the hardest working person I’ve ever known. I am certain that had they not told her she could have them, she would have never touched those flutes or the champagne. She is truly the most unassuming person. I am sure that she thought that she was saving them from being trashed. She has never been a taker. She is a rescuer. And I’m very proud that she’s my grandmother. …And as far as her attire- she is on a very fixed income and probably doesn’t own anything nicer.
Actually this comment is not true and not from the person who posted this pic (me). This is my Great-Aunt, as it says in the behind the awkwardness story. She lives in OH and just likes to dress comfortable. I have many more photos from this wedding if anyone doesn’t trust my sincerity. I think all of your comments are hilarious and actually she is terrified of cats. She is a hoarder and that’s why she took the glasses, to go with her bits of string collection.
Fran, I’m glad you were able to put a story behind the woman in the photo. So many times people only take things at face value. Thank you!
…It is STILL a funny picture though.
Waste not, want not.
I have a similar photo, but it’s my step-grandfather, who was put in charge of making sure *all* the champagne flutes were accounted for after a family wedding by my grandmother.
That lady is cool!
Damn. I think your family and mine hang out together.