Family...

Mar 27, 2007 03:59

Am I the only one that seems to have trouble talking to their family?

I thought it would be a good idea to tell my parents and brother about my leg pain and my upcoming vacation (Squee! King Tut! Squee! Oh, yeah... and Peter... Squee!). But, it was hard writing the darn email...

I haven't talked to my mom in anything but email for over a decade (If you don't know the background, it's long and drawn out. Just know, we get along much better now that we're not living the same time zone, let alone the same house...), and every time I talk to my dad on the phone, it ends up going over the same exact topics. Computers, cars, computers, the stupid thing my brother did recently, computers, what my dad wants to buy my mom for their anniversary (Ooo! Need to email him. I swear, I'm going to get him to buy the platinum ring she's been hinting at for three decades, even if it kills him!), computers, etc etc etc... My dad is big into computers. Which is probably where I get it... :)

So... anyway... I'm writing the email to the family, and I can't seem to make it flow right... -Sigh-

Why is writing to your family different from writing to friends? I mean, shouldn't your family know you the best?

I have to stop myself from using 'net-speak' or lots of emoticons... I have no idea if the 'rents know what [weg] means...

And, my mom has a thing for grammar and vocabulary. She still insists that humongous isn't a word. It's in the dictionary! (Granted, it's listed as 'slang', but it's still there!)

Argh!

I'm just going to send it... After all, it isn't like she can give me a vocabulary list to learn to spell, use in a sentence, etc. (Actually, that was a fun summer... well, except for the test on Robinson Crusoe... I fell asleep reading the book and could never finish it. Hell, I didn't get far into it. Boy, did I get in trouble when I couldn't give the name of the native he named!)
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