Awkward Birthday Email
October 20th, 2010
This was the birthday letter I received from my Dad two years ago…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAY 18, 2008
TO MY DAUGHTER,
WOW, 41 YEARS OLD……..YOU ARE GETTING UP THERE
IT’S ABOUT TIME YOU FIND YOURSELF A PARTNER
AND TIE THE KNOT. I WILL BE 80 IN A FEW WEEKS
AND I DON’T KNOW IF THESE OLD WORN OUT FALSE
KNEES WILL HOLD OUT MUCH LONGER SO I CAN WALK
YOU DOWN THE AISLE.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
PA.
(submitted by Kris)
Why in the hell is the letter in all caps?!
I was reading through the comments and I just want to reiterate that I LOVED THIS EMAIL from my Dad, because my Dad is awesome. In fact, his name is Dick, and he’s a big guy and he’s been called Big Dick his whole life. haaa…..
83 years old and I’m so very lucky to still ahve him in my life. Dad and Mom just had their 63rd wedding anniversary. I’m the 43 year old “baby” of the family.
Kris,
I just want to say thank you for sharing this letter – it’s AWESOME! It really made me laugh because there’s no doubt in my mind that in a few years I will get the same letter from my parents – you and I even have the same birthday!
I hope that you have many fabulous returns of the day on our birthday, and please give your Dad and extra hug from me
This is absolutely brilliant! I laughed so hard when I read this. What a thing to read on your birthday! I hope the rest of your day made up for it!
Dad is so funny! Hope she had a Happy Birthday in spite of the strange email!
we have the same birthday!!
OMG – old people – hilarious. They think they can say anything. It’s like their brains have turned off the censorship function. This is really a classic.
My birthday is may 18th
Uh yeah….there is absolutely NOTHING awkward about this email. I dont get it.
I can’t believe no-one has pointed out that you don’t have to be married to be happy! Being a school mam with a good sense of humour sounds like fun to me
Goes to show you for some parents, it’s all about THEM! My bf’s stepfather tells me some whoppers too. One night when we were over at his house having dinner, out of nowhere he said, “You two better figure out soon if you’re going to get married or not. Tick, tock.” My bf and I are in our mid 20′s and have no desire to rush into marriage. *sigh!*
The woman who got this letter, Kris, has responded several times. This was a fun thing, some people are thinking he was being mean. Read the comments, she had a laugh over it. Save your angst for therapy, kids!
Yeah classic bad Dad tactic…ignore it all and enjoy everything else…please!
Harsh. Loved how he turn your birthday around and made it about him. Classic.
If you read through the comments, Kris has been on here several times stating how huge her Dad’s sense of humor is and that this was clearly a FUN thing and she’s cool with it.
And you can’t laugh at people being self absorbed? I do all the time.
Ahhh, but I don’t think he was being self absorbed….I think he was just busting her chops. Well….I know he was….cause Kris said so!
Hi , long lost twin ! Seems that we share the same classy Dad ! lol ! Mine told me , at the young age of 24 ,that if I didn’t hurry up , I was going to be an old maid .( This from the pitiful soul that ended up divorced after cheating , on my dear momma ) . Nope , he just couldn’t see why I wasn’t eager to race down that isle ) .Twenty years later , I married the most wonderful guy but didn’t tell good ,ol’ Dad ’cause I know he would’ve thought I was a granny bride , for sure . Oh the shame ! lol !
It took me literally ten minutes to figure out that “Kris” is a girl’s name too…
Looks like pa wants some grandkids. My parents are in their 60s and the sigh of relief was almost audible when I got married!
Tell your pa that the 40s are the new 30s!!
Y’know, he could just oil his new knees like the Tin Man…
Sounds like soemthing my dad would have said –errr, did say — when I was 25. My mom kept bringing young doctors home for dinner. (I ended up marrying a nomad of another faith, just to make them nervous. It’s been a decade and I look forward to the next 50 years with him) I’m glad you have a good sense of humor about it! Parents are a treasure, and no matter how old I get, I always need mine.
You are so lucky to still have your dad around at 80 yrs of age.
i love this email lol…i can t wait till i’m old enough to say what ever’s on my mind and not worry about offending anyone. my dad’s 72 and says what’s on his mind too…it usually makes me laugh, a few hours later that is!
Sounds like Pa is shooting for his own TV show!
“Emails my dad sends”
A dad who remembers your birthday and knows how old you are? Wish I could have that.
I’m very lucky – the best part of the emial was that he mispelled my first name!
My mom sent me a card a few years ago that said, “In a few years we’ll be 80, and you’ll be 40, isn’t that something? Happy Birthday.”
My parents are 82 and 83 and they are freakin’ funny. I love everythying about them.
Happy Holidays, Kris. I think we have the “same” Dad. My Dad just turned 82, has a great sense of humor, says exactly what’s on his mind, and I love him for it. What lucky Daughters we are!
Hahaha! Me too.
I can’t wait until I am 80 and I can say what I am really thinking…lol It sounds like you have a great sense of humor…be happy!
Did Dad really kneed to write that?
I thought it was a sweet email. lol.
That is EXACTLY what my dad would’ve written!
I received an equally awkward phone call from my dad when I was 6 months pregnant with our second child. It pretty much went like this, “So, 6 months pregnant, 2nd kid….wedding bells in the future anytime soon..or???” So when I got off the phone I told my then boyfriend that my dad wanted to know when he was going to make an honest women out of his daughter. Four days later we got married, it will be 6 years on October 30th. My dad always gets his way. :p
I hope you thanked him (Dad, that is).
Kris, I got married for the first time at 49 so there is still hope.
I am in the same boat as NEWHERE.
Please! Let us know!
Did you find yourself a partner?? Inquiring minds want to know.
Nope, no partner. I’m officially a 43 year old single cat lady – well, I only have one cat. And I’m a teacher.
So guess that makes me an old maid school marm.
Kris,
Your dad and mine have a lot in common – same age too! It’s hard to tell what’s serious and what is a joke in an email, but I’m guessing it’s tongue in cheek with a large dollop of “hint, hint”. I did manage to make my father proud when I finally married at age 42. He walked me down the “aisle” which was a path through the woods to a rocky, seaweed strewn beach. Not because I am at all conservative, but because I knew this would make him so, so happy… and it did indeed! Sigh… is he an engineer too?
She said she was still single about 10 posts up if you read the comments ;o)
I officially LOVE your Pa.
Nice! Wonder if he mentioned grandkids in his Christmas Card?
I like how he casually writes ‘have a nice day’ after that!
kind of touching to know that he still wants to walk his daughter down the aisle.
Well, it’s been 2 years and…..?
Hilarious! He’s just concerned that he won’t get to walk her down the aisle, very nice. LOL
subtle……I think he should come out and say what he really feels
He seems to be hinting at something, but I can’t say for sure just what it is…
Wow, wonder what she got for her 43rd?
Love it! He’s 80 and telling you you’re getting up there. (I hope he gets his wish.)
Nice! He sounds fun, lol.
Very subtle, Pa. LOL!
So, did you find a partner, or are you still disappointing your dad?
No, no partner. But my dad loves me to death
Shouldn’t the false knees be new and shiny?
LOL sounds like my grandma.
A 40 year old bride doesn’t need Daddy to walk her down the aisle. I’d elope if I were you.
That’s a funny message! He may just have a sense of humor.
I’d say Pa has a hilarious sense of humor and is having a bit of a teasing.
I think he is just being his darling self, as honest as they get.
Well, at least he said “partner” instead of “man” or “husband.” In THAT respect, he is open-minded, it seems.
Actually, I am heterosexual, but my dad is probably thinking that I’m not, and that’s why I’m not married at this age:) Haaa….
I thought the exact same thing…
Well….Kris, that is a hoot. Did you get married or is your father on the knee transplant list?
PA? Passive Aggressive much?