Hi Son,
We already sent the response card to your uncle but try calling him or Amy and try asking if you could bring a friend to the wedding. You are about the same age and you played with her while you were kids.
For your second question, we usually just let them figure it out. Just wear a appropriate outfit and I like your hair shorter like last time. Being gay i genetic, maybe Dad’s side, and we will always love you and we are very proud of you. We are just glad that God gave us two wonderful children.
Love,
Dad and Mom
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Unless your wedding invitation says Your Name and Guest, you are not to bring a friend or date or guest of any sort. Asking puts unnecessary stress on the host/hostess. They have budgeted finances and space considerations. I’m a middle-aged mom and I thought *everyone* knows that.
Oh classic “we usually just let them figure it out.” My parents are the same way : -)
Really? Nobody else thought the “probably your dad’s side” part was both hilarious and comment-worthy?
I agree w/ Jaime…the “probably your dad’s side” is got to be the funniest pass the proverbial blame statement that I’ve heard……
Agreed! Especially when combined with the fact that Mom’s writing the email but signs it “Dad and Mom” thereby “deferring” whilst slamming. Loves it.
I also loved the “figure it out” part and the “from his side” which I took less as a slam and more as a if-it’s-genetic-then-it-must-literally-be-genetic, as in eye color, so maybe the dad has a gay brother or sister. And the hair cut line. The number of times my mother used to say “I really liked your hair shorter like in that one picture.” That ‘one picture’ was eventually decades old. God I miss her. Mother’s Day has such a bittersweet nostalgia now that she is gone. The humor is what helps keep her alive in my thoughts. And it’s this odd, unintentional generation-gap humor that Grose and Shafrir have captured.
“gave us two ” so hopefully the otherone won’t be gay.
lmao! “maybe Dad’s side” ?!
You are missing the point. She loves her gay child NO MATTER WHAT. She thinks it’s OK to bring a same sex date to the wedding but already sent the RSVP.
Sweet.
I love the line, must be your dad’s side, I know in my case it is.
My sibs and I always joke that we need to have some sympathy for my mom, although she absolutley loves and enjoys all of us, that only 1 out of 6 has blessed her so far with the “complete family”, while there are 2 of us who are gay and married(civilized), 2 divorced and 1 who always dates women way to young.
xine, I think you’re missing some of the context because it wasn’t laid out. My reading was that he was allowed to bring a “Guest” which usually means date, and that he was apprehensive about bringing a (male) “friend” rather than a “date” — which might be awkward or confusing to some people even if the invitation provides for “Guest.” I could be wrong too, but that was my take.
“maybe dad’s side” …Friggin Fantastic!
Hee!
If it’s from Dad’s side, how did Dad and Mom get it on to have their kids??
I wonder if she was saying ask about “bringing a friend” because he was invited with a guest and people might wonder if it wasnt a girl. He probably asked his mom if they knew he was gay, or if bringing a male date would blow his cover.
And yes, “probably from Dads side” is the funniest thing I have ever heard.