Jamie and her now-husband received this puzzling reply to a save-the-date card sent to his mother’s sister. Says Jamie: “We’re still not sure of the reason for the upset.” (Perhaps a bad experience with a Christmas newsletter?)
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51 responses so far ↓
#1
MyParentsHaveIt
Looks like dementia to me.
Jul 2, 2015 at 9:27 pm rating: 90
#2
Kiryn
I was going to say written by a child who got their hands on their parents’ mail.
Jul 2, 2015 at 9:38 pm rating: 90
#3
e
Having recently been reading immense amounts of material on “code-switching” (changing language, or style, within a document) I am fascinated by the ink colour change. It doesn’t look as though the blue was running out. Something more sinister is going on. I’m drunk. FIRST!!
Jul 2, 2015 at 11:11 pm rating: 90
#4
Belaani
Damn, Auntie! Think maybe you’re losing the censor buttons… Time to tell Mom that Sis is getting a little loopy!
All kidding aside, one of the very first subtle signs of beginning dementia is inappropriate reactions to ordinary events – or lack thereof. Maybe Grandma goes Off-The-Wall-Ballistic because a child doesn’t drink all of their milk. Or there’s a death in the family and Uncle can’t understand why everyone’s so upset. Or Auntie gets a save the date card from her nephew and acts like she got flashed by a drunken pervert.
Auntie’s response is NOT normal, even by my very relaxed standards!
Jul 3, 2015 at 2:47 pm rating: 91
#5
Lita
That handwriting is seriously unhinged. I’m worried.
Jul 3, 2015 at 5:17 pm rating: 90
#6
suebue
It looks like two different people wrote the note.
Jul 3, 2015 at 5:47 pm rating: 90
#7
Jami
Auntie obviously wants to break ties with the family. Let her.
Jul 3, 2015 at 6:41 pm rating: 90
#8
O Hell YA
You C … If you can’t spend some of that Dough on us then ……. exclude, excuse Me ….
Jul 3, 2015 at 7:54 pm rating: 90
#9
Hellen Without The H
Her paper and pen got hacked.
Jul 4, 2015 at 8:17 am rating: 90
#10
The Elf
Put me down as another calling out dementia (of some sort) as a possible explanation. “Loosing the filter” is almost a classic early stage of dementia behavior. So is apathy and depression. We are unfortunately learning all about it the hard way. Watch out for the casual racism! Usually comes along about this time too, and it’s always so much fun when you’re out and about with them…..
On the other hand, sometimes people are just assholes, and age does not always bring wisdom. Has auntie-dear always been such a raging dick and has never really cared if anyone lives or dies?
Jul 4, 2015 at 9:59 pm rating: 90
#11
c8h10n4o2
We knew that my step-grandmother was developing dementia because she started being nice to my father and me. If she hasn’t always been a paranoid, anti-social hag, then it’s time to get her to a doctor.
Jul 6, 2015 at 10:15 am rating: 90
#12
assiveProgressive
the most passive-aggressive thing here is sharing the note with this wacky website
Jul 6, 2015 at 12:55 pm rating: 90
#13
sam
I’m surprised people (especially relatives) would share something like this with a website for a cheap laugh rather than be concerned that something is wrong. The handwriting, the tone; all of it screams some kind of neurological issue.
Jul 6, 2015 at 7:29 pm rating: 90
#14
The Beast Among Us
Not PA. Just plain A.
Funny, though.
Live and let die.
Jul 7, 2015 at 4:28 pm rating: 90
#15
Pants Go Brown
I’m with Doris, please stop letting me know if people live or die. And while yer at it, no marriage or baby stuff either.
Sheesh.
Jul 9, 2015 at 1:41 pm rating: 90
#16
lorf
So wait is “Donis” that person’s name?
Oonis?
Jul 9, 2015 at 8:01 pm rating: 90
#17
Ramentastic
This made me laugh out loud … like, wonderful, deep belly laughs.
Then I read all the comments about dementia and now feel kind of guilty.
Actually, I have to put my two cents in – my grandmother had handwriting just like this but no dementia or mental decline at all. She had pretty bad arthritis though.
Jul 10, 2015 at 2:02 am rating: 90
#18
assiveProgressive
why are we even assuming Doris is old. Maybe she is 30 some years old and hasn’t quite outgrown her bratty days of adolescence.
Jul 10, 2015 at 11:39 pm rating: 90
#19
Dolly
I’m thinking that maybe the card was delivered to the wrong address and someone opened it by mistake and then wrote that note and mailed it. Maybe Auntie has a mean neighbor?
Jul 13, 2015 at 7:28 am rating: 90
#20
Dolly
I guess I should be glad my Aunt and Uncle who pretty clearly cut off the whole family did not send something like this-they were way more passive aggressive about it. They just moved and did not send us the new address. After getting a couple things sent back I got the point. Or maybe that is even colder than sending a note lol
Jul 18, 2015 at 4:28 pm rating: 90
#21
truedetective
I think they are tied up in the basement or even possibly now buried there. This note was written by the person that did the tying and/or murdering. Or perhaps they were forced to write the note and they wrote it like this (sloppy and mean) to trigger concern hoping someone would check up on them. Unfortunately no one is checking up. Rather they are posting the note to a funny websites. We will read about this on the news.
Jul 20, 2015 at 1:24 pm rating: 90
#22
evilstepprof
My first thought was, did Jamie check with his mom before inviting Auntie? Maybe this is a known bug.
My second thought is, this would be a hilarious (but mean) response if Jamie’s mom has the address wrong for Auntie and this random stranger decided to impersonate the Aunt to stop the stream of family announcements from people s/he doesn’t know.
Aug 12, 2015 at 3:29 pm rating: 90
#23
Safireix
I suspect that actually auntie’s mail gets delivered to the wrong place a lot, and this is from the person who keeps receiving it all and is sick of hearing about this family of strangers who apparently have their address. Possibly the first person to get the aunt’s new address made a mistake in copying it (maybe got it via phone) and ended up passing it to everyone on their side of the family, or else there’s a very similar address in a different state or something and they get mixed up a lot.
I know in my family, my mother tends to be the one who is told the new addresses and then passes them on to anyone who needs them…
May 17, 2016 at 7:24 am rating: 0
#24
Steve
I’m going to actually go with the kid theory, though the frustrated neighbor might be a good one. The writing looks unpracticed, the misspellings and capitalizations seem very kid like. It could be someone 8-10 years old who is tired of being dragged to family functions. I know that when I was 10 or 11, going to a family wedding was dreadful. You had to dress up in uncomfortable clothing, sit still for an indeterminate amount of time, and listen to someone prattle on about topics you didn’t understand (speaking for myself at 10, in no way trying to make commentary).
May 22, 2017 at 7:40 pm rating: 0
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