[KarlInOhio]

There is one type of card that has always annoyed me... the dreaded “my life is so great and better than yours” card.

Would you rather get the opposite?

"It was another crappy year in the trailer. Two of the kids got knocked up and the car isn't reliable enough to visit Jesse upstate in prison. Joe's meth lab dissolved half the carpet so we have to be careful where we step."

[momtothree]

“Would you rather get the opposite?”

I think yes if it was the truth. The problem with the “my life is better than yours” letter is usually it is stretched. For example, we have a relative that sends those cards. What you don’t read is “John is having another affair with a coworker, Jesse was arrested on a DWI, and my Xanax prescription strength would knock an elephant out”. I appreciate “have a Merry Christmas” or “thinking of you”. So much better than lying/stretching the truth IMHO.

[SHOOT THE MOON bat]

"It was another crappy year in the trailer. Two of the kids got knocked up and the car isn't reliable enough to visit Jesse upstate in prison. Joe's meth lab dissolved half the carpet so we have to be careful where we step."

I think that was the inside to the card on post 11.