i had one.

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From: Laura Cleveland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 12:43 PM
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Subject: mean moms unite!


> Subject: Moms
>  Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. We had the meanest mother in the
whole
> wide world!
>
> While other kids had candy and Coca-Cola for breakfast, we had to eat
cereal
> and eggs and toast. When other kids had Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch we
had
> to eat SANDWICHES and SOUP! And you can guess our mom fixed us a dinner
that
> was different from what all the other kids got to eat, too! We HAD to eat
> vegetables.
>
> Mom always insisted on knowing where we were at all times. You'd think we
> were convicts in a prison. She had to know who our friends were and what
we
> were doing with them.
>
> Mom had the nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by making us WORK!  We
had
> to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to cook and do laundry, vacuum
the
> floors. The list of cruel jobs we were made to do is endless. I think she
> would lie awake at night thinking of more things for us to do.
>
> Mom ALWAYS insisted that we tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but
> the truth - no matter what. By the time we were teenagers - get this she
> could READ OUR MINDS! Mom wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn
when
> they drove up. They had to come up to the door so she could meet them and
> (GASP)TALK to them!
>
> Because of our mom we missed out on lots of things other kids
experienced.
> We've never been caught shoplifting, vandalizing or arrested for any
other
> serious crime. We never killed or maimed anybody and we managed not to
get
> killed or maimed ourselves.
>
> It was all her fault! Now that we have left home - we are educated,
> productive, honest adults and now know that we must continue the
tradition
> of MEAN MOMS. I personally will strive to be a "mean" mom myself one day.
> That's what's wrong with the world today - there aren't enough mean moms
> anymore!
>
> P.S. Thanks, Mom!!!