Here at Memebase, we’re always talking about the crossed telephone lines of blended families; with so many adults and kids in a familial orbit, it’s often difficult to keep up with every family member you’re not required by law to interact with. Even if a family member is technically “not part of the family” anymore, the bonds they’ve built with the family they’ve split from can run deep. If your brother and his wife divorced, you might still be close with her and want to maintain the relationship you’ve built over the years, despite how he feels about it. When grandkids are involved, you’re bound to want to maintain some connection with the other parent of your grandchildren, even if your adult child isn’t the most amicable. The grandmother in this story tried to extend an olive branch to the mother of her grandchildren that she lost contact with, and her ex-daughter-in-law was punished handsomely for accepting it.