Good way for breaking the bad news

bluediamond · March 24, 2005, 4:04am

Dear Mom,

I know I haven’t written for three months, but I have been very busy and I’ve been having a very exciting time. Actually, I’m just back from the hospital, where I had spent a fortnight about two months ago. It was nothing, really - just a concussion on the back of my head, a broken leg and a hairline fracture, that I got while jumping out of the second floor of my hostel when it caught fire. In fact, I can now stand all by myself without crutches, and can almost see everything perfectly, except for a slight blur.

But don’t worry. The doctor says there is a good chance of me walking on my own again. Actually, it could have been worse, if not for that nice chai-walla (street tea vendor) who saw me lying there in a dead faint and rushed me to hospital. He was very helpful, really, and came to see me everyday in the hospital. Now that I am out of hospital, I had nowhere to go, as the hostel is still under construction. So when he suggested that I move in with him in his hut, I thought it was very kind of him, and agreed. We are very much in love now, and I am sure that you and Dad will surely like him and accept him in the family. I am sure the minor matter that he is fourteen years older than me and that he is of a different caste and religion, will not matter at all to broadminded parents like you. He may be illiterate and poor, but he has a heart of gold - really, Mom, you should see how he cares for both of us - me and his wife, that is. She is quite sweet too, and so are her three children; so there is absolutely no problem. You must be wondering how you and Dad got informed so late. Don’t get angry, Mom. We just didn’t have the time. You see, we decided to get married only recently since we thought it would be unfair to let our baby into the world without a proper surname. Yes, Mom, you are going to be a grandmother!

Congratulations! I am sure you and Dad are delighted, and will come to visit us in his village in Mizoram after we shift there next week.

OK Mom. All this did not really happen. There was no fire, no fracture, no bigamous chai-walla and no illegitimate pregnancy. But I did flunk in my Mathematics exam, and I wanted you to view this problem in the right perspective.

Your Darling Daughter

source: email

Blade_Runner · March 24, 2005, 4:09am

ROfl ! nice one blue…

chip_0 · March 24, 2005, 4:16am

LOL, this is indeed a good tip

SunnyBoi · March 24, 2005, 4:23am

good one…

bluediamond · March 24, 2005, 4:31am

thanks to all

Rave · March 24, 2005, 4:48am

lol, gr8 one

Apex · March 24, 2005, 6:41am

good one blue.

Renegade · March 24, 2005, 10:04am

I sure could have tried that last year.. too bad its too late now.

Switch · March 24, 2005, 12:38pm

But Rave can give this a shot… Right Rave… BTW good one blue…

Rave · March 24, 2005, 6:30pm

wtf, what makes u think i will flunk in one exam? coz if am going for it, am going for it HARD

_HeadShot · March 25, 2005, 6:48am

Hehehe…useful one!

Ho0ligaN · March 25, 2005, 1:04pm

lol cool one!

Rockyme2002 · March 25, 2005, 1:37pm

Hah gud1 dude…
U2 diamond

memories_dv · March 25, 2005, 4:01pm

I think the parents would be dead of a heart-attack by the time they get to the last part.

goobimama · April 14, 2005, 4:04pm

it hit me real hard. too good stuff!