Comments on: Daddy dearest

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:26:49 +0000

totally normal to write backwards at age 5!

http://life.familyeducation.com/cognitive-development/early-learning/42297.html

By: Me

Me — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:23:27 +0000

No joke, I used to write like that too as a kid. Mixing upper/lower case and putting letters backwards. The whole shebang.

By: trillium

trillium — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:20:10 +0000

I wonder if mommy put her up to this.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:21:02 +0000

It is if she doesn’t mind ‘em!

By: Poltergeist

Poltergeist — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:59:22 +0000

Yes, because getting “p” and “q” mixed up is definitely a precursor to a life of half-assery.

By: jdaniel

jdaniel — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:25:40 +0000

…and for those same kids to drop out at 16.

By: Rectangle

Rectangle — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:34:11 +0000

Great, now I’m sad

By: ratastic

ratastic — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:20:59 +0000

You left out the part where I shot the neighbor boy with the BB gun. Dad wasn’t too happy about that one.

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:41:07 +0000

This actually made me a little sad. I wish I had the courage to ask my dad to spend more time with me.

By: bliffit

bliffit — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:22:35 +0000

Y are the Os and Xs segregated?

By: Mark E. DeSade

Mark E. DeSade — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:24:17 +0000

She’s a Weasley, of course her childhood was rough.

By: Adriana

Adriana — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:55:04 +0000

Yes, Virginia, you were a terrible child.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:32:14 +0000

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.

By: Poltergeist

Poltergeist — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:54:45 +0000

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.