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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Libraryratsince1984 on 2026-01-02 07:55:19+00:00.
This happened yesterday, and my family is still trying to process it.
Every New Year’s Eve, we have the same tradition: we go to my great-grandmother’s house, she makes lasagna, and we all watch the New Year’s Eve special from New York together. She’s 87, but very active and healthy, and this has been our thing for years.
This year, she told us she didn’t want to do it.
She said she was tired, wanted dinner earlier, and planned to be in bed by 10 PM. It was out of character and worried my grandma a bit, but we didn’t question it. We went over earlier than usual, ate lasagna around 5:30 PM, said our goodbyes, and left her to get some rest.
Fast forward to this morning.
We get a call from the police.
Naturally, we think something terrible has happened.
Turns out… she’s fine.
She was arrested for driving while intoxicated at high speeds, ran through a neighbor’s yard, and knocked over one of those giant light-up snowmen people put out for Christmas.
And apparently the night still wasn’t over, because she then met a man and had sex with him in front of another neighbor’s yard.
So yeah. That’s how we found out my great-grandmother didn’t cancel New Year’s Eve because she was tired. She just had other plans.
Lasagna was still excellent.
TL;DR: My 87-year-old great-grandma canceled our New Year’s Eve tradition because she said she was tired. The next morning we got a call from the police, she was arrested for drunk driving, destroying a neighbor’s snowman, and having sex in another neighbor’s yard.