Tag: dad

  • your dad is in the hospital

  • ummm…why are you calling me?

    In first grade I was friends with a girl that we will call Candice. First grade. We went to the same school pretty much for the next nine years and never spoke to each other. I’d see her in passing and would hear random bits about her, but that’s it. One night when I was…

  • in-laws

    Oh, hahaha, oh my godness I can’t believe I forgot about this one, your shorts post made me remember it for some reason….! When my boyfriend and I started going out we used to stay in one another’s house alternate weekends but we worked different shifts so one Saturday morning he left for work and…

  • white stockings

    I had just gotten dressed and was about to head out to go dancing with my friends. I was wearing my favorite little black dress and felt like a million bucks. My father complimented me, but remarked that he didn’t think white stockings really went with my black dress. “Uh, Dad, I’m not wearing stockings.”…

  • dad's death

    This was a set of comments under a photo of someone’s dad on Facebook.

  • when are you due?

    Years ago, I was with my dad at a banquet. We were talking to a mom of one of my friends. I was thoroughly enjoying the conversation until my dad asked a question that one should never ask a woman unless he is already aware of her condition. He said, “When are you due? I…

  • made you look

    Long, long ago, some time in elementary school, I was walking home from school with my friend Rachel Smith and her older brothers. It was back in the day when it was popular to trick people by pointing at something and then immediately saying “made you look!” after they looked to see what you were…