A tale of Four Debbie’s.
Posted on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
I have a lot of Debbie’s in my life. There are four women named Debbie who may or may not come up occasionally in our family conversations. JPW is not good with names, and you’d think this would be easy for him to remember, but no, it just causes more confusion. Just another morning car ride conversation:
JPW: All of the Debbie’s you know talk with an accent.
Me: Umm, no, that’s not true, my friend Debbie the speech pathologist, is very well spoken and articulate, she has no accent.
JPW: Your friend Debbie is a speech pathologist? I thought she was unemployed.
Me: Well, she’s retired, not really the same thing.
JPW: Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Your friend Debbie is YOUR age, how the hell is she retired?
Me: Ooooooooh, not that friend Debbie, my other friend Debbie, my former co-worker, remember, she’s the retired woman I used to teach with, she gave Ryann that Nursery Rhymes book and has a daughter in St. Augustine.
JPW: Oh, yeah, I remember her. We need to come up with some nicknames for all these Debbie’s.
Me: Ok, well how will you keep them straight, since it’s not a problem for me.
JPW: DebbieMom, well that’s your mom, that’s an easy one. DebbieMom’sFriend, that’s the Debbie who helps your Grandmother and is your mom’s friend. DebbieFormerGirlScout, that’s YOUR friend Debbie and DebbieTeacher, that’s the former teacher friend lady.
Me: ::giggles:: Ok. Whatever works.
this made me laugh. and actually makes me want to write a post about my dad's side of the family. My dad is one of 12. I have 3 Uncle Kevin's on his side of the family. One is his brother and two of his sisters married Kevins. It isn't confusing to any of us because it is just the way it is but it REALLY through Clint off the first time he met them all…. at a wedding, no less.
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LCW Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 5:30 am
Yeah, it's funny what is so confusing for the men in our lives.
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Ha- that's too funny. My best friend also married a Chris and then MY Chris and HER Chris also have a good friend named Chris… we just call him Branden. lol His middle name is so much less complicated!
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hahaha I completely understand this! My MIL's name is Debbie, so is her best friend, and another friend… I also have 2 aunt Debbies… I think there are more, but that's all I can remember at this point! Must have been a popular name
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we have a HUGE family with four aunt linda's. We both have cousins named Matt AND my husbands BFF is Mat. But of course the thing that confuses him? When i talk about my online friends with their real names instead of their twitter handles. REALLY? Sigh….
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I saw DebbieMom with your grandmother and Charlotte this weekend!
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