Written and Performed by Vickie Toro
Produced by Comediva
Directed by Emily McGregor
Director of Photography Yuki Noguchi
Sound Mixer: Brian Corral
Make Up: Kazuyuki Okada
PA: Daniel Adame
Edited by Kevin Lipnos
Sound Design by Sean Oakley
Dad: Sean Oakley
Dear Mommy,
I WAS WONDERING if you could address the issue of table manners at some point in one of your videos. We have a relative (who shall remain nameless) well Grandpa…who doesn’t talk much. Ever……except when his mouth is full at the dinner table. Now, because I find this a little weird, I have found myself watching very carefully. Long periods of nothing in his mouth, and no talking. Then, here comes a shovel (spoon full) of food, and time to talk. This is really annoying. Much of the family is use to it, and they can make out what he is saying. i can’t. It really makes it amusing when he is sitting next to the “smacker’- who makes a loud smacking sound with his tongue and mouth as he is eating. I thought it was a joke the first time I heard it…but no. It has been shared that the “smacker” gets up during the night for naked midnight spoonfuls of peanut butter from the refrig. This is usually the visual I unfortunately recall during any meal shared with la familia and especially the “smacker”. They all talk at the same time as well during the meal, and seemingly to themselves, or who ever can understand or hear. The meal usually concludes with the breaking out of the baggies for the “saving” of choice morsels to partake in later. If it is a holiday, there is a feverish frenzy in the kitchen for the best scraps.
At a restaurant-my favorite was when my mother in law asked for a to-go bag for what she called ” a nice snack later”. She proceeded to package up a tablespoon of cottage cheese and a piece of garnish. We never go to a “all you can eat buffet”- with the inlaws because we learned long ago as this was an all day event. Many cookies going into the purses for later snacks. Then “oh, I ssshould have some fruit”….another last plate…..Number 6 trips…….This would all be funny, if it weren’t our reality. Well. this was very therapeutic!
You can see why we have never invited you over for family meals………………….
Thank you Mommy for another great lesson! I have a question for Mommy:
My 3 nieces are very wonderful little girls but they keep taking my toddler son and dressing him up like a girl~! Then they make him do girlie things. Recently they even changed his name from Jack to Jacqueline. My brother in law doesn’t see this as a problem but I am afraid they may inadvertantly turn him gay or make him into a Democrat. What should I do?