Sadly this reminds me of my granddad...
...who is also a stubborn old Pole. We live on the other side of the world from him but my mum still flies over once a year to visit him, and always comes back depressed and stressed out from the experience. It's very sad because I remember him as a jolly man who was always happy to see us, and now, like you say, he's just bitter and depressed and mourning my grandmother (who died a few years back), and takes it out on my mum and her brother. I can totally empathise with you on this one.
(oball needs Satan more than he needs me, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 1:36, Reply)