I Became a Grandmother Before My Mother

A quirk of fate! %2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fddm%2Ftrackclk%2FN1633874.2037300SCARYMOMMY%2FB27965874.338089666;dc_trk_aid=529879833;dc_trk_cid=172510652;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;ltd=%3Futm_campaign=31728%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/01000181881c0049-86f56d94-518d-496c-97fa-7b48be7b2c85-000000/pGxQq_uvy0Q4FC3CL8oOZ51ulg8=275 [Scary Mommy](%2F%2Fscarymommy.com%2F%3Futm_campaign=31728%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/01000181881c0049-86f56d94-518d-496c-97fa-7b48be7b2c85-000000/OCt0SU2oVBnCKioh1Ha7yXnq99M=275) Jun 21, 2022 %2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Fi-became-a-grandmother-before-my-mother-did%3Futm_campaign=31728%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/01000181881c0049-86f56d94-518d-496c-97fa-7b48be7b2c85-000000/Rz6qV1UCZFql3NQyenTHgpyOIKU=275 [????](%2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Fi-became-a-grandmother-before-my-mother-did%3Futm_campaign=31728%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/2/01000181881c0049-86f56d94-518d-496c-97fa-7b48be7b2c85-000000/C0CHNJG6RgdprDUNL-ouMnuoCiE=275) [I Became a Grandmother Before My Mother](%2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Fi-became-a-grandmother-before-my-mother-did%3Futm_campaign=31728%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/3/01000181881c0049-86f56d94-518d-496c-97fa-7b48be7b2c85-000000/uhRLKrb0IYKOamsAk-2F6DmR4wY=275) Here’s a bit of a riddle for you: Melissa A. Kay writes today about her unusual experience of becoming a grandmother before her own mother did. This caught her by surprise, bigtime: “Not that people can’t be grandparents in their 40s — plenty are — but I’d had no intention of having children, let alone grandchildren.” How, you might ask? 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