mil and fil:
just because we have a phone number you are familiar with, does not give you the right to call us four times in a night.
there's no need for it. i dont care what is going on, leave a bloody message ONCE. we will get back to you eventually.
for your information, we were watching movies last night and having a nice night together. ever hear of one of those? we didnt need you to interfere with us spending quality time together with your repetitive phone calls and gossip sessions. for once we were sitting there holding hands and bonding. not that it's any of your business, but we dont do that often, ok? usually the football game is on and i'm invisible next to your son on the couch. last night was the first night in a long time where we were able to sit there and enjoy each other's company and talk and laugh and watch movies.
...until you had to phone. you phoned once at 6:45pm and ch saw it was your number, but he was TALKING TO ME and screened it and let it go to voicemail. YOUR SON, NOT ME. please take note of that before you start lecturing me later.
there was no need for you to call back three times within two minutes starting at 9:13pm. absolutely none.
i really think you guys dont get that your children have grown into adults. oh i know, your daughter will forever be stuck in her comfortable role of princess and baby and #1 in the family, which really wrongfully asserts to you that you are still mommy and daddy. i just wish that you'd accept that your middle son is 32 yrs old and is an adult capeable of making his own decisions about things and that he and his wife are their own family and are now the primary family unit. yes, we will always continue to respect you as the family of origin, be we are are own family now. do you understand me? WE ARE OUR OWN FAMILY. we dont need you to call us oodles of times to chat about nothing and altho it's appreciated, we really wish that you'd call us once in an evening.
we also dont appreciate you calling here and then just showing up at our door either. i just wish for once that you'd recognize that we are adults and this is our home and we will conduct ourselves accordingly within our four walls. houses have doors for a reason...not just security, but PRIVACY. please respect ours. i have no idea why my husband gave you a key, but that does not automatically entitle you to full access to our lives, no matter how exciting they may seem from the outside.
and really, you want to take us for dinner wednesday. now nice. but couldnt you just call ONCE and tell us that, rather than be pests and call all night long? nobody died and it is not an emergency. we get that you are leaving for brazil next week, but it is not do or die and nobody will perish if we dont get all the details hammered out at 9:15pm on a sunday night. i'm fairly certain that we can talk to you monday and get it worked out without any fatalities.
so please, respect us and our privacy. and try to wrap your heads around the fact that your son is old enough to choose not to listen to you. just because your daughter calls you nightly and your son doesnt, doesnt mean he loves you no longer. i think he'd love you more if you backed off slightly.
informatively yours,
your dil.
Monday, November 02, 2009
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mil and fil:
just because we have a phone number you are familiar with, does not give you the right to call us four times in a night.
there's no need for it. i dont care what is going on, leave a bloody message ONCE. we will get back to you eventually.
for your information, we were watching movies last night and having a nice night together. ever hear of one of those? we didnt need you to interfere with us spending quality time together with your repetitive phone calls and gossip sessions. for once we were sitting there holding hands and bonding. not that it's any of your business, but we dont do that often, ok? usually the football game is on and i'm invisible next to your son on the couch. last night was the first night in a long time where we were able to sit there and enjoy each other's company and talk and laugh and watch movies.
...until you had to phone. you phoned once at 6:45pm and ch saw it was your number, but he was TALKING TO ME and screened it and let it go to voicemail. YOUR SON, NOT ME. please take note of that before you start lecturing me later.
there was no need for you to call back three times within two minutes starting at 9:13pm. absolutely none.
i really think you guys dont get that your children have grown into adults. oh i know, your daughter will forever be stuck in her comfortable role of princess and baby and #1 in the family, which really wrongfully asserts to you that you are still mommy and daddy. i just wish that you'd accept that your middle son is 32 yrs old and is an adult capeable of making his own decisions about things and that he and his wife are their own family and are now the primary family unit. yes, we will always continue to respect you as the family of origin, be we are are own family now. do you understand me? WE ARE OUR OWN FAMILY. we dont need you to call us oodles of times to chat about nothing and altho it's appreciated, we really wish that you'd call us once in an evening.
we also dont appreciate you calling here and then just showing up at our door either. i just wish for once that you'd recognize that we are adults and this is our home and we will conduct ourselves accordingly within our four walls. houses have doors for a reason...not just security, but PRIVACY. please respect ours. i have no idea why my husband gave you a key, but that does not automatically entitle you to full access to our lives, no matter how exciting they may seem from the outside.
and really, you want to take us for dinner wednesday. now nice. but couldnt you just call ONCE and tell us that, rather than be pests and call all night long? nobody died and it is not an emergency. we get that you are leaving for brazil next week, but it is not do or die and nobody will perish if we dont get all the details hammered out at 9:15pm on a sunday night. i'm fairly certain that we can talk to you monday and get it worked out without any fatalities.
so please, respect us and our privacy. and try to wrap your heads around the fact that your son is old enough to choose not to listen to you. just because your daughter calls you nightly and your son doesnt, doesnt mean he loves you no longer. i think he'd love you more if you backed off slightly.
informatively yours,
your dil.
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