Grandma Barksdale: Difference between revisions

 

It is implied in "I Don't" that she's unable to travel at that time, and also implied that she is well off enough financially to afford showering Rita and her daughter [[Erin]] with gifts and windfalls. ([[Glenn Eichler]] has said Helen didn't grow up in a wealthy household, but the show itself does show Barksdale with money) We know she could help fund college funds for [[Daria]] and [[Quinn]], but doesn't. "Diaries" has Helen making a note to talk with Rita and Amy about who gets Grandma Barksdale for the holidays. "[[The Daria Database]]" has Daria refer to ''a'' visiting grandmother as being incontinent - and since [[Ruth Morgendorffer]] doesn't seem to be, then it has to be Grandma Barksdale. If so, she visited the Morgendorffers at Lawndale around Season 2.

 

Of her three daughters, she is closest to Rita and appears to favor her over Helen and Amy. This spawned a long-running feud between the three sisters that is finally (one hopes) resolved in "[[Aunt Nauseam]]." Before then, Helen occasionally rants about the unfair treatment Rita and Erin get, said rants being remarkably similar to her husband [[Jake Morgendorffer]]'s rants against his father.. Rita once attacked Helen and Amy for never calling their mother themselves, and said that they were partially to blame for the bad relationship; Amy gave a bitter response (with Helen's agreement) of "Why should we when she's never offered us the slightest bit of encouragement or appreciation?".