A Relative Non-Issue

I am out with my grandma. My late grandpa has five kids from a previous marriage, and she has my dad and uncle from her first marriage. This results in twenty-three adult grandkids.

We are talking about my brother and his girlfriend.

Grandma: “Apparently they told your mom and dad that they don’t want kids.”

Me: “Me neither, really.”

Grandma: *Dryly.* “Oh no. Whatever shall I do with only eighteen great-grandchildren?”