Embarrassing Family Story Time!

​Who wants to hear an embarrassing family story? Well, I’ve got plenty to share and I thought I’d tell one on Bob.

A few years ago, I planned a last minute visit to see Bob and I wanted to let him know about it. I always emailed him in advance, but it was so last minute that I didn’t have enough time to email him and wait for him to get it before our visit. It usually takes a day or two for the offenders to receive their mail, sometimes longer, depending on how backed up the mailroom is.

Since our visit was scheduled for the next morning I decided to call into a local call-in radio show, which is broadcasted worldwide on the internet, to let him know I would be there. The call-in show is designed for a one way conversation where the offenders can listen to their loved ones on the radio. I knew that he would be listening to this show and thought what a better way to get my message across to him. So, as soon as the show aired and they began taking requests from callers, I called in and when it was my turn to talk, I said that I would be there the following morning and to make sure he was in a good mood when I got there. I also stated that I had a lot on my plate and I wasn’t in the mood to deal with any irritability, so I stressed to him to make sure he was in a decent mood, especially since I was driving for 2 hours to see him.  

 The next morning when I showed up for our visit, I asked him if he had heard me on the radio and he looked at me, put his hand over his forehead to shield his eyes like he was embarrassed and he told me he’d never been so embarrassed in his life.

I thought that was ironic, considering how he’d been splayed all over the front cover of newspapers and a rag and I told him just that. There weren’t enough call-in radio shows for me to embarrass him with as much as he did to embarrass the rest of us with his ridiculous antics. When dealing with family, sometimes you have to keep it real, even if it ‘embarrasses’ them, as Bob told me I did to him. Our visit resumed like normal. 

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