Do grandparents really get bored after talking about their grandkids for 9 seconds?

[edhopper]

As Trump bloviated when attacking the Clinton/Lynch plane meeting.

Trump, "I love my grandchildren, but if I talk about them for more than nine or 10 seconds, after that, what are you going to say?" he said of his eight grandkids.

[Nay]

1. Not the grandmas. I've heard varying reports about the grandpas.......but that

is only my personal and anecdotal experience.

[edhopper]

2. yeah

my experience is grandparents can talk at great lengths about their grand children.

[pnwmom]

11. Let me tell you about my little granddaughter.

She:



And I:

[Meldread]

3. No, the problem is that he can only stop talking/thinking about himself for about 9 seconds.

After the 9 seconds, he has to go back to his favorite topic: the Donald.

[sarae]

16. ^THIS^

That's exactly what I was thinking. If it's not about him, he can't focus for more than 10 seconds at a time.

[mcar]

20. Yes!

[Lucinda]

22. + eleventy billion

[Shrike47]

4. He doesn't spend any real time with them, or talk to their parents about them, so 9 sec is it.

He probably knows nothing about them.

[MFM008]

5. are you kidding

I cant get my bestie to shut up about hers.............

[leftofcool]

7. And we don't have to, we have a note!

[leftofcool]

6. Not this granny. Can I tell you about my gorgeous grand daughter?

Do you have a couple of hours?

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Mine couldn't make it to 9 seconds . . . .

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[pnwmom]

9. All the listeners might get bored, but this grandmother could go on forever.

[BlueMTexpat]

19. +1! eom

[TexasProgresive]

10. tRump would because, it's all about him, doncha know?

[Hoppy]

12. Once again, Carlin to the rescue.... I am not going to research this, just draw from memory.

Carlin: (Me paraphrasing) So your friend takes a string of pictures of her grand-kid out of her purse and you are stuck looking at the 200th picture of the kid. Well, ya gotta learn how to head this stuff off before it gets to that point....

When the first picture comes out, you take it in your hand, look at it and exclaim,

"Wow, will ya look at the fuckin' head on that kid. Where are you gonna find a hat to fit that head?"

That will put a stop to it right then and there.

[left-of-center2012]

13. Trump has to be the center of attention

He has no interest in talking about his grand kids.

[doc03]

14. Well I get bored when I have to hear about someones grandchildren

more than about 9 seconds.

[Just reading posts]

15. Beat me to it!

[doc03]

18. I am exaggerating some but if I had grandchildren I would probably be a pain in the

ass too. I could hear Trump, "Here is a picture of me holding my grandson in front of the new hotel I
opened in Las Vegas."

[virgogal]

24. Great answer,me too---and I've been a grandparent myself for 22 years.

[Skittles]

27. I don't think grandparents ever get it

that which thrills them bores us to tears

[Ilsa]

17. i doubt he raised his kids. I bet the wives

and nannies and boarding schools did that job. He probably doesn't know how to talk to kids.

[Warpy]

21. Narcissists do

He's describing himself perfectly. If it isn't about him, he's instantly bored.

[applegrove]

23. Ten seconds is all the time he can go without thinking about himself and how great he is.

[TBA]

25. I'm a Grandma and I hate kids... pieces of crap all of them

except my grandson who is a prince. I cannot get enough time with him and I live for every word out of his mouth.

I adore him and I say this after traveling with him in a car for two days. We are on a vacay road trip!

[Skittles]

26. Trump is an extreme narcissist

the ONLY subject that is of interest to him is HIMSELF

[REP]

28. You never met my grandparents

Not that I blame them; little children aren't very interesting.

[tavernier]

29. I don't tweet politicians.

I text my grandkids and tell them I miss them on vacations, I encourage them on their sport events (if they are too far away for me to attend). I send jokes and cartoons and encouraging words. We go for ice cream when they win and lose, we have sleep overs and dumb movies and tickle and giggle and laugh and sometimes cry, we bury beloved goldfish together (with appropriate honors)... and beloved great grandparents together... With tears and memories of fishing and walking together on the beach.

We honor our families and traditions.

You, sir, are not a grandparent.