Open Letter Wednesday

financialdiva

What's on your mind today ladies?

Thoughts, confessions, thanks?

thedash

Dear DS,

Sometimes you have to spend time with papa too. I know you love mama. I love you too! But papa can change your clothes, put you to bed, and play with you too. Mama is pregnant and sometimes I just can't be there. This will probably happen more when another baby lives here. You're making me feel bad and anxious that you only want me all the time now. Please show papa some love too!

Mama

IdigDirt

Dear DS,

Please stop ripping my heart out of my chest when I leave for work and making me question being a working mom. I promise you daycare and staying home with daddy on Wednesdays is much more fun than being with me all day.

Love mommy who does not want to stay home.

financialdiva

Dear DS1,

For the love of all things holy can you just eat what we put in front of you? This eww yuck and I don't like this has got to stop. Just eat please! And just bc something is green doesn't mean it's going to attack you! Just eat it!

Love, mommy

Dear DS2,

14lbs at just 6 weeks? Trust me, nursing every two hours day and night is overrated.

Love, Bessie the cow, aka Mama

Dear weather,

80's one week, then 40's the next?? Enough already! I know the weather here might be nice to some, but not to us! Can we just stay warm for a while?

Much thanks, sun lover

lily_721

Dear male-colleague(s),

Do not underestimate me because I am a woman and pregnant.  I will play hard ball harder than you can every imagine.  I have hormones that are stronger than any type of testosterone you have.  I do not need/want to be your friend.  When you need help, I have no qualms about saying no if you have done nothing but irritate me.  

I am not interested in going to lunch with you.  I don't like you so please stop asking me.  I do my job and I do it well.  Then I go home to my family.  When you complain about your wife and kids, I think you are a bigger @ss than I already did. 

Vent over.  That felt good.

Stacyc625

Dear forgetful client,

I am REALLY losing my patience with you. If you send me additional tax information one more time I seriously might flip out on you. I already redid your taxes 3times. Enough. And you are damn straight I am billing you all of my time. Grrr. Next time go through my tax packet thoroughly.

Much thanks,

Is it April 15th yet

mae0111

Dear Mom -

I get it.  You don't approve of the fact that I work.  You've done well keeping your mouth relatively closed for the past few years, but last night's comment cut deeper than most.  Your disgusted tone that my cousin's son spends more time with his grandparents (your brother) than with my cousin, because (as you spat out) she WORKS, was incredibly hurtful.  Your attempts at backpedaling were ineffective. 

Here's the deal.  I miss my kid ever minute I'm gone, and that's why I spend so much carefully planned time with her at night and on the weekends.  And I think one day, when she doesn't have $200K in student loans, and she's not supporting me in my old age, she'll thank me.  Until then, she's happy and well cared for.  Why would you criticize that?

Signed,

Your hard-working, professional daughter who believes she's setting a good example for her own daughter.

PayolaCrayola

Dear DD,

I know getting molars sucks big time but can you please try and be a bit nicer?Mommy is trying her best to have patience but the constant whining/crying is driving me insane.

Love, your mommy who needs a break.

Dear DH,

Pls dont be cranky today. I know you went to bed late last night so if DD gets you up early its your own fault for staying up to play video games. Also you get a break every afternoon when i get home from work so dont be all "im exhausted". I still love you though.

sugarbear0524

Dear MIL--

I love that you are so in love with my DS. And we appreciate all the babysitting that you volunteer to do. I'm glad, most of the time, that you live in our neighborhood so DS can know you as he grows up.

BUT... Please try to work with our plan of feeding him healthy, non-processed food. I know you are the grandma and want to spoil him a little. Occasional treats are ok with me, really. But beenie-weenies, chips, and gummy bears on the same night?! The childish "I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar" routine annoys me. If you know it's not something DH & I want him to have, don't give it to him. Make the treats you give him have some redeeming value. Gummy bears don't qualify. I know you don't read food labels and have deeply-engrained bad habits, but please...work with me here. 

Love--your DIL who you probably think is a little OCD 

 Dear DH--

I love you more than life. I know that me in flannel pjs with strep throat, hacking all over the place with kleenex and a humidifier in bed isn't exactly a huge turn-on but bear with me. I'm getting better. Also, PLEASE take me somewhere overnight alone. DS is almost 2 and we haven't had a single night without him. Just one night...pretty please? And if you could make it romantic...bonus points for you.

Love, the woman who is still your wife behind this hacking cough and kleenex 

 Dear Body of Mine--

As if you didn't look bad enough, now you're just plain breaking down. Please stop with the strep, coughing, sneezing, and aching. That is all. 

Love, the woman who lives in you who is not 80 but feels like it 

 

 

MrsSDgirl

Dear Male Co-worker,

You make twice as much money as me, yet you come in at 10 am and leave at 2 pm everyday.  And, the time that you're actually here is only spent surfing the internet!  The boss worships you, yet you do NO work.  Meanwhile, I bust my butt and have taken on even more responsibilities, but the boss won't even say hi to me or give me the time of day, let alone pay me what I'm worth.  I want to scream at you.

~Your jealous, underpaid, hardworking co-worker

 

(That felt good...) 

IUIBaby

Dear Kids,

Sleep through the night already, please. Your mommies need the sleep. 

lovebug33

Dear Vomiting student,

 Please stop vomiting on purpose so you can go home. It's gross and nasty and Mom isn't going to come get you. We'd prefer not to smell your throw up.
Signed, Not amused

Dear DD,

I hope your ears get better. I feel so bad watching you be so sad . Love, Mommy