NO RESPECT (Part, uh, I lose track…) —— by Steve Nadis
Things have dropped off for me personally, socially, and perhaps in other respects. It’s gotten so bad that my 3-year-old girl now gets more phone calls in a day than I do. (That’s even more alarming than it sounds when you consider the fact that I “work” at home.) Even our cat gets more phone calls–the missing one, that is, (“Moonshine”) from people who think they’ve spotted him in various parts of our city.
But today may have been an all-time low: My older daughter grabbed my phone, which rang after dinner, and chatted with my mother. Then she handed the phone to my wife. “Hey, wait a minute!” I called out. “That’s my mother! That’s my mother!”
“She wanted to talk to mom,” my daughter said matter-of-factly. When my wife finished her conversation, she hung up. I never entered into the picture, not even as an afterthought. And that pretty well sums up where I stand these days: not even an afterthought.
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05:43:41
zardoz says :
shouldve known,
why you write
at home nonetheless
-.-.-.–.
its not too late to have a son,
at least he’d stop
talking to ya about
the time his hormones set in
to go girl chasing …
—————–zardoz
Thanks Z though you may have lost me on the last turn…
Perhaps you’re not getting and repect, but are you getting any respeck? Or should we start calling you Rodney Dangerfield instead of Snark?
zardoz says:
you live in a world of women
mom ,wife,daughters,internet(surely feminine)
what do you expect.
Now a son would have made a bit of trouble
to keep you on your toes,
asking all those questions
that a man loves to dish out,
giving him assurance of his nature (manhood)
anyways sons forget dads only when they
discover women,
then they relapse with monday night football.
.
thats the best ican do for ya
my brotherinlaw is in the same situation
no can win.
——————————-zardoz
want go hunting?
Awwwww….you’re not an AFTERTHOUGHT with us. We all just love you to pieces.
P.S. I hope your cat turns up.
P.P.S.S. It’s a blessing when in laws get along with your wife. I’ve witnessed the opposite.
Thanks for all the interesting "remarks." (I’m trying to avoid the word "comment.") Yes TB, sometimes I do feel like Rodney: I respeck the man for his lack of respeck. Z, I think I’m finally getting what you’re saying. I’ve never gone hunting but a good clean killing may be just what the doctor ordered. And hello Windfall–goshdarnitall, yer too nice. I fear the cat is as goner (two months on the road is a long time) & yer right: It’s good that my wife gets along OK with my parents, though I wish she wouldn’t call them every time I mess up.