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Well, we finally heard from the Swimmy. Yep. We got two letters yesterday and they read as follows:
Dear Ben,
Are you still scareming (screaming) alot?
Love,
Sissy
Yes, Swimmy, he is. A LOT.
But the next letter was the kicker.
Dear MOM,
MOM?! MOM?! Four days ago I was Mommy. Now I'm Mom. If she comes home saying, "Whatever, Mommy is so last week," I'm pretty sure I'm gonna pass out. Or knock her out. Whatever comes first.
Gotta go now. The mail's here.
Its when you get addressed as MOTHER -- or worse, MOTH-ERRR!!! -- that you will have entered true irrelevance in your child's life. Except for, you know, cooking, cleaning, clothing, and running them to the mall, the library, the park....
Posted by: bill at August 1, 2008 11:28 AM
When you are being called Mother on a regular basis..you are SO NOT COOL..
Mom - OK
Posted by: mp at August 1, 2008 3:00 PM
How funny - I'm sure that is a hard thing to transition... but maybe it's only because it's a few less letters to write?
Posted by: Kim H. at August 2, 2008 12:21 PM
This is the price we all pay by letting our kids hang out with other kids ;)
Posted by: Chris Cactus at August 13, 2008 1:56 PM
At least you were acknowledged!
Posted by: Husband at August 1, 2008 11:02 AM