Unfiltered Story #342636

(This was my last summer living at home before I was to go off to college. My mom had wanted to take a family vacation, so we had been discussing it in the months prior.)

Me: (After having a few mix ups at work due to not putting in time off requests early enough) Just make sure to let me know at least four weeks prior to the day you want to go. If I don’t know at least that far ahead, I can’t garuntee I’ll get those days off.

Mom: Okay! We were thinking about going between [two dates about two and a half months away], but we don’t know yet.

Me: Okay, just keep me posted.

(Every time they bring it up, I remind them to give me at least four weeks notice. At some point it was almost instinctual. About a week and a half later…)

Mom: Good news! We know when we’re going! We’re going to go between [two dates about two weeks away].

Me: (Facepalm)