Open Letters

chargermama

Dear Burlington Coat Factory,

How dare you significantly reduce the selection you have of maternity clothes when I clearly will be needing them for the forseeable future.  That is just not good customer service.

Sincerely,

Unhappy shopper

 

Dear DH,

I realize that you do not like it when I take a vacation alone - you know one every 2 or three years.  You will survive for 3 nights with our DDs and all will have a good time so please stop giving me grief about it.  Especailly since you take 2 annuals week long trips EVERY YEAR!.

thankyouverymuch

XOXO

your vacation deprived wife

 

Dr. MIL,

When we leave a VM for you stating that we have a question and need a call back, please have the common courtesy to actually pick up the phone and call us back.  We don't just leave VMs to hear ourselves talk

Sincerely,

your annoyed DIL

 

JayandJack

Dear DH,

Please stop complaining that I won't be home until after Jack goes down three times this week. I already miss him enough and hate it besides two of them are your fault. You will survive.

Your loving and annoyed wife

L L CG

Dear mlf,

When i get there on Friday I am going to hand you my baby and go get into bed.  I'll hang out with you next time I visit.

TIA,

LLCG 

mrs.wildman

Dear MIL -

I can't believe that you forgot about your granddaughter's first birthday and have yet to acknowledge it even a week later. I'm sure that due to your passive aggressive nature, you'll just not call your son until next month till you think we've forgotten that you forgot. Guess what? I won't forget. Also? It's even more $hiitty in that on our last visit you said to D that she was "the one grandbaby that i actually love." I also hate that you refer to her as "My Baby" to everyone when we're with you. SHE'S NOT. She's MY baby. 

With distaste, 

Your non-loving DIL

Slobina

mrs.wildman:

Dear MIL -

I can't believe that you forgot about your granddaughter's first birthday and have yet to acknowledge it even a week later. I'm sure that due to your passive aggressive nature, you'll just not call your son until next month till you think we've forgotten that you forgot. Guess what? I won't forget. Also? It's even more $hiitty in that on our last visit you said to D that she was "the one grandbaby that i actually love." I also hate that you refer to her as "My Baby" to everyone when we're with you. SHE'S NOT. She's MY baby. 

With distaste, 

Your non-loving DIL

OMG. How could she possibly forget her granddaughter's first birthday???? MIL FAIL.

CollieJade

Holy cow, Tali!  That's awful!! I'm so sorry.

Eff you, wildMIL.

Chandley

Dear grocery store worker,

Thank you for saying that M was cute and giving her a balloon. Thanks for also giving me a lesson in fertility - asking when we were going to have another one and that I had to do it before I became 35 or else the world would end. Also, when I said that I didn't know if we were going to have another one - because we haven't decided that yet but are leaning towards no at the moment - thanks for telling me that I would regret it if we didn't and that we should go ahead and have another one regardless...and reminding me again that it had to be in the next year or so otherwise it wouldn't happen (even though I am a few years away from being 35). 

 XOXO

Chandley

PS: I am not apologizing for my run on sentences. 

SarahPLiz

Dear friend,

Your new baby boy is beautiful. However, I hope you are duly horrified by the fact that your H posted a full chronological photo session of your c-section this morning on FB, including all the cutting and hands inside of you and everything, and that he posted a picture of your son with all his goods on display in the bun warmer. I get that he is excited, but I check FB while eating lunch and I didn't need to see all that. One pic of a bundle of joy is all that is necessary. I hope you wring his neck when you get out of recovery.

 

Congratulations!

You FB friend 

ssinca

Chandley:

Dear grocery store worker,

Thank you for saying that M was cute and giving her a balloon. Thanks for also giving me a lesson in fertility - asking when we were going to have another one and that I had to do it before I became 35 or else the world would end. Also, when I said that I didn't know if we were going to have another one - because we haven't decided that yet but are leaning towards no at the moment - thanks for telling me that I would regret it if we didn't and that we should go ahead and have another one regardless...and reminding me again that it had to be in the next year or so otherwise it wouldn't happen (even though I am a few years away from being 35). 

 XOXO

Chandley

PS: I am not apologizing for my run on sentences. 

gotta love random people who like to dole out "advice."   

this reminds me of the random guy who told me that labor "really isn't that bad."  dude, your wife was the one who pushed a watermelon out of her lady bits...not you.  you are not allowed to chime in about labor, TYVM.

thethomps

SarahPLiz:

Dear friend,

Your new baby boy is beautiful. However, I hope you are duly horrified by the fact that your H posted a full chronological photo session of your c-section this morning on FB, including all the cutting and hands inside of you and everything, and that he posted a picture of your son with all his goods on display in the bun warmer. I get that he is excited, but I check FB while eating lunch and I didn't need to see all that. One pic of a bundle of joy is all that is necessary. I hope you wring his neck when you get out of recovery.

 

Congratulations!

You FB friend 

  I'm sorry!

HSartteach

Dear Co-Worker,

I am glad that things got worked out and we were able to set a suitable date for the trip, but I am still seriously p-o'd that you thought I could arrange a trip for 200 kids in two weeks.  Also, did you not think it would be wise to talk to the sponsor to find out if any of the proposed trip places were even open?  Did you not think it would be great to keep the class sponsor in the loop and find out what had been planned already?  When were you going to tell me you guys chose a date--a week before the trip?  Seriously...

 Sincerely,

the one who actually has to make this trip happen.

AustinBride06

Dear person I report to,

I really don't think you understand how things work.  I want to hire a great person, someone who can do allllllll the great things that we want to do in the future to bring our business into this decade.  But you won't pay for it.  I know I was asking for this person to make more than ME (and that's another heated conversation for another day) but that just goes to show how important I think this is.  I really believe that in this case that you get what you pay for.  And all you want to pay for is mediocre.  And you want to save that money to pay some overpriced hotshot in the most HCOL city in America when you could get a lot more for your $ with my person.  No wonder everyone keeps leaving this team for better jobs.  I just have enough irrational optimism to stick around.  But it's running out.

best,

someone who is trying their best.