identity theft
kelly | 3 July 2005 - 3:05pm
J and H are friends of ours from high school who are married and live a few hours away. J was the best man in our wedding. In August, they are moving back to this area and Rob and I couldn't be more elated. (And not just because their house will have cable and high speed internet.)
J sent Rob an email on Thursday to say that they would be in town Monday and Tuesday working on remodeling the house they're moving into, and we should get together while they're here. Rob read it to me, we agreed we wanted to see them, and then we let it drop. Friday I asked Rob, "Hey, did you email J back?" He hadn't. Saturday morning I said, "You emailed J yet?" He hadn't. This morning Rob was outside working and, knowing he certainly still hadn't gotten around to emailing J, I figured I'd just take care of it myself. J had sent the message to Rob, so I logged into Rob's email so I could reply directly to it. I wrote the message like I thought Rob would write it and signed the message as Rob because that was simpler than explaining to J why I was sending the message from Rob's account instead of Rob.
Then I skipped outside and said to Rob, "Hey, I just emailed J for you."
"Huh? I emailed him yesterday."
"You did?"
"Yeah. Why are you laughing?"
"Well, I sorta sent it as you."
"What? Why would you do that?"
"Well, it was easier to reply to his message than start from scratch, and then it was easier to sign as you than explain why I was sending from your account and...."
"Well great, now he thinks I'm senile! You're going to have to email him yet again and explain the whole thing." Which of course I did, the subject being Rob is senile.
But the funniest part of it all was when Rob and I compared the two messages we'd each sent to J.
What Rob wrote:
J,
We have plans for the evening of the 4th but we are open for the evening
of the 5th. We would be happy to get together for dinner or something else.
Also we don't have plans for during the day on the 4th so if there is
something we can help you with at your house let us know!
-Rob
What I wrote as "Rob":
J,
We have plans for the evening of the 4th, but the evening of the 5th is open.
We'd love to get together if it still works for you.
Also, if we can help out with your house on Monday, let us know.
-Rob
Do I know my man or what?
- 577 reads
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That IS funny! But I'm chuckling at how your friend would have reacted if Rob (like my husband) is not someone who checks the calendar for appointments before making plans, and if he had written something like "We've got plans during the day on the 4th, but are open in the evening. And if we can help out with your house on the 5th, let us know."
Then J. would REALLY have thought Rob was senile :)
You guys are so cute together.
That is all.
have i told you lately that i blove you guys? holy cow, ya'll are adorable. truly adorable.
that is all.
That's tooooo funny!
It's kinda scary that we end up knowing just what our spouses would say or do in a given situation.
Skeery, but funny ;)
There was an old show called "Newlyweds" and they hid one spouse in a sound proof room and asked the other spouse all these questions about what the other would say.
You guys. Could be millionaires. If you were newlyweds. And if the show was still on.
Very impressive.
That is just too cute! Happy 4th!
Erie, man. I like to call that "same brain." You knew what Rob got you for your birthday before he did, didn't you?
Wow. Very funny indeed. I hate to stereotype...not really cuz I do it without thinking, but i'm trying not to...men seem to be less up on that type of thing than women. The making plans, emailing or calling back. Just my observation.
Freaks, the lot of you.
Very funny/ weird. I reply to emails for Andy the way I think he'd respond as well. Don't know I'd get is quite so exact though.
Yeah, you know him well on the topic of "making social engagements". Let's move on now to our next category ... "If you could take your partner to a body repair shop, which part of her would you ask to be fixed?" See how well you do ...