75 grandmas that are so much cooler than us

I want to grow up to be just like her.

Have you said that about your own grandmother? Or maybe just an older woman you admire? I have. I know some of the coolest seniors, and I would be happy to grow up to be just like them.

Whether they are serious and in charge, or having the time of their lives, we have a list of 75 grandmas who have proved they are cool. Sometimes they know it, and sometimes they have no clue.

Scroll through these images and see if there is anyone you would like to grow up to be!

1. Granny has skilz!

I’m amazed! This grandma is 84 and has never used a tablet or iPad. A new iPad with Artrage installed produced this in 30 minutes. With no help or tutoring. Granny rocks!

2. And now he’s gone.

Clearly this isn’t a current event. But granny is hysterical for making these. I wonder if she has a parting gift for him.

3. What a rebel.

Rules, rules, rules. If you live in a nursing home, there are rules. But sometimes, you just have to break a few… just because.

4. She has spoken.

Everyone has a right to make their choices in life. This granny is standing behind the choice of her granddaughter.

5. Hmm, I get what she is saying.

However, there are much better ways to spend your money. Why not take awesome trips and send your greedy family pics of that? Or buy a new car and take a pic of that?

6. Maxine!

I love the Maxine comics. And it looks like we may have found who they are based on. They just need to get her a dog.

7. I’ve never even done that.

Guess what granny is doing here? She is 96 and playing a game of virtual reality for the first time. I wonder what is going on behind the scenes!

8. I wish this was a GIF.

The still shot of granny sliding down the banister is fun. Wouldn’t an actual video of it been 1,000 times better?

9. Hey! Is this allowed?

I guess when it’s your 99th birthday you get some special treatment. Like being able to sip a martini while at the gym.

10. Funny and sad.

Funny that this old woman is wearing brass knuckles on the train. Sad that this old woman feels she needs to wear brass knuckles on the train.

11. BFFs

This is beautiful. How many brides think to—or even can—include their grandmothers in their wedding party?

12. Happy new year!

Granny took a New Year’s cruise. This was found on her camera. The first rule of granny’s cruise was, “What happened on the cruise stayed on the cruise.”

13. She’s still got it.

Look at this badass granny proving she still has what it takes at the gym. Look at her pull off this double backflip. You’ll have to watch closely!

14. Just visiting.

Was Snoop Dogg hanging with the girls, or were the girls hanging with Snoop? I’d love to know the story here!

15. Facebook profile

I wonder who her influence was. This 83 year old grandma decided to make herself a new profile, and this is it.

16. I have a question.

First, are you allowed to backseat drive when the Queen is driving? And second, why does her passenger look like she’s having a stroke?

17. Now, you listen to me.

Ah, the scolding voice of moms and grandmas. And apparently you don’t need to be a relation to hear it. You don’t even need to be human. This pelican bit granny and got a scolding for it. It looks suitably chastened.

18. Bad granny!

This had to be deliberate. Granny did the decorations for Christmas dinner. And decided the cocktail glasses needed a little something more.

19. I feel the same.

Anyone else who is completely over the hipster movement? Good for granny for speaking out about it.

20. Rock on!

I wonder if she is a lifetime player of if this is a new skill she is trying. Either way, granny rocks.

21. Don’t mess with granny.

I bet granny has seen some things in life. She doesn’t have the innocence of the young and is dead serious about her gun.

22. Once upon a time.

In a land far, far away, I was still a virgin. And I had the shirt to prove it. Now I’m a granny, and the shirt is out of date.

23. Yep, I can’t do this.

This is granny doing the splits at after her 80th birthday party. I wonder how much she had to drink and if she was able to get back up without assistance.

24. Aww!

And that would hurt! At 83, granny got her first tattoo, and it is so sweet.

25. Grease, revisited.

I think this is a scene from Grease. Someone’s granny just got Photoshop and is having some fun. This is the first thing she made. It’s only a little disturbing, right?

26. Don’t challenge grandma.

If you jokingly tell you grandma you want 100 things from the Dollar Store for Christmas, be prepared. Because depending on the grandma, you just might get what you asked for.

27. Grandma at 83.

I wouldn’t jump out of an airplane now. I imagine it takes some serious brass balls to do it when you’re 83.

28. So she says.

Grandma is 86, and she’s smoking weed for the first time. At least that’s her story.

29. You are not getting past.

This is incredibly sad. This 106-year-old Armenian woman is protecting her home with an AK-47 in 1990. She should have her great grandchildren on her lap not a gun.

30. Oh, yes.

There are certainly days that I would love to be wearing this shirt. But you know, she has the wrong face for that. She needs to look meaner.

31. Smart lady!

This grandma wasn’t showing any favorites. What a smart idea to take two shirts so that she could rep both of her grandchildren.

32. Hangin’ in the garage.

There’s granny, 90 years old and in the garage playing beer pong. And she looks like she knows what she’s doing.

33. Proud granny.

I wonder if that’s the hospital where her granddaughter works. And how embarrassed her granddaughter might be by that picture.

34. Twinning.

They are 97 years old. Grandmother and great aunt. I wonder if they just took a swig or downed the entire bottles.

35. She only looks conservative.

She’s a 70-year-old grandmother in a knee length skirt and pumps, dropping her grandson off at school. I wonder if she realizes what’s on her umbrella.

36. Oh, that will fool them.

Granny feels she’s taking precautions. Somehow I don’t think this will fool anybody.

37. Back in the day…

They used to say granny was a wild child. I guess some things never change.

38. Grandma’s 80th birthday party.

It looks like they’ve covered all their bases. On the table I see a margarita and I see a baby bottle. I wonder if the baby bottles for the stripper.

39. Status.

Grandma just set up her Facebook profile. I think she did a better job a choosing a status then I did back in the day.

40. Selfies from Grandma

Look at grandma getting into the selfie game. Now they just need to teach her how to send it digitally because she’s snail mailed this to her granddaughter.

41. Love the hat.

Why can I picture her in some smoky backroom? I can see it now. Poker table, booze, and cash, while someone guards the back door.

42. 92nd birthday.

This is how she spent her birthday. I wonder if that’s a family member, or someone she just met. And someone needs to get her some leather.

43. Go granny.

86 years old. I love the contrast between her old lady orthopedic shoes and the rest of the picture.

44. Looking good.

Just a few things before she heads out the door. Finish that bottle and put on her shoes.

45. Good heavens.

I can see something on the ground in front of the store. Some little white thing. Perhaps it’s a mouse and grandma is trying to get away from it. Or, she just likes wall climbing.

46. Look at that grin.

Grandma is 85, and for the last 20 years her two player Ms. Pac-Man game has been sitting collecting dust. She’s thrilled that it’s been fixed, and she can play again.

47. That face.

She’s literally daring you to disagree with her. And I think it should say at least 20%, not just 20%.

48. Wink, wink.

Grandma drives a pickup. And she has some fine windshield art going on. Says cool to me!

49. My, what a lovely kerchief!

I wonder if granny bought this for herself. Perhaps she thought it was a lovely fern pattern. Or maybe she knows exactly what it is.

50. Traffic, schmaffic.

Granny really doesn’t care that she’s causing a traffic jam. And by the grin on her face, I’d say she knows exactly what she’s doing.

51. Someplace special.

Grandma wanted to take her grandson someplace special for his 30th birthday. She took him for a pedicure.

52. Grandma isn’t happy.

She went poking around hunting with her grandchildren over Thanksgiving. She was hoping to find that “rat thing,” and is upset at simply catching a Ditto.

53. Third time’s a charm.

Grandma isn’t holding anything back here. She has a message to declare, and she is doing so loud and clear. But she’s ever so cute.

54. No, Gran!

Spending time with your grandmother is awesome. Especially when she’s willing to cook for you. Except for the time she thought your iPad was a cutting board.

55. I can’t see you.

There has to be a story behind this, and I would love to know what it is. Whatever the reason, she can’t see the haters.

56. Party hearty.

I wonder if that’s a bottle of whiskey. Although it doesn’t really matter, I just hope the lid is closed on whatever that’s a bottle of.

57. You go, girl!

What did your grandma do for her 88th birthday? This one got herself rose tattoo.

58. Wait! What?

I think nana is a little appalled at herself. Probably wasn’t expecting to bash someone over the back of the head. Give her time—she’ll soon be desensitized.

59. Helping granny clean.

Have you ever had the very fun job of cleaning out the house of a grandparent? Especially one that has lived in the same house for eons? Bet you didn’t know Eli Lilly used to sell cocaine tablets!

60. This one is even better.

On the same vein as above. Oh, the things you can find when cleaning out your grandparent’s house. Current worth of this is over $2.800!

61. This was a stretch.

And really, it shouldn’t be. But when I think of Comicon, I rarely think of grandmotherly types. Not that she’s your typical grandmotherly type.

62. Check out grandma’s ride.

I wonder how often the grandkids ask to borrow her car. I wonder if she ever lets them.

63. Ask, and you shall receive.

When your seven-year-old daughter asks her grandmother for fingerless gloves with flowers on them. And this is what grandma delivers.

64. I bet she’d prefer the real thing.

This is Tim Tebow. And grandma has a crush on him. So her very loving family got her this for her birthday.

65. Oh granny, no!

Hats off to Granny. She 74 years old and refuses slowdown. This is her on a 14-day excursion through Cambodia.

66. Ummm…

I’m sensing a trend here. Anyone else? Here’s another grandma getting cuddly with a snake.

67. Look at that pose.

Grandmas got it goin’ on. And she clearly has a thing for big cats.

68. Well now.

Apparently, grandma used to be pretty chill. If this shirt is to be believed, she’s getting ready to let loose.

69. She means business.

I’m not sure if that’s fear or anger I see on her face. But I’m pretty sure it’s anger, and it’s a good thing that looks like a water pistol.

70. Getting’ ready!

To bust out some tunes, that is. She’s got the boom box on her shoulder, and I wonder if she is getting ready to break into some dancing.

71. Always good advice.

Hmm. I wonder what grandma is thinking here. What exactly is she suggesting her granddaughter might get up to on her birthday?

72. You’re never too old.

I wonder if grandma’s like me. If I’m out for a walk and someone has drawn a hopscotch on the sidewalk I have to stop and play. Of course I’m not 95 like she is.

73. Grandma’s going hunting?

She’s certainly well-armed. Maybe the snow is so bad the power is out, and she needs to go on for food.

74. No Clarification necessary.

I don’t think we need to see her arm to know we don’t want to mess with her. Her eyes tell the story for her.

75. Girls night.

I wonder what the celebration is. Maybe there is no celebration, and this is just a regular Friday night happening.

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