Mom’s Inability to Send Text Messages
Jul 31
Ever since I got the Korean food hook up from CJ, I’ve occasionally used their spicy Korean BBQ sauce to make chicken wings. Jas, like most red-blooded American men, loves chicken wings, and he’s a huge fan of using the Bibigo sauce on them despite the fact that anything remotely spicy makes him sweat buckets. Recently he had a hankering for wings so we whipped some up. Since my mom is now capable of receiving picture mail, I sent her a photo of our dinner in an effort to convince her I don’t mess up everything I try to cook: She left a voicemail shortly after that, which I’ve transcribed verbatim: Mom: “Rebeccaaaaa. We have big storm. I’m sitting here, dark. A little while ago, I see your, um, chicken. Gochujang chicken? That chicken. That’s a gochujang sauce. Chicken legs. Look good. So I re-ply, but I say ‘Justin’ ‘stead of ‘Jason.’ Oh my gahhh! I guess I’m getting old. So don’t tell him that, okay? Just say ‘Jason.’ I say ‘Justin,’ you know? So don’t tell him that!” Three things: Yes my mom said “re-ply” as if it were two words (“re” and “ply”). Jason and I have been dating for nearly eight years. Before that I dated a guy named Justin. I can understand initial confusion considering the two names are similar, but really, after eight years she’s still getting them confused? Speaking of “re-ply,” what’s this response she was talking about? I never got any sort of text message reply from her. I thought she didn’t even know how to send one. I returned her call to get the story straight. Mom: “You get my message?” Me: “Yeah.” Mom: “Oh my gahhhh, I say ‘Justin,’ not ‘Jason’! Don’t tell him I say that!” Me, laughing: “I can see how you’d get confused. We’ve only been dating for eight short years.” Mom: “…I say ‘Justin.'” Me: “Yeah, you’ve mentioned that. What’s this reply you were talking about? I never got a reply.” Mom, angry: “Mia say she don’t get my re-plies either! I don’t know what the deal is! Phone or something!” Much of this effect is probably associated with the ability to recognise a cheapest brand viagra...
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