How well do you really know your grandparents? Do you know where they went on their first date and who invited whom? What did your grandmother dream of becoming as a child? Ask them about it. Believe me, you won’t regret it!
Unfortunately, we usually know little about the life of such close relatives. We just never thought to ask them. Well, better late than never! Your grandparents will surely be very happy that you want to know more about them!
Here are some examples of interesting questions Internet users asked their grandparents. Here are also the most touching and witty answers given by the representatives of the older generation.
1. “What is the most important lesson you learned from your parents?”
2. «How would you describe your childhood?»
3. “I asked my grandfather: what is the secret of happiness in life? He thought and said: family and pies. But first of all — pies!
4. «Tell your favorite joke!»
5. “How did our family survive the 1918 Spanish flu?”
6. “If you could change one thing in your life, what would it be?”
7. “Tell us how you met, how your relationship developed, and how you got married? I recently asked this question to my 90-year-old grandmother, and her story simply amazed me. I will take her secret with me to the grave!”
8. “Tell me about your first marriage. What happened, why did you break up?
9. “How was life during the war? What helped to endure all the hardships and hardships?
10. “Tell us about the traditional values of our people. What should be preserved for future generations?
11. “How did you manage to live together for so long and not go crazy? What’s the secret?»
12. “How was life during the most severe crisis?”
13. “Grandma, I know that you were at home with the children. Have you ever regretted that you didn’t go to work, didn’t make a career?
14. “You have adopted a child. And how was it done at that time?
15. «Why did you divorce?»
16. «How have society’s views on sex changed since you were young?»
17. “And how did our uncle get his nickname?”
18. “What job have you dreamed about, but have not been able to realize this dream?”
19. “What, in your opinion, can be called the main values for humanity?”
20. “What was your favorite holiday as a child?”
21. “Looking back, do you think your marriage was a happy one?”
22. “I asked my grandmother to tell about her only brother, who died at 38. She burst into tears as if it happened yesterday. She loved him very much!”
23. “Why did you decide to change your career / get a new education already in adulthood?”
24. «What household chores did you have as a child?»
25. “Tell me about your parents, brothers and sisters. Where are they from? What did they do for a living? And where did our more distant ancestors come from?
26. “How did you manage to make ends meet, because you had so many children, and only your grandfather worked?”
27. “I asked which of their grandchildren they love the most. Turns out it wasn’t me!
28. “How did you know that my dad is the right husband for my mom?”
29. “Did everything always suit you in bed? Was it tempting to change?
30. What trip do you remember the most?
31. “What is the best way to develop your inner world?”
32. “What did you not understand when you were young and only realized when you got older?”