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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:19:24 GMT
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- From: G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
- Subject: Re: Don't laugh, but
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- :The first Mothers' Day (or is it Mother's Day?) that I was a mother my
- :husband gave me a huge plant for our foyer, one he had been eying for a
- :long time. His is the green thumb in this household and I am the one who,
- :at that time, knew a rose from a daisy and that is about the extent of it.
- :My feelings were hurt big time because I knew it was for himself really,
- :and even his "but the best gifts are supposed to be the ones you would
- :like yourself" didn't sooth my ruffled feathers. But I did remember his
- :philosophy, and for Fathers' Day he received a lovely dress I had been
- :eying for a long time.
- :doris
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- And I bet you were right pissed off when he kept it for himself, huh?
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- G
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