Persuasion

A few days ago, Matt came home from school with an envelope that had "Mom and Dad" written on the front. Jacob happened to be on a business trip and I asked Matt if he wanted me to open it now, as his dad would not be home for two days. Matt was positive he wanted to wait for Jacob to be home.

So we did.

Not long after Jacob walked in the door, he and I opened up Matt's letter and found the following:

February 7, 2012

Dear Mom and Dad,

Could we please get a flat screen T.V.? I want it because ours is breaking down a little and we sometimes don't have the full picture on the tube T.V. It would be sooo awesome if it was from Sony. Our family room would be full of awesomeness if we had a flat screen T.V.

Sincerely,
Matt

School assignment? A persuasive letter.

I think he did fabulously well. Not well enough for our family to finally lose the honor of being the last people on earth with not only just one television, but one television that is not a flat screen.

Nice effort Matt boy. But you may want to start writing letters to people
that actually care a lot more about television than your parents.

Poor Matt. And the rest of his siblings. I guess Jacob and I are lame like that. And the problem is, we don't even care. When the TV actually breaks down completely we'll give in. Until then, come on over friends. If TV isn't your thing, you can sit in either of our cars and listen to a book on tape. And I literally mean tape. Apparently, we have technology issues. Or just issues with spending money on something that works perfectly well.

Even if it is from the 17th century.