A Grain of Salt

Dating Tips for Mom, follow-up

When my mother called yesterday morning (Saturday) I told her about the dating tips idea. She didn't think it was as funny as I did. I also made a comment about how one of the myriad reasons that Gene and I get along so well is that we're both only children.
"Oh, Catherine," she said. "You're not an only child."
"Mom," I said, "Baille's our dog."
This argument never convinces her. However, I would like to state for the record that if dogs really do count as siblings, then we have to somehow come to terms with the fact that she put my last sister to sleep.

Dating Tips for Mothers

Tips from the Dating Game that We'd Like to Teach Our Moms:

-Do not call before 11am on the weekend
-Do not call at 5pm on a Friday night, asking if we want to do something, and then act hurt when we say we are busy
-Do not call back before we call you back
-Do not call back three times before we call you back
-Realize that we have caller ID
-Pick up on background cues--we sound distracted, you hear us typing, it is nine in the morning and you hear a male voice in the background--that it is perhaps not the best time to talk
-While leaving a message, do not start having conversations with our fathers

Thank you.