she the one that make it into a living space so
he could’ve built it with his own two calloused hands and it would still be grandmas house
The reason it was “grandma’s house” is because grandma took care of the kids/ grandkids, loved on the kids/ grandkids, socialized and got to know the kids/ grandkids. But granddad thought all he needed to do is work and make money and was okay being scarce.
A lot of older men realize (if their wives predecease them) that they have no relationship with their family and that the family was only emotionally held together by his wife/ grandma.
But I think that today – if men take a more active role in parenting and being part of the family – that it will be “grandparents’ house” not grandma’s.
^^^^^^