On Your 40th Birthday.....what would you have wanted your Parents to Say to You!

[KoKo]

No matter how scurrilous or saintly your parents were...what would you have liked to hear when you opened your Birthday Card?

:shrug:

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Lordy lordy, look who's forty?

:shrug:

[Blue-Jay]

7. LOL!

[Gormy Cuss]

13. You knew my mother?

That IS what she wrote in my birthday card.

[Kerrytravelers]

14. Maybe I am your mother.

Careful what you're saying, Mom sees all!

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. "Thank God you didn't turn out like matcom!"

:rofl:

[matcom]

4. you old bastard!

they really said THAT to you?

:hide:

:spray:

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. No, sadly my parents were both dead by the time I turned 40.

So they didn't get to say anything. :cry:

But I'm sure they were thinking something like this:

Rabrrrrrr's dad: "Well, he's not Saddam... that's really good... and he hasn't started a massive genocide yet like Hitler, so that's good... but ultimately, I think we have to be thankful he isn't matcom..."

Rabrrrrrr's mom: "Yeah, I gotta go with that, too. I was just talking with Hitler over at the banquet hall by Doubting Thomas' House of Lube, and at least he's, you know, likable. I mean, in comparison."

[BarenakedLady]

3. Happy Birthday?

:shrug:

What else is there to say really?

[crim son]

5. My parents said it all. They said how proud they were, how

wonderful and talented I am, and how young I still looked. I've got great parents!

[SPKrazy]

23. They Tell The Truth!

you are all of those things and more

good parents tell the truth!

:hug:

[KoKo]

6. I'm collecting your comments ...so if I don't post don't take it personally....

it's just...I don't know what to say and need HELP! Thanks to all of you who are posting..:toast:

can you keep it going?

[matcom]

9. when Mrs Matcom turned 40.....

I had a surprise party for her and the cake was a photo cake off a pic her mother gave me of her at 18 months sitting on the toilet (yes, pants at knees).

so, here were 30 or so of her closest friends and I presented the photo cake with the caption: "Holy Shit! Mrs Matcom's 40!"

:rofl:

yeah, I lived. barely.

[Blue-Jay]

8. "Since it's too late for an abortion, here's a pack of smokes"

[wildhorses]

10. sorry about all the shit we put you through and

yeah you're back in the will...






























something a long those lines would really have been appreciated...

[AlCzervik]

11. "You're less of a disappointment than we thought you'd be, so ya got that going for ya"

[qnr]

12. "OK, It's been 33 years now, here is where we moved to, if you ever want your stuff." n/t

[cwydro]

15. We never told you before

but we are filthy rich.

And here is your check.B-)

[KoKo]

16. Thanks for replies...funny and serious and "otherwise."

:-)'s

[Left Is Write]

17. "Happy Birthday. Love, Mom & Dad"

I told everyone who knows me that I most certainly DID NOT WANT ANYTHING even remotely resembling "Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40" on any card, announcement, banner or what-have-you.

You know what? Everyone wisely complied with that request. :)

My parents treated me to ice cream on my 40th birthday, in the form of a rather generous Dairy Queen gift certificate.

[u4ic]

18. Anything from my mother

considering she's dead. :P

I wouldn't have paid attention to whatever my father said...I don't even know if "sorry" would mean anything anymore....

[idgiehkt]

19. "you really were just a failure of birth control"

We know it and you know it. We did the best we could, like it or lump it.

[swag]

21. I think I probably read it in my mom's handwriting,

how much they loved me and how much they liked having me as a son. Very nice.

[Fuzz]

22. Holy Shit! You made it to 40?! Wow!

I'm turning 40 in April, so I'm almost there. ;)

[Rhythm]

24. "Do you think you're going to 'grow up' at any point in the future?"

Frankly, i would love for my dad to be able to say anything... he died 15 yrs ago.

[a kennedy]

25. "plastics"......

from the movie the graduate, well, may-be not appropriate for a 40th birthday, but it just popped into my head. :party: :toast: :rofl:

[merh]

26. Happy Birthday

signed: Mom & Dad

they both passed long before my 40th.

[hunter]

27. My parents sent very mixed messages...

It was like "When are you going to grow up and get a life?" and "OMG, our kid is forty, we are like OLD people" and "Our grandkids are wonderful, you guys are such good parents!"

Well, the last one is a function of the first one, and the second one I didn't need to hear, and besides my parents don't act like boring old grown ups either. My oldest teenager is more grown up than my mom has ever been.

[JVS]

28. Happy birthday.

One's already dead. I'll be happy if the other one is alive and well to wish me happy birthday.