My 19 yr old son keeps teasing me about becoming a grandma?!?!?!?

Question

He just graduated High School last year in May and he's about to graduate trade school and start Northlake College in August, I keep telling him he better be joking because I'm not ready to be a grandma I still have small children and I'm not that old! I had him at a young age and he knows better! He just keeps laughing at me? But why does he keep saying it? My friends that I grew up with are already grandmas by the age 35! But I've really pushed education on my boys! It's # 1 Don't get me wrong, I would love to be a grandma one day! But I'm 36 & I don't even have gray hair yet! Maybe I will get some now! Do you think he just likes to see me react? I can be a little bit dramatic? lol!

Answer 1

Ignore without reacting hard. He is just kidding I suppose.  Raise his bar of achievements demanding something concrete on his career and then ask him to get  married to have kids.

Answer 2

He just knows how to get to you but i would be careful because if he feels like he can't tell you the truth if it does happen he may keep it a secret for awhile.  36 is how old my boyfriend is and his 16 year old son is always telling him not to be surprised if he is a grandpa in a couple of years.  My mom was a stepgrandma at 24 and she was more like the grandma not stepgrandma so that to me is to young but at 36 you are old enough to be a grandma but i know my cousins mom wasn't ready either when my cousin had her baby.  Her mom was 38 and said she was still to young to be called grandma.  I am sure that if a grandbaby was to come in the picture you will love them no matter how young you are.

Answer 3

Maybe he got someone pregnant!

Answer 4

a little dramatic? XD

i think it's cute whether he's just teasing or not and you're happy either way.

Answer 5

I'm also 36 & going to be a grandma. I don't have gray hair, I don't wear elastic waistband polyester pants & I still feel like a 25 year old. At least he's prepping you now so you won't be soo shocked when it does become reality. He's testing his bounderies to see if you'd be ok with it is my guess.

Answer 6

So whats the problem? I was grandpa at the age of 37. That was 13 yrs ago. I realize that you want him to have more time on his own. The only thing you can do is change your attitude when he ask that question. Reverse the tables on him ask him when he is bringing her to the house to meet you. Tell him he better get to the store & start stocking up in baby supplies. Or better yet take him to the store without saying anything. Then take him thru the baby secton & start loading up on diapers etc..  

I didn't have grey hair when my grandson was born. So whats your point?? My mom was geat grandma before she had any signs of grey hair.

Somedays you just have to have a spare sense of humor.

Answer 7

Chances are, he just likes to see your reaction. Don't  give him the satisfaction of freaking out. Sit down and have a calm, quiet talk about why those statements bother you. Explain what it's like to be a young parent. Tell him, or better yet show him, what life has been like for your friends. It's likely that their dreams were put on hold while they raised their kids. Explain things to him calmly and clearly, and hopefully he'll take it to heart.

Answer 8

He's probably just doing it to mess with you. I'm 17 and I do it to my mom all the time. I pull up my shirt and poke out my belly as far as I can and rub it and say "do you want it to be a boy or girl?"  He could be for real though. He might just be really serious with the girl he's dating or something like that too??