Heinrich del Core - Yay, My Wife Is Becoming a Grandmother!

When Heinrich Del Core tells his everyday stories in his red shoes, you want to shout: "Come on! That could never have happened, you must have made that up!" But all these situations that make us laugh in disbelief and with genuine delight, he has actually experienced himself. Heinrich Del Core is a magnet for quirky everyday moments, which he presents to us with his inimitable charm and wit.

And now it has happened: Heinrich is becoming a grandfather. Or, to put it another way: his wife is becoming a grandmother!

This new situation turns everything upside down. Practically overnight, Del Core's world changes completely. He buys a baby carriage that costs as much as a moped once did, or a Thermomix today. He downloads baby apps for his wife and bakes coffee cake for family coffee gatherings. Then there's even a wedding - ecological and vegan. But it's hard to feel joy when you're supposed to shower the young couple with unpeeled brown rice.

But grandparents have a special gift: many problems simply dissolve into thin air. Take the bedroom, for example. How often has restful sleep been ruined by his wife's cold feet, the endless battle over the duvet, or the fact that her husband rivals a leaf blower in volume and air pressure. When the grandchild comes to visit on weekends, Heinrich has to move out.

This certainly takes a toll on his ego. And doesn't "grandfather" sound terribly old? Actually, he still feels young - except in the mornings when he gets up. Then his joints sometimes creak. But his wife always cheers him up: "Heinrich, you're really quite fit." In fact, she seems to be handling the new situation much better. She says: "Being a grandmother is like being a mother - only more beautiful." She never worried about getting older. Once she left the children a note: "We're at the cemetery." And Heinrich wrote underneath: "But we'll be back."

But despite all the changes