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When I went to school, the education system was different. They arranged a student ball here or there. Grandma came to those, too, if she was here. I regularly went with my parents, but they had enough by midnight. They said, ‘Oh, Kato [Katarina], come on, let’s go home.’
Well, of course, I fell into despair; I could have been fourteen or fifteen. Of course, I didn’t want to go home, and I’d start crying, ‘Can’t we stay just a little longer.’ This most beloved Kaposvar grandmother would say, ‘You just go on home, don’t worry about her, I’d love to stay with her because I like it here, too. I’ll come home with Kato.’
My wonderful little grandma stayed with me until three in the morning and then we went home. Of course, the boys escorted us home too, so it wasn’t particularly quiet. By the time we got into the apartment, my parents woke up, and Grandma got it [the blame] for being out so late with me, and then she whispered in my ear, ‘It’s better if I get it, than you.
Well, of course, I fell into despair; I could have been fourteen or fifteen. Of course, I didn’t want to go home, and I’d start crying, ‘Can’t we stay just a little longer.’ This most beloved Kaposvar grandmother would say, ‘You just go on home, don’t worry about her, I’d love to stay with her because I like it here, too. I’ll come home with Kato.’
My wonderful little grandma stayed with me until three in the morning and then we went home. Of course, the boys escorted us home too, so it wasn’t particularly quiet. By the time we got into the apartment, my parents woke up, and Grandma got it [the blame] for being out so late with me, and then she whispered in my ear, ‘It’s better if I get it, than you.
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Slovakia
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Katarina Löfflerova