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Letters from your Mother

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Letters from your Mother


Dear Son:



I’m leaving you this letter, because by the time you wake up, your father and I will be at work.I known it’s been a few months since graduation, (by a few months I mean nine months) but we would like to know when you are going to do something with yourself. We completely understood when you said you need to take a few months after graduation to find yourself.A lot kids do this.You know, they go to Europe, experience things they have never seen before and generally try to gain a clearer view of their future.You, not so much.I’m not sure how you are going to find yourself playing Halo 2 in the basement.Unless the secret is in that headset you’re always wearing.Also, I would think you would have found yourself during the seven years you were in undergrad.Honestly, anyone who is in school for that long should be a doctor or lawyer, not have a bachelors degree in general studies.Your father is getting fed up of you coming home when he’s leaving for work.He wants to see some changes around the house.And no, that doesn’t mean moving the pile of clothes on your floor from one side of the room to the other.It’s time for you to grow up.I guess what I’m trying to say is it’s time to get a job.


Love,


Mom


P.S.Your laundry is folded on top of the dryer

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