Dear So and So

[Pax]

Hawaii sounds wonderful, Mimi!! Glad you're having a great time!!

[bmccasland]

Mimi and RD - have fun in Hawaii! Enjoy your vacation, get nice and tan - or at least some color other than pasty white.

And gee thanks, I really didn't need to hear that Ibex stuff is on sale....

[Crankin]

Enjoy your vacation, Mimi and Don!
Apparently winter has gone to Seattle, instead of here.

[Owlie]

Have fun!

Dear dryer:
When I ask you to dry my clothes, I expect you to dry them. "Dry" has never included "leave as pile of damp cloth for unsuspecting owner" in its definition. I feel like I'm in this sketch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw
"And this one is wet, and this one is wet, and this one is wet..."

[alexis_the_tiny]

Do you really think your Mom will get all over you if you tell her, I will not attend functions with him if he continues his behavior so you either let me stand up for myself or I don't come to family functions. I don't think cutting off family contact on big occasions is probably the best thing; unless your family life is not great? I sound like your mother now, huh! Are you young Alexis, because at some time in our lives, we all build different relationships with our parents and family and become grown up (this happens at different times in our lives); maybe this is one of those times?

It actually did happen once, a few years ago, when I told my mom I was unhappy with said uncle's wife saying something about my sister. I'm in my mid-20's now. My uncle knows I don't stand for religious, sexist or racist jokes. But he makes them in my hearing or directs some of them at me at the rare family functions when I do attend. In my very limited classroom experience, it seems almost like he's trying to get some kind of response or maybe get me into trouble with my mom again. He reminds me of some of the bad situations we talk about in social emotional skills classes I teach at school...

[marni]

for some people, attention, even negative attention is the end all and be all.

just sayin.

[limewave]

Dear Dad,

Thank you for all of your help. That is all.

Love, Limewave

[emily_in_nc]

Dear Dad,

Thank you for all of your help. That is all.

Love, Limewave

Awww, Limewave. What a sweet little note. Hopefully you told him in person as well!

Emily, who misses her dad a lot

[Pax]

Dear Weather Gods,

Just have to say thanks for the sunshine today, and holding off the snow long enough for me to take my new bike out for a quick spin. It was dark and I'd had a couple of beers, but it was soooo fun!!! YAY!!

Signed,

Waiting for Spring

[Owlie]

Not-dear person:
Are you stupid? You couldn't find the actual article. Did you use this as an indication that you should perhaps find a different article? No. You gave me a freaking summary of the abstract. You gave me the summary of the summary. HOW IS THIS HELPFUL? I am going to mention your article in the paper, and that is it. Good luck doing the Powerpoint slides, because I really doubt that you have enough information to do it.

Dear two other group members:
Did you not get the memo that we were supposed to be studying depression? Instead, I get one article about PMS and one article about fat rats with diabetes. This really isn't all that helpful either.

Dear M:
I love you. Thank you so much for writing parts of the summary for me.

[Owlie]

Dear not-so-dear person from previous post:
So you took my advice. Good! Except that part in your email that said"you don't have to include it in the summary" is not going to cut it, because what's in the paper has to match what's on the slides! I realize you're from a country where women shouldn't be seen or heard, and you're acting like you're doing me a favor. Not going to fly, buddy.

[redrhodie]

Dear Old Friends,

We've obviously been growing apart for some time now, but I guess we're officially done. I'm hurt. I do understand your lives have gotten crazy since having kids, but an email would have meant a lot to me. I didn't expect this from either of you.

I'm really grateful for my other friends.

[Catrin]

(((Red)))

[bmccasland]

Red - We're here for you!

And I know the feeling about messages going unanswered. It's amazing who I don't hear from after moving cross-country. *sigh*

[Owlie]

Dear Old Friends,

We've obviously been growing apart for some time now, but I guess we're officially done. I'm hurt. I do understand your lives have gotten crazy since having kids, but an email would have meant a lot to me. I didn't expect this from either of you.

I'm really grateful for my other friends.

((Red))