“Did you read my post today, mom?”
“No. WHY?!?!?” She sounds horrified.
“No REASON – just asking! Geeez!”
“Sometimes I just prefer not to read them.”
“WHY?!?!?” I laugh.
“Because sometimes I just don’t wanna know what new “thing” you are telling the whole world about.”
“Like what???”
“I don’t know, Jenni. I just think some things should be PRIVATE.”
“Like what?” I laugh again.
“You KNOW!”
“No mom, like what?”
“I don’t know… like STUFF. I mean, you blog about your period for crying out loud!” She’s pleading.
“What’s wrong with that?”
“What’s WRONG with that?!?!? It’s gross! I mean, poor George! Don’t you think you’ve embarrassed him?”
“Uh, no.”
“Well, what if his friends were to read it?!?!? Do you really think George wants his friends knowing when his wife is… on her period???” She lowers to a whisper.
“Mom, I’m pretty sure they all know I have periods. And, his friends are some of my most loyal readers.”
“Oh my GOD.”
“Mom…. WHAT?!?!? What is so wrong with that?”
“Nothing, I don’t guess. I just feel bad for George.” So passive aggressive, that woman.
“Don’t feel bad for him. He’s fine.” I giggle.
“Well, and then you are always talking about sex and stuff….”
“Mom, I’m not posting porn.”
“I just don’t like it.”
“I know, mom. That’s why I asked if you read today’s post.”
“Oh god.”
“It’s not BAD.” I’m hysterical.
“Can you just keep some things to yourself? Please.”
“Sure.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“Mom, it’s not a big deal I don’t have anything to hide.”
“I know, I just wish….” She sighs.
“What? What do you wish?”
“Well….”
“Mom, WHAT?”
“I just wish you’d break your fingers.”
She’s awesome. 🙂
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Curious…was this dialogue written, texted, or what? Cause that's a lot of words for the silent girl! =)
Hahaha, good question! This actually occurred about two months ago and I've been threatening to "out" her for the "break your fingers" thing. 🙂 Perfect opportunity!
hahaha i love it!!! & for the record i don't think your posts are too much at all! also i really appreciate that in the post before this you said "hoootiiee hooo" bc i've been saying it all the time lately and i have no idea here i got it from!!
Love this. I write about my period all the time on my blog. Although my mom's a big fan. Which kinda worries me now. 🙂 Saying hi from TRDC!
You are about eight steps ahead of me…my mom doesn't even know about my blog, although I did write about her today. I don't know if she'd laugh or smirk away in embarassment. Anyway, Happy ICLW!! AP
Very funny! Poor thing don't you dare break you fingers!Visiting from the blog hop. I'm so glad I found your blog.Enjoy your weekend.Nancyhttp://discoverdirectselling.blogspot.com/
Ha ha! Mothers! (rolls her eyes)
Well, if that isn't the truest expression of motherly love I don't know what is :)Visiting from RDC
That's hysterical! My mom reads my blog and then wants to have discussions about the posts.I'm all, "You read it. Nothing else to say."GAH!
Kim – My BFF has "hootie hoo" as the one sentence blurb "about her" on her FB profile (or at least she did before all the profile changing business). But, I also read your post about that. Just a good phrase. Keep it alive, girl! :-)Thanks to everyone else for visiting. My mom and I are soooo similar in so many ways. My public displays of "everything" make her cringe. I used to feel kind of bad about it. Now it just fuels my fire. 😉
First off, love the puppies in your banner. So cute. Secondly, LOL. I think my mom knows I blog, but I won't let her read it. I would feel weird. She knows most of the details on our if though. Love your attitude about things.
LMAO. My mom is more diabolical then that. SHe'll wait til she sees me in person and be like "I read on your blog that you aren't sticking to your diabetic diet. YOu know how important that is." or something else along those lines. Very realistic. Love it!
hahahah!!! GOLD!
I wish you'd break your fingers!! That is hilarious. My mom is not my biggest blog fan either. Maybe it is a mom thing.
Hilarious! And exactly why I haven't invited my mom to read my blog. :)ICLW
Funny stuff! My 20-year-old niece writes a blog that gets a little "colorful" sometimes. In one post she said that she'd stop talking about a particular topic because it had come to her attention that her mom reads her blog. Her mom (sister) commented, "If your mom reads your blog, she deserves what she gets". 🙂