Some Posts Just Write Themselves

1. My in-laws babysat yesterday afternoon. When I returned home, there was a black thong on my nighttable. I did what most people would not do, and ignored it.

2.When Mr. Fits was away on business a couple weeks ago, I took the baby up to my in-laws and we stayed overnight. Because we don't have a washing machine in our building, my mother-in-law pleaded with me to bring my laundry, and I happily obliged.

3. Some of my unmentionables cannot go in the dryer. I must have hung the pair that dare not speak its name on the doorknob where no one could see and made a mental note to retrieve them after they dried.

4. After my in-laws left last evening, I put 1, 2 and 3 together, and realized that one of Mr. Fits' parents (please god, let it have been my mother-in-law) found said thong, folded it up neatly, left it on my nighttable without a word, never to be spoken about again. Why? See #5.

5.  Mr. Fits' parents are of the generation that believes, perhaps, that the only people who wear undergarments of this nature are porn stars and Britney Spears. Now, add to that list the wife of their son.

6. There are worse things that could have happened. She could have actually gone into my underwear drawer to return the offending pair. I don't think any of us would have recovered from that.

The end.

Comments

[Figlet]

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Priceless. I suggest you dress H in a Precious Moments type sweat shirt next time you see them and they'll understand that you aren't a total porn star daughter-in-law. In fact, you might need to get yourself some sort of applique sweat shirt.

[mortimersmom]

toooooo funny! One time in college, I ended up in the hospital and my aunt went to my apartment to get me some stuff. When I got home a few days later, I noticed my vibrator was on my pillow.... it wasn't there beofe I went to the hospital..... we have never spoken of it.

[christine]

My in-laws would have done the very same thing...though I would have concluded that my mother-in-law (because even if it had been my father-in-law who found the offending garment, he would have immediately turned it over to the jurisdiction of his wife) IN FACT went to put it in my underwear drawer, SAW my underwear collection, sucked in her breath and jerked the drawer shut (let me defend the drawer's contents, however, as being completely banal in the eyes of any of my peers), and then quickly dropped the thong on my bedside table and bolted in haste. Because I like to picture the most awkward and uncomfortable scenario. Always.

[Anna H.]

Figlet's right: an applique sweatshirt would be good, but to be sure that you fully redeem yourself in their eyes, I would recommend artfully laying out applique granny panties -- perhaps holiday themed? I'm thinking turkeys and pumpkins or reindeer and elves, something like that...

xxoo

[rae]

too funny Jacks!

[Jo]

I love this post. That's all. Love it.

[Brooklyn Mama]

Hahahahaha! . . . You harlot.

[Amy]

Thanks for that. It made me laugh out loud. A good little bit of storytelling there.