Many people on MM have an unlimited supply of ailing grandmothers who are so inconsiderate as to die on the date of a shoot, which, naturally, causes the person to flake on other commitments.

So, when was the last time anyone flaked because of their grandfather?

Are grandfathers in such robust health that they never die or are they so considerate in scheduling their demise that they work around the commitments of every other member of the family or do we just not care as much about our grandfathers?

Hahahahha

i've had about 50 grandmothers die over the years never a grandfather, who new?

Since women live longer than men, they are probably already dead.

Usually, dead grandfathers are left to bury themselves once they expire.......women's lib has gone a little TOO far I'm afraid.

Two words:  Solent Green.

Man do not count.... I always give fair warning to my models that their grandmother is going to die just before our session!

I had more than my fair share of dying grandmothers but never a grandfather. :-)

Hey!!! Let us grandfathers keep living!!! LOL

Probably because like uncles, some folks don't talk about "that incident..." outside of the family.

There's planning that is involved when a Grandmother dies.  Grandfathers are usually just left at the edge of the woods for the wolves to drag away- certainly doesn't take all day to do that

Both my grandfathers were dead before I was born.
You should collect data before jumping to a conclusion. Maybe you should have done a poll instead to see how many grandparents an average model has and which sex are still alive. Probably an idea to include species since there is an indication that many models have grandmothers who are cats, since the 8 lives (or deaths) seems to be quite common.

In many cases, it's the grandfather that's standing there, holding the camera, waiting for the model to show up.

I only have one grandmother left, just saying. In fact no matter how funny you guys think you are lets not forget that a dying grandparent is actually a very sad reality for most people in their twenties and thirties. In fact this summer when may sister in law had to call in her employer I told her not to specify who and what and just tell them that you got a loss in the family and a funeral to attend. Now that's really sad, having to not be upfront and straight about matters because so many people are just weirdos and use it as an excuse.