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Letter to my eldest child

by Kelley

in I'm a biatch, Letters

Dear Eldest Child,

Household domestic duties

I am writing to you today in reference to our conversation this morning, 16 June 2009, when you expressed your dismay at an article of clothing not being laundered.  I understand your dissatisfaction stemmed from your belief that your needs were not being met by a member of our household, triggering my letter to you today.

Under the Geneva Convention ‘rights of a child’ (as Part 1 Article 1 states: ‘For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless, under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier’, so this would be YOU for the next couple of months anyway) the adults of your household are required by moral and lawful grounds to provide you with adequate food and shelter, also ensuring that you have the means to acquire an education to the standards set by the country of your origin.  There is no provision that states that specific articles of clothing have to be laundered to your satisfaction nor that any other member of the household must psychically appreciate your requirements.

Upon researching your grievances, I came across ‘laundering’ but I don’t believe this pertains to your issue, as it refers to laundering of children and I am of the understanding that you prefer to bathe without the assistance of the person who which you hold this grievance.

Given the opportunity to reflect on your inference that I am in fact ‘lazy’ for not making the particular item available to you in the state you believe you have a right to find it, your general demeanour around the time of your statements, and my desire to live up to the expectations of my offspring, I have made available to you:

  • a copy of the Geneva Convention and United Nations Declaration of the right of a child, with relevant paragraphs highlighted for your convenience. It is translated into many languages but alas, not Emo nor spoiled fucking princess
  • clean drinking water from the tap
  • nutritious food for you to prepare to your liking
  • a box of laundry power
  • the phone number of the local taxi service
  • and a huge fucking BITE ME

And, on request, I can issue you with detailed instructions on how to use the washing machine (again), the oven (again), stovetop and microwave.  The offer to kiss my arse is readily available also.

If you have any further questions or requests please forward these in writing to someone who gives a flying fuck, or consult with your local United Nations representative, whose number I would provide if I wasn’t so goddamn lazy.

Up Yours,

Awesome Mummy esq.

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{ 56 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Loralee June 16, 2009 at 5:14 pm

HA! I love it.

P.S. Laundry sucks. 🙁

Loralee’s last blog post..Help Loralee’s Looney Tunes recognize you at BlogHer ‘09!!!!!

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2 Kate June 16, 2009 at 5:17 pm

Your eldest and my six-year-old clearly have a scary amount of attitude in common…! Does this mean I have another 12 years or more to suffer?

Kate’s last blog post..Teeny Houdini

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3 Marita June 16, 2009 at 5:38 pm

Love it!

Am going to copy this out and email to my husband re his workshirts. I wouldn’t be so cranky about his shirts if he just put them in the damn laundry basket when he takes them off. I refuse to hunt under chairs, tables and various other items of furniture for his dirty clothing.

Will also save a copy to show Annie and Heidi as I’m sure they will one day have similar accusations and demands, they are after all their fathers daughters.

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4 Robin June 16, 2009 at 5:59 pm

Love the last bullet! And yes, I’d definitely give her the letter, but I’d send it registered mail and force her to go collect it from the post office.

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5 Jodieodie June 16, 2009 at 6:00 pm

This is the first letter to one of your children that hasn’t made me cry. Good luck with the whole – turns out I’m not your slave – angle. The UN, bringing in the big guns there, Kel. Nice.

Jodieodie’s last blog post..waiting

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6 anja June 16, 2009 at 6:30 pm

Take that, ungrateful wench.

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7 Amanda June 16, 2009 at 6:33 pm

“It is translated into many languages but alas, not Emo nor spoiled fucking princess”
Bwahahaha … Oh but I’m glad I do kegels or I woulda been in trouble just now.

I am so saving this for the time when I need it for my own princess…..

Amanda’s last blog post..school cake stalls….

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8 the planet of janet June 16, 2009 at 6:40 pm

i hate laundry with the passion of white-hot lasers.

which is why i have tricked roo (hey, i just realized she fits in with your crowd!) to do it for me.

bow to MY awesomeness…

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9 Zoeyjane June 16, 2009 at 6:45 pm

That was fucking awesome. It merits framing and mounting in the bathroom.

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10 Lilacspecs June 16, 2009 at 7:16 pm

Bwahaha!
Nice.

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11 Ness @ Drovers Run June 16, 2009 at 7:36 pm

Nearly sprayed my monitor with tea from my nostrils, because I’m laughing so hard. Now if I could just get my 3yr old to read, my problem would be solved!

Ness @ Drovers Run’s last blog post..Sugar, Peanut Butter, and Harry Potter

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12 Tara R. June 16, 2009 at 7:46 pm

I really need a copy of this for my Eldest too.

Brilliant letter, simply brilliant.

Tara R.’s last blog post..First kiss…

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13 river June 16, 2009 at 8:10 pm

You hit the nail on the head there, Kelley. Persons who don’t like your methods of laundering, cooking etc, can damn well do their own! Same rules applied in my house too, when the kids were younger. Until they started buying their own clothes, then they were assigned a laundry day and did their own.

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14 Veronica June 16, 2009 at 8:50 pm

LOVE IT!

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15 Womb For Improvement June 16, 2009 at 9:20 pm

Next time, wash it and shrink it. (My step mother did that to my favourite cardigan – I never let her touch my clothes again)

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16 hotmamamia June 16, 2009 at 9:25 pm

I LOVE YOU! You always have the perfect way with words….I think you should also present her a bill for your services and deduct payment from things like the PROM GOWN or other future ditties! Brilliant!

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17 witchypoo June 16, 2009 at 10:19 pm

You are so on the right track here!
I once went on strike for two weeks (underappreciation)I would make delicious suppers for one, and eat them alone. Now, I get big thanks when I cook supper.

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18 GoaldeeBug June 16, 2009 at 10:44 pm

*snort*

Love it…. I wish I had come up with it myself several years go!

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19 lceel June 16, 2009 at 11:06 pm

Brilliant!! I can’t tell you the number of times I have heard SWMBO exclaim, to any one of three sons, “WHO do you think you’re talking to?” … Which would be followed immediately by any number of different sounds … anything from “Sorry Mom” to whatever she had in her hands hitting the wall, floor, etc. Sometimes there was the solid (and satisfying) thump of ‘found target’.

They did, one way or the other, get the message.

lceel’s last blog post..Sunday in the park

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20 Laura June 16, 2009 at 11:44 pm

Such eloquence. Take that kiddo.

The perfect post. One for the album.

A round of applause for the author. (the crowd goes wild)

Laura’s last blog post..Blondes have more fun

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21 Karen June 16, 2009 at 11:47 pm

Each of my children was introduced to Mr. Washing Machine on their 12th birthday, given instructions on his use, and were thereafter required to do their own laundry or it didn’t get done. They are all three still alive to tell of it today, some 25 years later. My son was the one who didn’t get it, and went to school many days in dirty pants because he just did not believe that I wasn’t going to do it if he didn’t. He caught on after a few years, though.

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22 Chookie June 17, 2009 at 12:08 am

Love it!

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23 mama edge June 17, 2009 at 12:48 am

First there was the American Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson. Then the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.

And now, Kelley’s International Parental Freedom Decree. You, my dear, shall go down in history for this one.

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24 Ree June 17, 2009 at 1:08 am

Damn, you’re good.

No, wait. You’re awesome.

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25 Mistress B June 17, 2009 at 1:24 am

I am pinching this and saving it to present to my eldest child as needed lol

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26 foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog) June 17, 2009 at 1:41 am

Printing this off, laminating it, and tucking it away for a not so distant future when I feel it will be necessary to highlight these bullet points to my own!

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27 MaoMao's Mommy June 17, 2009 at 1:42 am

Ironically, I am currently avoiding doing my child’s laundry by reading this!
She’s four and can’t quite reach the knobs, so I will refrain from giving her this letter for at least another year. (or should I just buy her a step-stool?)

MaoMao’s Mommy’s last blog post..I Belong To You

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28 perpstu June 17, 2009 at 2:07 am

Bravo!!! I needed this giggle this morning – you are indeed the most awesomest of all Moms!

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29 Maternal Mirth June 17, 2009 at 2:36 am

Can you write one for my 11YO?? Also, can you send a big BITE ME to him as well. You’re way more scary than I am, but also AWESOME (with awesome sauce).

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30 Miss Ash June 17, 2009 at 3:33 am

*smirking*

Damn right, too!

And you can bet that as soon as my kids are tall enough to reach the dials, they’ll be doing their own laundry as well. They’re 6&7 and have been helping me with various laundry things for the last two years.

Amazing to think your eldest actually believed it was YOUR job. *snicker* / *shaking my head*

Miss Ash’s last blog post..Selfish

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31 magpie June 17, 2009 at 3:59 am

I am saving this for when I have a teenager.

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32 terena June 17, 2009 at 4:05 am

This is fabulous!

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33 Veronica June 17, 2009 at 4:11 am

AMAZING!
I’d love to send this to my brother, since he tortures our mother similarly.

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34 Tee aka The Diva's Thoughts June 17, 2009 at 6:02 am

Oh my goodness!!!! Hahahaha!! This is priceless.

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35 Xbox4NappyRash June 17, 2009 at 6:53 am

To prove what a good guy I am.

I’m NOT making the obvious joke here.

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36 Frogdancer June 17, 2009 at 8:46 am

Apparently I’m lazy too. According to my 17 year old son.

I’m saving this letter to show him the next time he feels hard done by. Thanks.

Frogdancer’s last blog post..Living with Evan4.

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37 MrsDesperate June 17, 2009 at 10:00 am

Awesome. I accidentally puy my husband’s prescription sunglasses through the washing machine AND dryer because he never goes through his pockets before dumping them in the hamper. Perhaps this is a handy household hint for you to try?

MrsDesperate’s last blog post..Our night at the museum

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38 Kimberlee June 17, 2009 at 11:02 am

Oh yeah, she should be happy you did her laundry. Mom doing the laundry was a luxury I was no afforded once we had a washer & dryer in house. Let her ass wash her own damn clothes if she’s going to take it for granted. She’ll either learn to appreciate or learn to wash her own shit.

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39 Krissa June 17, 2009 at 11:58 am

Heh! Kelley, I see you’re back on the horse! This reminds me of one I did called “Dear child of my loins”. You said it girl!

Krissa’s last blog post..Henrietta’s night in hell… at 74 degrees.

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40 Jayne June 17, 2009 at 11:59 am

Don’t worry, this stage only lasts a little while until the offspring learns to launder their own clothes but it feels likes a century!

Jayne’s last blog post..June is sixteen going on seventeen…

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41 Sammi June 17, 2009 at 12:24 pm

“Sorry – Can’t hear you”
Works for me…

Sammi’s last blog post..Seriously?

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42 Nan June 17, 2009 at 12:48 pm

I’m voting you President For Life of the Mother’s Rights Association. We will publish many learned dissertations as above. And get funding. And? pass LAWS.

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43 Joyce June 17, 2009 at 3:34 pm

OMG Not only am I still PMSL, but the hubby also thought that was great, thanks for the laugh…and your awesome letter writing skills!

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44 Dingo June 17, 2009 at 4:41 pm

Excellent! Please tell me that you really delivered this letter to Eldest Child.

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45 Audubon Ron June 17, 2009 at 9:55 pm

That’s it? I would have been in the washer spinning around with said article of clothing had I even alluded to something like that. Of course, my mom was always on the hunt looking for any excuse to smack me senseless. Apparently my dad pissed her off quite a bit. I had to go to three years of counseling when I got older to clear all those violent memories. The electric shock treatments didn’t work. Meds and primal scream helped a little. One thing I really missed while wearing a straightjacket was picking my nose. I’m sorry, where were we…

Audubon Ron’s last blog post..Did I Ever Mention the Story of How My Mom and Dad Made the News?

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46 HereInFranklin June 17, 2009 at 9:56 pm

I’m not very good at laundry. No matter how well I check, there’s always a kleenex in a pocket.

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47 UrbanVox June 17, 2009 at 10:37 pm

LOL
BEST LETTER EVER!!!
LOL

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48 tiff June 17, 2009 at 11:19 pm

May I copy and paste this onto all of my teenagers’ bedroom doors?
Pleeeeeze

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49 estelle June 18, 2009 at 1:26 am

MUAHAHAHAHAHA: Kelley, please adopt me. If my mother handled me like that when I was a teenager (i.e. socked me a glass of shut the eff up every once in a while) at most I probably would look over my late teens with less horror, at best I would be a damn sight better at laundry.

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50 cajunvegan June 18, 2009 at 11:38 am

Will you write one of these from me to my husband?

Bows down in awe of you … once again.

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51 Kel June 18, 2009 at 1:33 pm

Perfect!

Kel’s last blog post..Manic Monday

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52 Kin June 18, 2009 at 1:37 pm

Have printed to give to my eldest next week when she pulls it on me for not washing her favourite jumper.

What, I can give that to a 5 year old can’t I?

Kin’s last blog post..Everything and nothing

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53 Meg June 18, 2009 at 10:27 pm

Awesome. That’s all I can say.

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54 Mad Woman July 16, 2009 at 11:55 am

That? That right there? That was fucking awesome!

Thank you.

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55 Jodie July 17, 2009 at 9:25 am

Please tell me we can print this out and use it as needed – (with full citation to your good self of course).
I have exactly 29 days until oldest princess is 18……

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56 trish July 27, 2009 at 5:45 pm

I love it ..yes letter of the year for ‘Teenager’ Mom of the year.
I want to post a copy everywhere for my teen to see.

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