...Suddenly I'm immensely grateful my grandmothers would just GIVE me money (for small things).
My grandparents never GAVE me money. I had to cut the grass, rake the lawn, wash cars, clean the garage and a lot of other things. And I did it not because they were paying me but because my mom asked me to go over there and do it.
Benefits of living far enough away from your grandparents that seeing them requires an hour or two in the car, suppose. They wanted to spend time with us, not put us to work.
I meant like money for ice cream, “little stuff”.
