📝 Am I the as$ for telling my grandma I don’t like riding with her?

By Solana808kappa • Score: 4 • April 16, 2025 6:41 AM


I (13f) told my grandma (65f) that I don’t like riding in the car with her. Background info: my grandma’s house is the closets place I am allowed to go after school, and I have paddling and volleyball practice regularly. Also, my grandma has a headache whenever she smells something scented, which I had inherited, but with not as much effect. Now back: my grandma smokes a whole lot and has an ash try like container that fits in her cup holder, along with that there is a spot in her car that is supposed to hold keys/ect that serves as a separate ash tray. My school day ends at 2:00pm and my Paddling practices starts at 3:30pm, when my grandma gets me in the car, she has a freshly smoked cigarette bud in the tray. I have a throbbing headache in the car and even continue for a while when I get to practice. It typically takes about 10-25 minutes in the car ride. She also plays loud rock or music from her time on a high volume and never cracks open a window. She puts the A.C. on its lowest level, so there is no circulation in the car. She has no problem with this and doesn’t get headaches from it, however when I have a scented lip balm on she snaps at me, saying it’s too strong. I keep my mouth shut about all of this since I had told my mom that I get headaches from her smoking in the car, I was hit with the reply that if I don’t like taking rides with her, I’m welcome to ride my Ebike to practice (which she not my grandma will allow if I said yes). Does anyone have a suggestion on how to mask the scent without it giving her a headache?

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