Entries Tagged as 'moms & dads'

St. Patrick…the patron saint of Irish-Catholic guilt?

March 17th, 2010 · 70 Comments

“My mother-in-law is a devout Catholic,” our submitter says, “but my husband and sister-in-law do not hold the same beliefs” — much to the chagrin of their ever-guilt-tripping Mom. “We received this St. Patrick’s Day card addressed to my sister-in-law c/o my husband…even though she has her daughter’s address.”

related: theo(logical) fallacy

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Tags: god · guilt trip · holiday spirit · moms & dads · signed with love · xoxo

The joys of motherhood

March 2nd, 2010 · 139 Comments

Writes Sarah: “This note was written to me after I told my seven-year-old daughter to go to her room until she felt like being nice. I’m still trying to figure out what she really feels. Was it love mingled with regret…or slathering me with goodness in hopes of ending the misery in her room? Somehow [...]

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Tags: art · heart · kids · moms & dads · not-so-veiled threats · signed with love · spelling and grammar police

Spoken like someone who has never tried to take a one-year-old shopping

February 15th, 2010 · 307 Comments

Alex and his wife, Kathy, have an 18-month-old son who, among other his hobbies, enjoys pulling off his socks and shoes at any opportunity. (Perhaps he’s a future marathon-running superathlete. Or, you know, a normal 18-month-old.)
Recently, Kathy took her son with her on a trip to the store in their hometown of Las Vegas (temperature: [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · exclamation-point happy! · kids · moms & dads · strangers · unsolicited feedback

Socializing: You’re doing it wrong

February 10th, 2010 · 104 Comments

You know how it’s usually way easier to write off someone off as an annoying asshole than it is to feel sorry for them? But then something happens — like this whiteboard note — and suddenly, you feel like the asshole…but you still resent the person for making you feel that way. And now it’s [...]

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Tags: bad sales pitch · moms & dads · university · whiteboard

They need time to clean up the meth lab in the garage, after all.

February 4th, 2010 · 59 Comments

It’s almost Valentine’s day, and yet the Christmas guilt trips keep rolling in! Savanna in Texas says her friend received this doozy of a card from her parents (the front of which said, “Joy to the World.”)

related: Waiting for the Rapture (and/or a thank you note)

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Tags: holiday spirit · moms & dads · wtf?

Just in case you haven’t gotten your daily fix of working-mom guilt…

January 28th, 2010 · 217 Comments

“During the past few weeks, our  preschool-aged son has been trying to play games that are too violent for his classmates,” Juli says. “We’ve been trying to work on the problem with the teacher, but each morning’s drop-off has become a guilt and angst-filled time for me, in part because I can tell the teacher [...]

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Tags: guilt trip · kids · moms & dads · smiley

I want to inform you

January 17th, 2010 · 43 Comments

Claire and her mom found this relic of childhood while going through a filing cabinet over Christmas. “Neither of us know what prompted it,” Claire says, “though apparently I was mad enough about something to write her this note, but not mad enough to go to bed without her telling me goodnight. Boy, was I [...]

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Tags: houston · kids · moms & dads

Honey bunches of “hands off!”

January 13th, 2010 · 111 Comments

“My stepsister, Grace, kept ripping the tab off the cereal box every time she tried to close it,” writes Danielle in Michigan. “My mom got very frustrated and taped this note to the top of the box” — an act I’m sure only helped to strengthen to bond of the stepmom/stepdaughter relationship.

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Tags: food · michigan · moms & dads

Sometimes, Mom is (actually, maybe, a little bit) right.

December 21st, 2009 · 135 Comments

Writes our submitter in Lexington, Kentucky: “One day, I updated my Facebook status to something about how no one in my city knows how to properly use a turning lane. The next day, I got this e-mail from my mom. She often makes similar judgments about what personality traits I should have because I’m ‘such [...]

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Tags: e-mail · facebook · moms & dads · not so much passive-aggressive · signed with love · unsolicited feedback

I hope you get money from everybody!

December 18th, 2009 · 138 Comments

“In college,” Sandy writes, “I shared a house with a motley group of roomies. When it was time for me to graduate, my super-kooky roommate suggested I send her parents a graduation announcement because they had liked me a lot (having met me once, for a few hours) and would feel insulted if I didn’t [...]

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Tags: moms & dads · money · not so much passive-aggressive · say wha? · signed with love · university

My parents, the loan sharks

December 15th, 2009 · 90 Comments

Writes Josh in St. Louis: “In our university’s paper, during the first semester, parents can send in notes for their kids away at college to read. Most parents put something sweet, happy, and uplifting — ‘We love you, good luck, hope you’re well,’ that kind of thing.”  Josh’s parents, meanwhile…

related: no money, no trophy

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Tags: moms & dads · money · newspaper · pure poetry · st. louis · university

Facebook familial faux pas

December 14th, 2009 · 164 Comments

“Oh boy,” thought Emily in New York, when she saw this mini-drama unfold on her newsfeed. “I can’t even imagine; if my dad found out that I was engaged via Facebook, there would be hell to pay.”  (Luckily, she says, “my dad has no idea how to use Facebook, or as he calls it, ‘the [...]

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Tags: facebook · family · moms & dads · oh no you didn't

Your girlfriend is frightening the kittens

November 23rd, 2009 · 113 Comments

P.J. in Huntington, New York says his girlfriend found this note on the stairs “the morning after she came over dressed like a school girl.”
Meanwhile, P.J. leaves several questions unanswered in his explanation, among them…So, why did your your girlfriend come over to Mom’s house dressed like Britney circa 1998? How old is this girlfriend, [...]

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Tags: actually totally reasonable · moms & dads · nice stationery · sex sex sex · signed with love

Thanks for the geography lesson, Dad!

November 2nd, 2009 · 147 Comments

Our anonymous submitter from Chicago says she and her four siblings recently received this somewhat cryptic e-mail from dear old dad.
Explains A: “The initials refer to our names (and spouses’ names, where applicable). Dad lives in West Bloomfield. I’m pretty sure it means he wants us to visit?”

related: love, Dad

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Tags: e-mail · guilt trip · illinois · moms & dads

Yeah, so your mom does live here. Point being?

August 20th, 2009 · 108 Comments

K, so, we’ve all seen a million notes like this…

(Check out that sad little orphan S!)
 
 
 
…but it actually takes a real mother to poke a hole in that logic.

related: Your mother doesn’t work here. Or here. Or here.

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Tags: moms & dads · p.s. · signed with love · smiley · your mother doesn't... · your/you're

Daddy’s little smartass

August 16th, 2009 · 47 Comments

Nick in Florida was in his car one day, when he “pulled up at a light, looked to my left, and immediately started laughing.” He quickly pulled out his iPhone, snapped a photo, then get stepped on the gas before daddy dearest could get out and beat the crap out of him.

Meanwhile, Lisa in Maryland [...]

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Tags: car · florida · kids · maryland · moms & dads · smartass · smiley

(you know the book)

August 6th, 2009 · 188 Comments

Our submitter from Honolulu lives with two roommates…in a house that belongs to one of those roommate’s parents. (Mayday! Mayday!)
One day, apparently, mother dearest decided to come over for an unannounced visit. Surprise!

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related: I can has guilt trip?

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Tags: Hawaii · cleaning · guilt trip · jesus · moms & dads

But a mother’s love is the best gift of all…right?

July 29th, 2009 · 116 Comments

Andrea in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin says her friend McKenna woke up on her 19th birthday to find this note on the counter from Mom.
(You can tell it’s heartfelt because of the underlining.)

related: when a card just won’t do

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Tags: birthday · moms & dads · wisconsin

Love, Dad

July 26th, 2009 · 105 Comments

While returning a long-lost battery charger, Kaitlin’s Dad echoes the sentiments of parents with adult children everywhere.

Meanwhile, Sarah in Greenville, S.C. shows the downside of giving in to parents’ nagging for unfettered access.

related: why you should not be facebook friends with your parents

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · facebook · moms & dads · san francisco · signed with love · south carolina

And those Cheetos were my baby’s yellow dye #6

June 26th, 2009 · 90 Comments

This (long-overdue) all-staff e-mail is like a fetus-sized version of one of my favorite self-righteous masterpieces. (How this one got buried in my inbox for so long, I have no idea.)
It comes to us courtesy of Jennifer in Chapel Hill, N.C., who notes: “In this instance, ‘local users,’ is everyone in our corporate HQ — [...]

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Tags: all-staff e-mail · moms & dads · north carolina · office · preggers · stealing

subtle on the nose, with an oddly cloying finish

June 24th, 2009 · 56 Comments

Writes Devra in San Luis Obispo, California:  “I’m visiting my parents in Napa, where they both work at wineries. They recently found out that I smoke cigarettes, and though I’m sure they disapprove, there has been little to no discussion on the matter. My mom wanted me to go with her to a tasting today, [...]

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Tags: moms & dads · odor · smiley · smoking

Happy reinforcing gender stereotypes day!

June 21st, 2009 · 112 Comments

Writes Jim in Colorado: “When I attempt to cook, I typically use way too many pots, pans and utensils and sometimes tend to skip instructions. (I actually made hard-boiled eggs and set the smoke detectors off.) Anyway, the other night I made cheeseburger pie and forgot to precook the meat. I woke up the next morning [...]

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Tags: food · kitchen · moms & dads

if she were really passive-aggressive, she’d get the fence secretly electrified

May 18th, 2009 · 169 Comments

Writes Chris in Riverside, California: “My friend Eric essentially has a LAN center in his garage. Cigarettes and energy drinks are the diet of choice and we (usually 5 to 7 people lanning there at any given time) piss on his fence so we don’t flush the toilet too many times over the evening.  He [...]

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Tags: actually totally reasonable · california · moms & dads · piss · smoking · toilet

Is your babysitter trying to get in your kid’s pants?

May 15th, 2009 · 336 Comments

So, I pretty much have a policy of not posting notes submitted by the people who wrote them. I made an exception for this one because I think the really passive-aggressive part of the story is the behavior that inspired it. You might disagree. Nonetheless — on to the backstory, from an anonymous dad in [...]

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Tags: MYOB · moms & dads · north carolina

Thanks, Mom, for reminding me why I moved out in the first place

May 10th, 2009 · 93 Comments

Writes our anonymous submitter: “I’m the oldest of four girls, none of whom are living at home. In fact, we’re all currently living in different states. My mom resents the fact that we don’t want to spend the rest of our lives living under her roof. On mother’s day she screened my call, then mass-texted [...]

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Tags: e-mail · martyr complex · moms & dads · text message