RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
It's true (for the most part) that you can pick your friends, but not your family. My parents pissed me off so badly last night that simply bitching to the NMR about it wasn't good enough and so I give you the inaugural entry of the official BP Family Complaint Thread.
My braindead parents went to London for ten days and my mom made a big deal about telling my girls (7 and 11 and their only grandchildren) about it before they left. Had my mom not mentioned it, there probably wouldn't be an issue, but you can't tell two little girls that you're going to London (of all the cities in the world) without them thinking that you're going to bring them something back. I saw the kids on Saturday and they both were excited and hopeful that their grandparents would bring them something. Obviously, you see where this is going. They didn't bring back fcuking ANYTHING! From a city where you can't take a step without bumping into a tourist concession. It would've taken absolutely zero effort to buy a stuffed animal with a Union Jack on it or a doubledecker bus t-shirt.
Now, my issue is whether to go to a place called A Taste of Britain at lunch today and get them a few things; not to bail my parents out, but to keep my girls from feeling like they don't rate even a souvenir from their grandparents.
Thanks for indulging the rant. Thoughts? Other frustrating family issues?
My braindead parents went to London for ten days and my mom made a big deal about telling my girls (7 and 11 and their only grandchildren) about it before they left. Had my mom not mentioned it, there probably wouldn't be an issue, but you can't tell two little girls that you're going to London (of all the cities in the world) without them thinking that you're going to bring them something back. I saw the kids on Saturday and they both were excited and hopeful that their grandparents would bring them something. Obviously, you see where this is going. They didn't bring back fcuking ANYTHING! From a city where you can't take a step without bumping into a tourist concession. It would've taken absolutely zero effort to buy a stuffed animal with a Union Jack on it or a doubledecker bus t-shirt.
Now, my issue is whether to go to a place called A Taste of Britain at lunch today and get them a few things; not to bail my parents out, but to keep my girls from feeling like they don't rate even a souvenir from their grandparents.
Thanks for indulging the rant. Thoughts? Other frustrating family issues?