style="font-size:15px;"> From: Renee Greene – June 26, 2013 – 3:40 PM
To: Ashley Gordon
Subject: Re: Shelley update
LOL! Boy, you're really coming up with the zingers today. Thanks for stepping it up on my behalf.
From: Ashley Gordon – June 26, 2013 – 3:48 PM
To: Renee Greene
Subject: Re: Shelley update
Sure thing! Got to run. I have a Mommy & Me class with Siobhan followed by dinner at the mall food court. Living the dream, as they say sarcastically.
From: Renee Greene – June 26, 2013 – 4:16 PM
To: PBCupLover
Subject: Fwd: Re: Shelley update
Ugh! I see this email from Cass and all I want to do is forward it to Shelley so I can hear some snarky remark about her. But I can't do that because then Shelley will know I was talking about "my replacement."
I can't send it to Ashley because (1) she's so busy with Siobhan these days and all of her new mommy friends and (2) she'll probably turn it all around and make it some comment about how she dislikes my hair.
So I have to send this to you. And you'll be all pragmatic about things and tell me (1) Shelley is not replacing me as her BFF and that it is important for her to develop friendships in Seattle otherwise she will be lonely and I will ultimately feel guilty for her misery and (2) Ashley needs to make friends that have kids so she can have a support network of people going through the same challenging transitions from corporate America and independence to full time parenthood and (3) Cassidy is a punctuationally-challenged loon but I just need to accept it.
Ugh! I do not like this one bit. But I suppose I just need to accept things for what they are.
From: PBCupLover – June 26, 2013 – 4:22 PM
To: Renee Greene
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Shelley update
Why don't you just save these things as some sort of therapeutic draft because you seem to have worked it out all by yourself.?
From: Renee Greene – June 26, 2013 – 4:24 PM
To: PBCupLover
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Shelley update
It wouldn't be as much fun if I couldn't share it all with you. That's what being a couple is all about, right?
From: PBCupLover – June 26, 2013 – 4:25 PM
To: Renee Greene
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Shelley update
Glad you are having fun, Babe.
From: Renee Greene – June 26, 2013 – 4:25 PM
To: PBCupLover
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Shelley update
Now you miss Shelley too, right?
From: PBCupLover – June 26, 2013 – 4:26 PM
To: Renee Greene
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Shelley update
It certainly was nice having her around to help deal with your daily crises.
From: Renee Greene – June 26, 2013 – 4:26 PM
To: PBCupLover
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Shelley update
:) See you at home soon. XO
From: Renee Greene – June 29, 2013 – 2:32 PM
To: Ashley Gordon
Subject: Am I hated?
Does your friend Ilana absolutely hate me?
From: Ashley Gordon – June 29, 2013 – 6:08 PM
To: Renee Greene
Subject: Re: Am I hated?
She doesn't hate you. She just feels really strongly about not squashing her son's creativity.
From: Renee Greene – June 29, 2013 – 6:10 PM
To: Ashley Gordon
Subject: Re: Am I hated?
Well, I think it's ridiculous not to teach your kid to color in the lines.
From: Ashley Gordon – June 29, 2013 – 6:12 PM
To: Renee Greene
Subject: Re: Am I hated?
She's just trying to have him grow up feeling free to express himself and not constrained by society.
From: Renee Greene – June 29, 2013 – 6:16 PM
To: Ashley Gordon
Subject: Re: Am I hated?
I'm all for freedom of expression, but that's just laziness. A kid who doesn't know how to color in the lines is just scribbling. A kid who knows how to color in the lines but chooses not to, well, he is making an artistic and creative statement.
From: Ashley Gordon – June 29, 2013 – 6:18 PM
To: Renee Greene
Subject: Re: Am I hated?
You could be right.
From: Renee Greene – June 29, 2013 – 6:18 PM
To: Ashley Gordon
Subject: Re: Am I hated?
Could be?
From: Ashley Gordon – June 29, 2013 – 6:19 PM
To: Renee Greene
Subject: Re: Am I hated?
Well, I'm not going to judge her. She's really smart and her son is already reading and he's only 4.
From: Renee Greene – June 29, 2013 – 6:21 PM
To: Ashley Gordon
Subject: Re: Am I hated?
Is she teaching him the alphabet, letter sounds and phonics or just letting him make things up on his own?
