Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Texts with Elvira: issue 47

Tonight, a couple of snippets from texts between me and my daughter, Elvira, followed by a question I really want the answer to.

Snippet #1

Elvira: Oh shit, Mommers. I still have your debit card.
Me: You can give it to me tomorrow.
Elvira: Oh good. So I have time to buy some ridiculous shit on ebay.
Me: Please don't. Unless you want me to move in with you.
Elvira: I dunno .... You cook, clean, and provide childcare ... Mmmk. You can bunk with Coraline.
Me: I'll want my own bedroom.
Elvira:  I guess you can have a pallet in the basement.
Me: Nope. I'm still holding out the hope that I will get laid someday.
Elvira: Jeez, Mom. Way to be needy.
Me: I've been practicing....

Snippet #2

Me: [11:19 pm] Oh god. I'm craving butter popcorn so much. Would it be so awful if I ate some buttered popcorn?
Elvira: I don't care what you eat. Just don't bitch about it later.
Me: Oh, shut up.



Oh. My. God. When did my daughter become my mother?


2 comments:

  1. So funny! Love how the friendship between your adult daughter and you is so apparent. (Each the popcorn, life is short!!)

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    1. There was a time during her teen years when neither of us could predict whether we'd ever be close again. I'm grateful it turned out that we could be best friends.

      And I DID eat the popcorn ... with a glass of wine. If you're gonna be bad, just go all the way, right? ;-)

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