Dear So and So

[Owlie]

Lisa Frank?

Yep.

[Biciclista]

Dear Mother who is now entering her teen years
I have absolutely no problem with the idea of you dating. I hope you find someone that is good company and intelligent ( your #1 condition)
What I DO have a problem with is that you have decided that my DH can't meet these guys because he'll "say something" but you insist on ME meeting them and then you give me a long list of things I cannot discuss.
I cannot discuss my retirement (262 days from now)
I cannot discuss my age, her age, the ages of my kids, or anything related to those ages. Now I ALREADY know that she doesn't want age discussed, so it infuriates me when she has to "prep" me to meet some old f@rt who can't hear a word I said ANYWAY because he's deaf as a post and the only reason why he can hear HER is because he's reading her lips.
I can't tell you that I was laughing because the conversation we had was so pathetic
. him "How did you get this great cheese?"
her "a friend of ours from Italy brought it"
him "you went to Italy?"
her "no, it was a friend of ours, she brought it when she came"
him "how did you bring cheese in from Italy"
her "I didn't"
him " you could have gotten in trouble"

sincerely your long suffering grey haired daughter

[indysteel]

Oh Lordy, Bicilista; that sounds utterly comical--and absurd.

@Owlie, did you have a talk with your mom about establishing some boundaries? This probably goes without saying, but the most adult thing you could do in this situation is to have a rational discussion with your mom (and dad) about how you would like to be treated. I tend to think the average parent--even the best of them--struggle to see and treat their newly adult children as adults. Sometimes it takes some work and sensitivity to get them up to speed.

[Biciclista]

Dear Husband
Thank you for finally trimming the grape vines that were ascending onto our solar panels. I know you said you were going to do them "sometime next week" but you had 2 hours this morning to play on the computer before you left today for your all day bike ride and time to read the paper AND sleep in.
It really annoyed you when I mentioned that it might be something you could do before you left but you did it anyway. Bravo!
I don't mind that you were mad, I know you will get over it especially since you'll want me to be on my best behavior when you arrive with our new warmshowers house guest this afternoon
Love
your wife.

[indysteel]

Dear Husband
Thank you for finally trimming the grape vines that were ascending onto our solar panels. I know you said you were going to do them "sometime next week" but you had 2 hours this morning to play on the computer before you left today for your all day bike ride and time to read the paper AND sleep in.
It really annoyed you when I mentioned that it might be something you could do before you left but you did it anyway. Bravo!
I don't mind that you were mad, I know you will get over it especially since you'll want me to be on my best behavior when you arrive with our new warmshowers house guest this afternoon
Love
your wife.

LOL; that sounds like a conversation I might have had with my own husband.

[snapdragen]

LOL; that sounds like a conversation I might have had with my own husband.

GG? Say it ain't so!!

[indysteel]

GG? Say it ain't so!!

Love hime though I do, his tendency to sit in front of his computer when we have stuff to do is not one of his better traits. But I gotta remind myself that it's balanced by a ginormous heart.

[snapdragen]

I cannot discuss my retirement (262 days from now)

232 days for me