Well, it happened. I can blame it on the Mommy brain, right? I committed a huge faux paus in Christmas cards. You see, I have been writing them in the odds and ends moments of the day when I am assured that Morella isn't running around with a towel over heard and smashing into things (poor kid) or when Athena isn't constantly grizzling. It was bound to happen. I should have just not even written anyone's names or a message and instead just signed our names at the end. You know, so many other people do it. I should do too. Especially when I accidentally wrote the name of the EX-GIRLFRIEND of a dude who just got married this past year to a woman with an entirely different name.
Of course he wrote to tell me that his wife wasn't very pleased.
Sigh. I suck.
posted by hadjare @ 10:31 PM
2 Comments:
I think intentions are all that really matter. It's not like you meant to write the wrong name or make her mad... You have a small baby! In my book, that makes you exempt from all social obligations, including holiday cards. I would just send a note saying it was a dumb mistake and you feel badly, not a Freudian slip revealing your preference for the old girlfriend, or whatever.
I'm always afraid I'm going to do something like that, or forget the new married name of a female friend, or forget to include a new baby's name. If I have time I double-check greetings and envelopes. And I check to make sure cards and any inserts actually went into each envelope.
I hope your friend had a sense of humor about it -- because if he was humorlessly chastizing you, well, dude (and bride), get a sense of humor and try having two very young children wailing in your ears.
-SECP
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