Writes Virginia in Sumner, Washington: “Going through a box of old photographs in the attic, I found this birthday card I gave my father when I was five or six. I was a terrible child.”
related: Some daughterly wisdom for Dad
Daddy dearest
January 19th, 2012 · 25 comments
FILED UNDER: birthday · Father-daughter notes · guilt trip · heart · kids · signed with love · xoxo
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#1
Bunnee
Dear Dad,
You suck, but I love you anyway.
Love,
Your Daughter
Jan 19, 2012 at 7:09 pm rating: 34
#2
elahrairah
i would put that in a card to my dad today :bitter:
Jan 19, 2012 at 7:18 pm rating: 19
#3
April
Aren’t all dads like that?
Jan 19, 2012 at 7:29 pm rating: 7
#4
shwo!
You should spend more time with me, and less with my writing teacher.
Jan 19, 2012 at 7:53 pm rating: 10
#5
kermit
Aww, that’s some sweet guilt tripping.
Jan 19, 2012 at 7:55 pm rating: 16
#6
Kate
As a former kindergarten teacher I can tell you that it’s totally normal for kids to reverse letters at that age.
Jan 19, 2012 at 7:58 pm rating: 31
#7
Laine
Dear Daughter:
You should spend less time asking me to buy you things, then I could spend more time at home.
Love, Dad.
Jan 19, 2012 at 8:57 pm rating: 20
#8
litchic
Yep – absolutely normal. Dyslexia shouldn’t even be considered until the child is about 8.
Jan 19, 2012 at 10:30 pm rating: 7
#9
Kevin
I did that W thing she did on that card (in the word “anyway”) throughout most of kindergarten. I would draw a long horizontal zig zag and just erase all of the extra zig zags until it became a W; I just couldn’t understand how to do it any other way -.-
Jan 19, 2012 at 11:01 pm rating: 18
#10
meri
I’m just glad he didn’t ‘burn her feelings’.
Jan 20, 2012 at 12:55 am rating: 9
#11
Penultimate
I’m kinda bummed for little Ginny.
Jan 20, 2012 at 1:35 am rating: 5
#12
Poltergeist
I wouldn’t describe you as a terrible child, Virginia. As PA as this note was, telling your father you love him enough to want to spend more time with him is a lot better than demanding a new toy. That is unless this was all a scheme to guilt daddy into buying you an Easy Bake Oven. Either way, unless your father was a sociopath, I’m sure his heart melted after deciphering these strange letters.
Jan 20, 2012 at 2:54 am rating: 16
#13
The Elf
Dear Ginny,
Of all the daughters in the world, you’re the best! Happy Birthday!
You never slept through the night until you were three, I’ve got a headful of gray hair because of you, and you throw a temper tantrum like a diva, but I love you anyway.
Love,
Daddy.
Jan 20, 2012 at 7:32 am rating: 13
#14
Adriana
Yes, Virginia, you were a terrible child.
Jan 20, 2012 at 7:55 am rating: 4
#15
Mark E. DeSade
She’s a Weasley, of course her childhood was rough.
Jan 20, 2012 at 12:24 pm rating: 8
#16
bliffit
Y are the Os and Xs segregated?
Jan 20, 2012 at 1:22 pm rating: 4
#17
Steph
This actually made me a little sad. I wish I had the courage to ask my dad to spend more time with me.
Jan 20, 2012 at 5:41 pm rating: 5
#18
trillium
I wonder if mommy put her up to this.
Jan 21, 2012 at 10:20 pm rating: 4
#19
Me
No joke, I used to write like that too as a kid. Mixing upper/lower case and putting letters backwards. The whole shebang.
Jan 22, 2012 at 4:23 pm rating: 0
#20
Anon
totally normal to write backwards at age 5!
http://life.familyeducation.com/cognitive-development/early-learning/42297.html
Jan 22, 2012 at 5:26 pm rating: 1
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