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She lamented having never seen “It’s a wonderful life”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hi,<\/p>\n

I surprised myself the other day. My local laundromat hides mirrors above the dryers. I didn’t expect to see myself there. I startled.<\/p>\n

Not seeing “It’s a wonderful life” should be a point of pride. My parents forced me to watch it every year at gun point or else Santa wouldn’t come.<\/p>\n

None of that’s true, but at the age of nine sometimes being politely asked to do anything can be brutal.<\/p>\n

Either way, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is a much better holiday film. Thoughts?<\/p>\n

Cheers,
\nAnthony<\/p>\n

That’s a pretty damn good message, right? A week later she responded with the following:<\/em><\/p>\n

Charlie Brown is always better. Glad to hear you survived your\u00a0murderous\u00a0parents.<\/p>\n

Why even bother responding?<\/em><\/p>\n

I wrote back.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hi,<\/p>\n

The verdict is out as to whether or not I survived my parents.<\/p>\n

thanks for your concern. Send help.<\/p>\n

cheers,
\nAnthony<\/p>\n

Let’s see if she sends another verbose, well thought out reply.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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