Dear Family

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Dear kids,

Follow your bliss. Be happy. Find a way.

Love,

A cock-eyed optimist who never figured all that out

PS. I will not be supporting you when you're 25.

[infinite monkey]

My mom: so, what are you going to do after you graduate?

Me: You know, a lot of young people are opting to live with their parents for a while after graduation.

My mom: A lot of parents aren't giving that option.

[Undertoad]

Dear Parents,

Please stop thinking that a lot of money will make your children happy. We thought that, but it turns out to have made us miserable SOBs.

yours, Baby Boomers

[infinite monkey]

Dear UT

You said it!

Respectfully (a guy at work answers his email like that. I want to reply with the sign off: I can't stand your face),

Boomer2

[Aliantha]

Dear husband,

I don't really care how big the fish were that you caught when you get home at 11.30pm. I especially don't want to know about them when I'm trying to sleep while you're dripping on the bedroom floor because you insisted on going fishing even though it's pouring rain outside.

inconsiderately,

Your Wife!

[classicman]

Been there, done that ... same reception.
(scribbles notes of reminder, again)

[zippyt]

But but but he caught Fish !!! BIG FISH !!!!!

[ZenGum]

Dear Ali,

Me Og. Og get food. Og bring food. Og feed tribe. Og good. Why wife no happy? Should sexitime.

Love,

Og

[zippyt]

Yeah that !

[Aliantha]

I've never met anyone less caveman like than my husband. lol But yeah, that's his mindset when he catches fish.

He told me about them again this morning. When he started telling me for the third time I had to remind him I'm not hard of hearing.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

When he started telling me for the third time I had to remind him I'm not hard of hearing.

I'd bet a dollar to a donut he's particularly proud of those fish. They were hard to catch or extra fine fish or something. He's telling you again, because you don't seem sufficiently impressed.

I do the same thing with Mrs. Z when explaining the software bug I fixed or new feature I implemented. If she doesn't seem sufficiently impressed, I tell her again - while elaborating on why she should be impressed.

Next time, pretend to be impressed. He'll really appreciate it.

[classicman]

Insight into the mind of a man. We be simple.

[Aliantha]

He'd know I was just taking the piss Pete. lol He goes fishing quite often, and usually does ok, so it's not like it's anything new. He doesn't give a shit about the awesome cakes I make and I don't go on about the meals I cook constantly.

Works both ways you know fellas.

[ZenGum]

Lols, fair point.

options:

Make the fish into a cake. Then you can both be proud of it.

If he tells you about it a fourth time, fake orgasm. He'll either be satisfied or suitably chastened. Then give him a make-up cuddle so it isn't passive-aggressive. Much.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Works both ways you know fellas.

True. And I make sure Mrs. Z knows how proud I am of her accomplishments.

Ok, it's true that Mrs. Z is an excellent baker and sometimes acknowledging her accomplishments means making yummy noises whilst shoveling in her made-from-scratch cinnamon rolls.

But I also listen and comment when she's telling me about what she learned in her ESL courses.