Dotty Aunt Nancy, part 2

[flea]

Remember Dotty Aunt Nancy, who wrote me a jolly Easter card full of "you didn't send me a thank-you note" recriminations? Well, a week later I got another card in the mail from her. (Before I had gotten around to writing a thank you note, natch.) Again, in full, because you really have to get the entire sweep of the thing:

Please accept my apology [these three words underlined in RED!] - I went through some old mail (trying to get organized & throwing out tons of paper products, letters & clippings. I love personal mail & can't bear to depart [sic] with old correspondence. I have letters my father wrote me 55 yrs ago - I reread my dead friends letters too - it keeps them alive in my memory - Anyway I found your nice Thank-You note you wrote Nov. 2006 [yes, Dillo was born in July, but I'm pretty sure she didn't send the neck until fall] for the check for [Dillo] - then Bill went through some old E-mails and found a line from you saying you did get the cup from [my mother] [frankly, Bill having been married to Nancy for 60 years he may have simply made this up to satisfy her as I don't recall sending an email] - I still would like to have a picture of [Dillo] holding the cup. Maybe even [Casper] holding her cup too. [Dillo] will be two this summer late July or Aug?? Spring is here & I am finally over my 3 wk virus. [Her daughter & SIL] are in Sicily for 1 week.

Have not heard from [my mother] in weeks - if you talk to her, ask her to let me know of [my granbdfather's] recovery. We would like to know how he is doing & if he is driving again??

I hope your job is interesting & that [mr. flea] is enjoying his studies. Will you remain in the south or go where the job develops? We really enjoyed seeing [Vee] and [our brother] again last Oct. in Boston. We liked [my mother and her husband's] home. Good wishes to you.

Phew. While Dotty Aunt Nancy can be trying, on balance I do find it amusing having a relative who is, essentially, a character out of a Victorian novel.

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[fatoudust.livejournal.com]

Hee. I love this followup. I have relatives like that, but they just say that stuff to each other about me. I am *horrid* about writing thank you's, and in my culture, that's more than a faux pas. Anyway, my latest one was that one of my gift-giving aunts notified my mom that she will no longer be sending gifts to us, just to the next generation down (which means my sister's kids, as I don't have any kids of my own). Ha. I suspect they'd been waiting for me to have kids so that they could migrate this naturally, but as I stubbornly haven't had any, I've ruined their plans for graceful gift ceasing. I thought about sending her one thank you next year saying I appreciate all the gifts all the years, but I think that might be worse!

Family.