Our submitter from Maryland received this Valentine from his daughter, who has clearly not hit her teenage years yet.
Entries Tagged as 'Moms & Dads'
My Pity Valentine
February 15th, 2015 · 12 Comments
Tags: Father-daughter notes · kids · Valentine's Day
You dirty rat, you killed my childhood
September 21st, 2014 · 92 Comments
Sue in Northbrook, Illinois says that some 10 months after tricking her 6-year-old daughter with Jimmy Kimmel’s “I told my kids I ate all their Halloween candy” challenge, little Mia remembered the prank and, with a renewed sense of outrage, stormed off to express her anger in note form.
Mia’s mom notes that she’s normally referred to as “Mommy” by her daughter (and by her friends as “Sue”), so she knew she was in trouble when she saw this missive addressed to “Susan.”
related: The Parent Tax
Tags: candy · Chicago · Halloween · kids · Mother-daughter notes
Have you called your mom lately?
June 29th, 2014 · 52 Comments
Jaime and her husband live in a different state from her in-laws, but she’s not giving him a free pass. “To be honest, he really doesn’t call them as often as he should,” she says.
related: Better late than never?
Tags: guilt trip · Moms & Dads
It’s a great day…to move out of the house!
May 19th, 2014 · 52 Comments
Alexandria in Australia says that the card she got from her parents on her 18th birthday (below) “is a pretty good summary of my formative years.”
Dear Alexandra,
I think this card expresses the fact that, although we both love you very much we find it hard to say, just like you do. All the best for your adulthood.
Dad
With bells on! Love Mum
related: Really, Mom, you shouldn’t have.
Tags: Australia · birthday · Moms & Dads
You may not be stylish or chic, but Mom loves you anyway
May 7th, 2014 · 46 Comments
“My mom mistakenly picked up a birthday card for my sister’s graduation,” writes our submitter in Canada. “The real gold, of course, is in what she decided to cross out.”
Tags: Canada · faint praise · Mother-daughter notes
The First World Problems of a 12-year-old boy
February 13th, 2014 · 115 Comments
Writes Peter in the UK: ”My 12-year-old son is angry we won’t let him buy and Xbox One, mostly because he spends too much time online already. On the day this discussion happened, we found this note on the computer. (Clearly he has learned about different government systems from the newspaper, not in school…)”
P.S. Peter, perhaps your little millennial Adrian Mole would be better of spending some time with this instead?
related: Emily declares freedom!
Tags: kids · Moms & Dads · sad face
I love you…but I love you more when you’re skinny.
February 11th, 2014 · 101 Comments
Writes Joshua in Salt Lake City: “This past year I’ve been trying to lose weight. It’s been up and down. Apparently my mother knows that.”
Tags: heart · hey fatty · Mother-son notes · Salt Lake City · signed with love · Valentine's Day · xoxo
Here’s to a resolutely insincere new year
December 30th, 2013 · 43 Comments
Jackie in Alfred, New York says she found this note stuffed under her bedroom door after taking away her 9-year-old son’s iPod and Nintento DS. (“He’s taken to sneaking them to school and lying about it,” she explains.)
related: The Silent Treatment
Tags: kids · Moms & Dads
The Mom with the Reindeer Tattoo
December 24th, 2013 · 58 Comments
Writing Persephone in New Hampshire: “My father and I have a habit of snatching the Christmas cookies. I guess this year my mom had had enough.”
P.S. Yes, Stieg Larsson is Swedish…but titling this post “Blood on Snow” just seemed a little too dark.
related: Mad Santa
Tags: Christmas · Moms & Dads · touching
Really, Mom, you shouldn’t have.
December 10th, 2013 · 76 Comments
Victoria in Maryland received this heartwarming card from her mother a few years ago. (“She was mad because I put an end to her partying in the garage at my house.”)
related: More birthday mama drama!
Tags: birthday · Mother-daughter notes · way harsh