Have you ever ruined someone's life? Apparently I have. Fact is I'm doing it right now. Though I'd like to join the witness protection programme and rat on various friends and relatives who are equally responsible....
We're sitting in the kitchen, the 9yo, the 7yo and I. While the 9yo is resigned to her fate, embraces it really, the 7yo is huffing and puffing like the Hogwarts Express...
He is pained and beyond consolation. There is groaning, moaning and he repeatedly drops his head into his hands. Soon there will be tears.... Yes, you've guessed it; it's thank you letter writing time.
So distraught is he that he has strongly suggested that EVERYONE should desist from buying him gifts next year, so as to spare him this torture.
Dear Santa.... I soooo hope you subscribe to The Archers at The Larches....
Must off, got to get a box of tissues.... and maybe a lovely leftover pre-dinner Christmas Snowball (with double snow!).........
Ah yes Thnak you letter and yes you ARE runining his life...just like I ruin my boys lives! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteOh wait until they're teenagers. All you have to do is suggest they go to bed earlier if they want to feel more, erm, alert next morning. Heaven forbid!
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ReplyDeleteOh you are terrible! Today I gave someone the yellow fork instead of the pink one. Her life is irreparably damaged. x
ReplyDeleteYou big meany! People should feel honoured to give the sproglet gifts, not thanked! Jeeze! That reminds me, I need your address again....
ReplyDeleteThe Boy has discovered the horrible truth. If you don't write them, they still send the gifts. Damnation!
ReplyDeleteI ruined my girls young lives too. Now I tend to simply remark that if they don't write the thank-yous they mustn't be surprised if gifts are not forthcoming next year. They are much slower at responding than I'd like, but I feel much less stress!
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