Today I got a visit from my Grandad.

We don’t really speak at all and never have: him and Dad didn’t start getting along until a few years ago, and even now the relationship is pretty forced. He came over and awkwardly handed me a card congratulating me on going to uni and whatnot.

He then, surprisingly, apologised for “not showing any interest”, said he was proud of me being the first person in our family to go to university, and that my Grandma “would have been over the moon”. He got a bit teary eyed. We made small talk for a while and then he left. 

- AVERAGE JOE