Mama Drama


A teen’s view of the state of things


(by min, single mother of teens)

My seventeen year old son has been quite worried about money lately.

He’s driving now, so would like to be able to save for a car, he has a girlfriend to support…or at least he wants to take her out once in a while and along with everything else…it’s Christmas.

Nevertheless when I asked him what was bothering him the other day, his answer took me by surprise.

“Inflation,” he said.

I looked at him questioningly. Inflation certainly was a problem, but for him to worry about it seemed very unteenlike to me.

“Why is it bothering you so much?” I asked.

“I hate it this time of year and it’s everywhere!”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s so ugly,” he replied gesturing to the neighbors’ yards.

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“Whatever happened to tasteful Christmas decorations?”

Categories: General
Mindy Sterba

7 Responses

  1. Sayre says:

    Is it me or does the snowman look like he’s about to have a gyno-exam?

    I have to admit guilt here. I hate them as well, but we have two in our front yard. A snowman (in Florida!) and a toy soldier. They aren’t very big though.

  2. My mind did NOT go to the “snowman having a gyno exam”. At.All.




  3. Pamela says:

    I’m with him… I do NOT LIKE those. Down the street someone has an igloo with two penguins that go in and out. The motor can be heard humming away as you walk down the street. Just not Christmasy to me.

  4. Mindy says:

    We should start an aniti-inflation campaign.

  5. shuttle mom says:

    After replacing 50 million fuses in our lights this year, I considered inflatables. But it’s too much fun listening to hubby and my sons grumbling as they trace down the burnt one.

  6. Mindy says:

    Ah, so your house was the source of the glow coming from the North…