1. We want to go to dinner and a movie. Okay, I can do that. Details? I dunno. Well, find out and then we’ll talk.
2. Call #1: [psst, psst] “I don’t know, she wants to know where. But where? WHERE? Okay.” [hangs up] Brixx. But you won’t sit with us, right?
3. Um, no, that’s not how that works. You can’t roll in there and say yeah, one table for me and one for the teens, please. Try again.
4. Call #2: [psst, psst] “I know, but she says we can’t. No. So where else? I don’t know, what about [psst psst psst]? Maybe? Okay.” [hangs up] Buffalo Wild Wings.
5. Absolutely not. But mom – No. There’s not a single thing I can eat there, not one! If I’m gonna spend four hours with you people then I will at least be able to eat, for heaven’s sake. Find something else. [sigh]
6. Call #3: “Nope. Yeah, just nope. Okay but…hold on.” Chili’s? But you won’t sit at the table with us, right?
7 Oh, for pete’s sake, can’t you pick someplace normal? Chic-fil-a or Moe’s or anyplace where you just walk through a stupid line and get your food and I can sit on the other side of the restaurant? It’d be so much simpler…
8. Call #3 continued: [psst psst psst] She doesn’t want Moe’s, she has Mexican all the time, can’t we just do Chili’s? Sweet Jesus, take the wheel. “Fine!” [hangs up] Okay, Brixx, and you can sit with us.
9. Well, I don’t know if I want to sit with you now. I mean, it doesn’t sound like you’re going to be very welcoming…
10. So which movie? Fantasy Island. Huh. Okay. What’s that about? I dunno, she said it’s kinda spooky but not that bad.
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(I’d like to go ON THE RECORD saying that’s not an accurate description of this film. Period.)
Riddle from the Middle 
Oh my, you got to stay? Ours was always a drop off / pick up (and pay, of course). I remember the time they picked a mall that’s about 45 minutes away. I told them I wasn’t going home and coming back. They didn’t want to run into me. I said “then stay out of Sears!”
This is why you will welcome the day they start driving themselves.
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Dan, “then stay out of Sears!” has me rolling on the floor. ROLLING. The girl has made some unfortunate (ie. dumb teenager) choices that mean if she wants to go out right now then she deals with one of us coming along. It’s a work in progress. 🙄
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You’re a good mom.
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That sounds like an average conversation I’d have had with my spouse (when he was alive) sans the not sitting together bit. He also liked CHEAP. The cheaper the better, we’d compromise on Sizzler. After three hours of negotiations. And ‘Fantasy Island” isn’t about an overly suave man and a small man who liked to exclaim “The PLANE!! The PLANE!!” until you thought you’d lose what was left of your mind.
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It.Is.NOT.
And I would’ve preferred the mind numbing yelling about the plane over, well, everything I sat through.
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I was intrigued, so I Googled the film. It IS a knock-off of the TV series. With a far more sinister undertone. Although, as I recall, the early episodes of the TV series were really dark too (not as dark as that film). Talk about bad writing (film). It sounds like torture. No magic water required! 😮
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SO MUCH TORTURE! I have vague memories of watching the tv show but seriously, “the PLANE! the PLANE!” is basically all I’ve got. The only thing even vaguely interesting about this movie was picking out the bits and pieces that somehow tied back into the show — but that wasn’t enough to save the experience. No siree.
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So did you have to sit by yourself in the movie ? Well it seemed like a good idea at the time. It could have been worse. You might have taken them on vacation with you…
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I told her she owed me big time. Yep, I sat alone in the movie. First time I’ve done that and let me tell ya, sitting between two strangers in a movie with chase and attack scenes is NOT my jam. 😳
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This sounds like it was truly written from the middle.
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Life is full of decisions! Lol
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Everybody’s gotta make their choices, right?
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Exactly!
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so funny and spot on.
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Girls, am I right? Sheesh!
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yes!
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That’s so so funny. First laugh of the day. Thank you.
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Let’s just say I was exhausted before we even got to the restaurant. 😆
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