My neice is a feminist
An email I got today from my sister
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Tash and I decided to be good neighbours and spent 3.5 hours clearing the snow off both balconies, all the stairs and clearing a path to each persons car. After that we made a snowman, had a snowball fight and on the way back upstairs Tash asked if she could put a couple of snowballs in the freezer.... which we did
Tonight when we got home, Tash looked at her snowman and said "oh no", because she (yes she) has fallen over. Nothing more was said.
After tea and homework I asked how her school day went and Tash said "not good mummy. Bobby and Suzys mother died today" Oh my God, I cried, at the same time thinking who the hell are Bobby and Suzy as I didnt recall hearing their names before. "are Bobby and Suzy the twins in your class?" "No mummy, they are the snowballs in the freezer". "Its bad enough their brothers died in the war (aka snowball fight) but now their mother has gone too". Playing along, I said: "well, at least they still have their father" to which I got a derisory look and very sarcastic: "did you see me making another snowman?"
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Tash and I decided to be good neighbours and spent 3.5 hours clearing the snow off both balconies, all the stairs and clearing a path to each persons car. After that we made a snowman, had a snowball fight and on the way back upstairs Tash asked if she could put a couple of snowballs in the freezer.... which we did
Tonight when we got home, Tash looked at her snowman and said "oh no", because she (yes she) has fallen over. Nothing more was said.
After tea and homework I asked how her school day went and Tash said "not good mummy. Bobby and Suzys mother died today" Oh my God, I cried, at the same time thinking who the hell are Bobby and Suzy as I didnt recall hearing their names before. "are Bobby and Suzy the twins in your class?" "No mummy, they are the snowballs in the freezer". "Its bad enough their brothers died in the war (aka snowball fight) but now their mother has gone too". Playing along, I said: "well, at least they still have their father" to which I got a derisory look and very sarcastic: "did you see me making another snowman?"