Anonymous wrote:On a college admissions tour at Dartmouth many many years ago, one of the young men asked whether the girls were "hot". The tour guide pointed at me and said "She'd fit in. Do you still want to come?"
I am white and my son is biracial, and like many babies of color looked very white at birth, and then gradually got more color in his skin and curl in his hair. We were checking out at the grocery store one day, and the cashier, who I had seen several times before, asked me "Have you considered the possibility that his father is black?" When I replied "Actually, I know that his father is black" she must have realized that she just implied that I might not remember the race of all the men I had slept with because she started to stutter and apologize. I really think she meant "I wonder if his father is black", which still wouldn't be the greatest question, but sure beats what she asked.
Anonymous wrote:My MIL - of English descent, hair is a mess. has a mole on her face with a hair. 30 lbs overweight, big boned. Always frowning. Needs her teeth cleaned.
Me - Eastern European, slight build. Great teeth.
Mom: Men always marry women who look like their MILs
Me: My husband didn't.
Mom: Yes he did.
Anonymous wrote:"If you were tall, you could be a model."
Anonymous wrote:Friend emailed me and asked what was up. I replied my father just passed away. I ran into her 3 weeks later and she said, "I got your email about your dad dying. I was too busy to reply."
\Anonymous wrote:My MIL - of English descent, hair is a mess. has a mole on her face with a hair. 30 lbs overweight, big boned. Always frowning. Needs her teeth cleaned.
Me - Eastern European, slight build. Great teeth.
Mom: Men always marry women who look like their MILs
Me: My husband didn't.
Mom: Yes he did.