How Parents Used To Text

[Jazzy1]

Did you ever get notes written like this?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Yes. All the time.

 

[Aunt Bea]

A note on the kitchen table was standard.

The same if we needed three dollars for a class trip, 2 dozen cupcakes, sign report card or permission slip, anything to avoid an actual conversation.

 

[Paladin1950]

My mother had an electric can opener. On the machine was a note, "Wash me after using."

 

[Meanderer]

 

[oldman]

My dad was in the Army. He believed in giving orders. One time he even called me “Soldier!”
He told me to get the three post holes dug after school that day. I nodded OK. He says out loud “Did you hear me, Soldier?”

 

[Beezer]

When my daughters were very young and couldn't read, I would leave notes on the table for my wife to read when she came home.

One day I left this provocative note on the kitchen table:

"Hey Hon, I'll catch you later for a Boff!"

My elderly Mother came over for a visit that day (I had forgotten about the note)...she read it and said,

"Patrick, what's a Boff??"

My face turned purple but I quickly recovered and stated with conviction..."Oh! Er...a Boff is slang for a coffee. I want to meet her for a coffee later today!"

Mother: "Oh, I see."

(Phew! That was close! But in hindsight it was quite funny!)

 

[Aunt Bea]

When my daughters were very young and couldn't read, I would leave notes on the table for my wife to read when she came home.

One day I left this provocative note on the kitchen table:

"Hey Hon, I'll catch you later for a Boff!"

My elderly Mother came over for a visit that day (I had forgotten about the note)...she read it and said,

"Patrick, what's a Boff??"

My face turned purple but I quickly recovered and stated with conviction..."Oh! Er...a Boff is slang for a coffee. I want to meet her for a coffee later today!"

Mother: "Oh, I see."

(Phew! That was close! But in hindsight it was quite funny!)

I think that Mom just wanted to watch you squirm.

 

[Beezer]

I think that Mom just wanted to watch you squirm.

lol!
No! Mom was quite elderly and a little naive at that time. She really had no idea what I meant when I wrote the word 'Boff.' I'm just thankful I used that fun sort of word to describe hanky-panky...instead of a more obvious word.

 

[Meanderer]

 

[WheatenLover]

My mother left notes for me in her refrigerator. I was an adult and didn't live at home. But somehow she knew that when I entered her house, the first thing I did was open the fridge. I just surveyed the contents -- all nutritious food, so I was disappointed every time.

She didn't leave notes when I was living at home. She was usually there. Even when she got a full-time job, she just gave orders before we left for school.

 

[Beezer]

When my daughter was quite young, her Art teacher sent a note home to me advising me that she had missed class and I was to give a reason as to why and send back the note to the teacher.

So I wrote...

"I'm sorry my daughter missed class the other day. But that's okay, the other kids will catch up."

It was very fitting as my young daughter was a wonderful little Artist. I never heard back from that teacher, but I'm quite sure I gave her a chuckle or two.

 

[Sunkist]

lol!
No! Mom was quite elderly and a little naive at that time. She really had no idea what I meant when I wrote the word 'Boff.' I'm just thankful I used that fun sort of word to describe hanky-panky...instead of a more obvious word.

I've never heard that term/expression, either.. figured it out from your previous post..

But would it have been funny- or not- if your mother took your explanation and started using it herself?

 

[Beezer]

if your mother took your explanation and started using it herself?

lol!

I thought about that as well. My dear old Mom walking into a coffee shop and asking the clerk for a Boff!