Wednesday Open Letters

[macmars45]

Dear DS' 2nd grade teacher & other two 2nd grade teachers,

DS did the egg drop project with items from our house as directed. No where in the instructions did it say the completed project would be thrown away. DS threw away a plastic cup (which I bought at a yard sale as part of a set when I was 16 for the family I'd have some day). Other kids threw away pillows and stuffies. That was really poor communication. Do better.

Signed,

annoyed parent

 

[rere]

Dear dd,

2 weeks into your internship, you are already questioning our cultures work life balance and should you be living just to work. You've got a long way to go kiddo.

Dear Ds,

I hate it that you are so sad that your best army friend is going home. And 2 of your other friend's times are up by fall. It's great you made such good friends, but trying to keep these friends long distance is rough.

Love, mom.

[waverly]

Dear DH,

I understand you are sick and grumpy with work stuff. You told me to take care of the kids, and I asked repeatedly what that meant and finally we decided that we should all leave the house (except DH). DD proceeded to throw a fit because we didn't go to Target and instead went to a Farmer's Market downtown. She also threw a fit because I refused to take her for ice cream after her first fit. DS wasn't helping but was at least patient with us to a degree. The kids could barely walk behind me because they kept bumping into each other and deliberately fighting. Y'all the Farmer's Market was super small with about 10 stands and we took about 15 minutes and they couldn't handle it.

Anyway, don't know why you had to act sad that I didn't "talk strategy" with you. Strategy about what? I've already discussed job strategy in length, and you want to talk after all of that and then I also went to the grocery store after working. Your daughter cooked dinner and your son cleaned up, so you had nothing to do and you are pouting about something?

Signed,
Sorry you are sick. But I'm not talking weird job strategy with you at 8pm after working all day and taking the kids out all afternoon and coordinating dinner. Grow up and stop being demanding like your daughter.

[macmars45]

Dear H,

I don't know why it's so important to you that I be able to use voices and play pretend with DS(8). Like you were visibly upset I wouldn't practice using a game we have. No. We all have our strengths. DS will not be 8 and play pretend forever. I'm more concerned he read so I focus on that by finding books about batman/dc comics so that he'll want to read with me.

annoyed,
macmars

[twinmomma]

macmars45,I would be so pissed if stuff I sent in from home got thrown out! That's awful. What could possibly be the logic behind that?!

Dear sales colleagues,
How is your feedback to my boss that I always say no, don't listen to your ideas, and you don't like how direct I am and my tone? If you have a request, my team typically bends over backwards to make it happen. And we get no thanks for it. But if you request a marketing campaign that I know isn't going to work, since it's my area of expertise and I've been doing this for over 15 years, then I'm going to push back and offer up alternatives that will get you the results you want. I'm not wasting time and money to make you feel good about your ideas, because it's going to be my fault when you don't get any ROI out of it. Also, do you ever tell the male managers that they're too direct in their feedback? I'm guessing that's a hard no since I know all of them and their personalities and I've been on the receiving end of their comments. So what's with that? I thought we were better than this.
Signed,
Super disgruntled this week

Dear DH,
I need you to pull yourself together here. Get good sleep, go to the doctor to get your nasty cough checked out, and stop pouting that you have to work on days you have DS. My sympathy can only go so far when you're not taking basic steps for your health - mental and physical. I want to be supportive, but you're in a funk and it's kind of spreading across the household.
Love,
Your Wife

[dglvrk2]

Dear Today, tomorrow and Friday,
Please, just be normal. No curve balls (unless DD2 pitches them in her game tomorrow night!) or other upsets.
Your girl here is done with drama.
Dglvrk2

[k3am]

Dear DH,

No, trying to coordinate having our cleaners in the house at the same time someone else is here to get measurements for new flooring is not going to work for me. What planet are you on?

Signed,
Woman who has a WFH day and nothing to do this evening/night with you out of town and can get a lot of the cleaning done today.

[waverly]

k3am, DH routinely tried to schedule the dog training at the same time as DS's tutor, both of which meet in our home. He didn't understand why this was a problem and said the kids can take the dog trainer outside. Well one kid is in tutoring, an adult should really be with the dog trainer, and it was winter, but OK DH....

[186momx]

Dear Me
Great job scheduling a couple off days. Bad body who woke up with a migraine this morning. I've now spent the entire morning sleeping you off and all my plans for the day went out the window.
The Management

DD is officially 13!