Jessica de la Davies

Jessica de la Davies
Writer/Author/PieMaker

Thursday

To Answer Or Not To Answer...That Is The Question

TO ANSWER OR NOT TO ANSWER...THAT IS THE QUESTION


The phone is ringing as I am heading out the door to work. I see the name on the caller I.D. and sigh.

It is my EX sister-in-law. My ex husband's bossy, dominating, "no one is good enough for my little brother” ex sister in law, Muffy.

I could have sworn that my ex husband got custody of Muffy's annoying phone calls in the divorce! What kind of a name is Muffy anyway-it sounds like one of those little dogs that shakes and pisses everywhere...anyway I'm getting off track...where was I?

Oh right! Muffy is now shouting into my answering machine. “Jessica, I know you’re home. Can you pick up the phone please?”

How in the world does Muffy know I am home?

Maybe I am out grocery shopping or running errands.

Maybe I'm caught in a fender bender while on my way home from Sven's yoga class this morning.

Maybe I am at this very moment having an illicit affair with our UPS man and I am terribly busy being deflowered in the back of a large brown truck.

"Jessica? Can you please pick up the phone?"

I pick up the phone...she did say please.

4 comments:

  1. Hilarious! Yes, what did she say?

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  2. Jessica, I got a big kick out of your blog post, because my sister is like that, too! I tell her not to call me during my work hours, but since I happen to work from home, she blithely ignores this rule, so in turn, I've learned to respond much the same way you do. The answering machine is truly one of civilization's greatest inventions! :-)

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  3. Thank you, Dorian! You made my day. Warmest Wishes, Jessica de la Davies :))

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