Grandparents start college fund for bio grandson, adopted brother bans them from graduation: 'If I'm not your real grandson, you're not my real grandparents'

Welcome, women of the World Wide Web. Couples adopt children for all sorts of reasons. Perhaps the pair is unable to have children of their own due to their own biology. Others do not want to bring more children into the world but still want to have the experience of having and raising them. In any case, most aspiring parents that seek to adopt children do so with the intention of loving that child as if it were their made of their own DNA. However, the same cannot always be said for other family members.

In our story today, a young man is shocked to find out that his loving grandparents do not consider him to be a 'real' grandson. Not only did they say so in front of his face, but they also started a college fund meant only for his younger brother — their biological grandson. Despite lukewarm apologies, our protagonist stands his ground and bans them from attending his graduation ceremony. Get all the details down below.

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They brought up the topic unprompted in front of both grandkids? They really have no tact.
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They can use their money as they wish, but saying that in front of him was just cruel.
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What a heartbreaking realization to have.
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It really is hard to tell if they're just self-absorbed and oblivious or calculating their every word and action to hurt our protagonist.
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This was a really cold, yet well-deserved clap back. He has no reason to put up with their fake displays of pride for their 'grandson' who they openly and candidly rejected.
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Dad needs to stop making everyone apologize when they don't mean it.
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Letting the grandparents attend the graduation will not make these people 'family.' The damage has been done, and only by action — not half-hearted apology — can the grandparents show that they have accepted their adopted grandson.
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They could have apologized honestly without dad's intervention and started a fund for him, too. Even that would have been a mere baby step towards repairing the relationship. Instead they went for a forced band-aid apology on the massive, open emotional wound that they inflicted.
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Maybe they can offer to erase the memory Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-style.
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