I quickly noticed when I stopped by the greeting card section of several stores that there were hardly any stepfather cards for Father’s Day. Don’t these greeting card companies realize we’re living in the 21st century now? You know, where more than half of marriages end up in divorce, and a kid could grow up having 3 different stepfathers by the time he reaches his twenties? Really people, this isn’t Norman Rockwell’s country anymore, so get a flipping clue.

I must have eyeballed hundreds of different cards looking for something appropriate. In the end I finally gave up and handed my stepfather a re-used Christmas card instead.

Fortunately he got a chuckle over it.

Overheard at work today:

“Ohh, Linkie! Remember when you were telling me there were two prices for a car, the manufacturer’s price, and what was the other one, I couldn’t remember?”

“Uhh, the invoice?”

“Yeah yeah, that’s it! I need to get a new car and I just fell in love with this Nissan Murano I saw at the dealership. It’s fully loaded for $38,000, but I wasn’t sure if that’s how much I had to pay, or if I could get it for less.”

“Wow, that’s some serious coinage.”

“Oh yeah, but I got enough in my bank now to buy it!!”

“Must be nice to have an ex-husband,” I muttered.

“What?”

“Nothing, ” I quickly said.