Thursday, December 23, 2004
From the files of maniacally weight-obsessed mothers comes this prizewinning email sent to a daughter who is probably hotter than you (which is in and of itself entirely beside the point). Only the names and email addresses have been redacted; everything else is exactly as sent.
>---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
>Subject: Unwanted advice
>From: [Mother]
>Date: Fri, December 17, 2004 10:22 am
>To: [Daughter]
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>[Daughter]: Dad told me that you had lost more weight. "A full size" I think
>he said. If so, before you buy clothes, consider using your break to
>complete an exercise plan that also gets that new size into shape. Sculpt
>that body!
>
>If you did 40-50 minutes of aerobic exercise (biking, running, etc) every
>day of the month you now have off, then you'd be feeling good and looking
>great at the end.
>
>And, finally, you'll be in shape just by the time that all the clothes
>really get deeply discounted in January!
>
>Love, Mother
>
>---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
>Subject: Unwanted advice
>From: [Mother]
>Date: Fri, December 17, 2004 10:22 am
>To: [Daughter]
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>[Daughter]: Dad told me that you had lost more weight. "A full size" I think
>he said. If so, before you buy clothes, consider using your break to
>complete an exercise plan that also gets that new size into shape. Sculpt
>that body!
>
>If you did 40-50 minutes of aerobic exercise (biking, running, etc) every
>day of the month you now have off, then you'd be feeling good and looking
>great at the end.
>
>And, finally, you'll be in shape just by the time that all the clothes
>really get deeply discounted in January!
>
>Love, Mother
>