Over the weekend the family had Number One Great-grandchild's first birthday party. This makes me his great grandfather, and, therefore, a senior level grandparent, in regard to family party rules.
For those unaware of it, there are certain rules regarding the participation of senior level grandparents at family parties.
Senior level grandparents are not required to move during a family party. Actually it is illegal to require a senior level grandparent to move more than once during a family party.
By extension, senior little grandparents are allowed to sit in one location, not move to obtain food and drink, are allowed to expect other people to check on them and see if they require anything, and don't have to speak to anyone or mingle with other guests.
Senior level grandparents are allowed to wear long pants, at a backyard party, on the hottest day of the year so far, without being ragged about it.
Senior level grandparents are allowed to, when some party guest (in pursuit of party games), brings underinflated water balloons for other children to throw at each other (which of course being underinflated do not burst), say to said party guest, "Hey, you could put someone's eye out with that!"
Senior level grandparents are, now that they are extremely old, allowed to say any outrageous thing they want. (To which the correct response is, "So, something has changed?")
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