Wednesday Letters

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[dglvrk2]

Dear Mother Nature,
You're dumb. Rocks falling on the side of the highway last night are not cool. I swerved to miss a small boulder falling from the hillside onto my car, only to run over a large rock that damaged my tire. I have run-flat tires, so I could drive my car to a Les Schwab last night. However, I need to replace ALL four tires when one is damaged. This project is a lame addition to an already very hectic week.
Grrrrrr....
Still dysregulated.
dglvrk2


Dear Peloton,
You picked a really bad morning for your server to be down. After two sleepless nights, I was looking forward to a morning ride and releasing some pent up energy. So not cool.
#*F11**

[twinmomma]

Dear WPs,
As she was dropping us off at the airport, MIL decided to drop the bomb on the girls that they weren't invited to the old man visit. They were upset. Then she ended up cancelling the visit at the last second and informed us Monday morning that it was no longer happening Monday night. I think DH was ready to kill her.
Signed,
DIL

Dear Sister,
You are intense to vacation with. I feel like you're getting ornery and old maid-ish, and you're not even forty yet! You are so set in your ways and have zero chill, with no ability to go with the flow and wing it while on a trip with 9 people (3 of which are kids). There were several times where DH and I just couldn't even handle you and had to break our small family off from the group. You used to be the favorite auntie and now you're just a stick in the mud. What is your deal?
Signed,
Big sister

Dear brother,
Glad you could break off with DH and I and the kids to escape sister's grumpiness. We're more fun anyway! And the kids absolutely adore hanging out with you. You're DS's idol. We had a blast!
Signed,
Big sister

Dear DH,
Whooo boy. If that vacation didn't send you running for the hills, you're for sure in it for the long haul. Sorry my family got a little intense. Also sorry that we walked infinitely more miles than any of us were planning because the trolley routes were all shut down for a special event in the city. I know you weren't prepared for that and it makes your back hurt. But I think the kids had an amazing time and it all worked out in the end!
Love,
Wife

Dear self,
Our next family vacation is going to be for pure relaxation and fun! No family obligations, no sightseeing, nothing but beach and fun. 
Signed,
Thank goodness we're home

[dglvrk2]

twinmomma, Wow! Just Wow! Welcome home

[macmars45]

Dear H,

I'm so proud of you for taking steps this week to look for other work. I know it's been 16 years since you job hunted without a connect steering towards a job (because it's all about who you know). The unknown of job hunting is scary. I hope your conversation with a temp agency goes well this afternoon.

Love you,
macmars

Dear DS,

I know you are struggling hard in school. I know you're doing your best and it's hard to control your body and you get overstimulated and dysregulated easily (autism and adhd). At least your classroom teacher finally sees why we have you on a wait list to get an eval for adhd. So silver linings, I guess.

Love you,
mom

[rere]

Dear mom,

You are very close to me completely blowing. Ive been warning you like responding to your endless texts about yourself with your grandson made it home by the way. But I am about done. Not to mention this brings back memories of when I was an excited 13 year old, going on about something as 13 yr Olds do like a new dress for graduation, it resulted in getting my head knocked off. One of many times, because I annoyed you by talking too much. But as long as it's about you..

Signed, child of a narcissist


Dear Dd,

I know being an adult is hard. But you've secured an internship at the hospital and I am so proud. But maybe download the calm app.

Love mom.

[librarychica]

Dear DD2,

You did so great at the Y yoga class last night. I had fun with my little workout buddy. Sorry you’re mad that you can’t join dad and DD1 on the strength circuit — but you’re only 9 and those are the rules!

Namaste, kiddo.

Dear twinmomma,

My brother is JUST LIKE THAT. He’s a crotchety old bachelor at 37. Set in his ways, cheap to the point of ridiculousness about anything that doesn’t line up with his particular hobbies, argumentative of things don’t go according to plan. I’m pretty sure there’s some anxiety-related behavior there but I will only go on certain types of trips with him. Want to hang out a beach for a couple days? Sure little bro. Want to take a sightseeing trip where my children will inevitably not move quickly enough for your schedule? Hard pass.

[mae0111]

Dear DD1 -

Next year is high school. Your plan to do the bare minimum and spend all spare time playing Minecraft and Roblox and scrolling through TikTok is not an acceptable option. We are paying a lot for you to go to a school with tons of electives and extra curriculars. So you telling me that A) you’re not even going to attempt to place into honors ELA or Spanish because “too hard” and B) that you shall be quitting all sports because “you don’t feel like it”, with no plan to backfill that time, is NOT OK.

So, ma’am, your options are as follows. 1. Pick up more sports or activities. 2. Get a job when you turn 15 in the fall, or 3. Look into the free voc tech school and learn to be an esthetician or graphic designer. You’re interested in that stuff. You’d like it.

Signed,
Annoying Mom

[waverly]

Dear DD,
I'm sorry I yelled at you, but not the content. It's true that I am doing everything with you in mind, and you are treating me like crap.

I know you want to quit Girl Scouts and band, but you only have 1 month left. Suck it up. If I want to give back to the organization that gave so much to you, then you need to at least be supportive about it instead of running your mouth.

Please don't grab the lunch box out of my hand when I am trying to zip it.

Signed,
Mom

Dear "Friends",

You all went to an event without me, didn't invite me, didn't mention it and then post pictures. I understand that not everyone will be invited to everything. But this is the same person who gloms onto my carpool with zero reciprocity. Who I've watched your children 8,000 times and who took exactly zero minutes to drop me like a hot potato when their better friends were available after the pandemic.

I know you are a USER. I appreciate the 3 things you did for my children this year. It's about time that you give something back, but it still doesn't add up to the MANY times I drove your child home. You said you didn't want to freeload, and that you would "volunteer" to pick up, and guess how many times you volunteered on my day? Yup, zero.

Signed,
I tried to move on from you for a reason and you latched back on solely for carpool reasons. If you are going to latch back on, then you are going to need to stop dropping us like a hot potato.  We understand social dynamics and friendships of kids, but that doesn't mean that you have to be SOOO extra about it.  Please respect my decision to step back if you are going to drop us and stop asking for favors. If you want to be friendly and inclusive then we have no problem doing favors. Our issue is you being "exclusive" and then asking for favors.  No thank you. 

[186momx]

twinmomma, my sister keeps wanting DD and I to vacation with her and I keep making excuses on why we can't. We just have two different personalities and ideas on how vacation should go. Also sis can be happy eating 1 meal a day and DD and I just can't do that.

waverly, hugs

Dear Clients
Stop sending me pictures of notices and W4s! I can't read them 99% of the time. Then you get cranky when I asked for you to try again because I can't read it. Just scan and send it to me by PDF.
Tired eyes with no patience
Me

[rere]

waverly, I have come across a couple of just blatant users opportunist. I have found its better to cut them off completely and not even try to make nice. But I'm in the I don't care if people like me because I don't like them anyway phase of life.

Dear dd, ds, university, army, friends, girlfriend, job, dh

You all are killing me trying to plan a family vacation in August. You want to go to Charleston. Dh wants to swing by Asheville on the way there and Gatlinburg on the way back. Dd needs to work till the end of July. And wants to be on a plane to Wyoming on August 9 to visit roommates. Ds can come to Charleston for a long weekend. But will be coming in August 9 for a long leave. Dd is mad now because she will be in Wyoming. Dd and girlfriend have to be back to school the 20th. Ds goes back the 25th. Good grief.

Signed woman who will be wandering through the eastern half of the country aimlessly looking for her children during the month of August.

[waverly]

rere , I so wish I could but the boys are friends as well as the husbands. They are also good in emergencies but the wife was a popular mean girl in high school and it shows. I’m only hanging in there for DS to pretend to be nice. Once the boys stop being friends then game on.

eta- Both Husband and Wife are opportunists.  That is why I put in a ML post about them bragging that their friend threw a fit to be on their team. For capooling reasons, yup.  Bragging about fits because it gave them the opportunity to carpool.  Competition about the kids in sports.  Living vicariously through their kids.  I'm sure there was some bragging about oh we just send our kids over to the neighbors, and she watches them.  In theory they were "watching themselves" but at that age (6-10) I was absolutely involved.