Did he mention that he was “effing” her in another part of the email that you didn’t post? Because I didn’t get that from the “in the sack”, comment.
At age 43, I am usually just in the sack to sleep, weather Mr. Cat is there or not.
I might tell someone that I didn’t send out an email because Mr. Cat and I were already in bed for the night. Maybe he just uses “the sack” to mean that?
So, not too creepy to me.
Oh man, do this, do it right now.
Happy Birthday! 
Hm, possible. But I think the fact that he couldn’t do something because he was “in the sack with J***” means that he was doing something active. True, it could mean that she was asleep and he didn’t want to wake her by getting out of bed, but “in the sack” is used as an euphemism for sex often enough that in conjunction with the inability to send a three line email, I’d find it more likely that he did indeed mean “sexin”.
He put the fact he was banging his girlfriend in the middle of your birthday greeting?
That man puts the ‘ass’ in class.
You have a weird family, Twix.
No news there – stay tuned for Sunday’s “I just had brunch with my brother whom I haven’t seen in 4 years” OP. (Why, yes, I am looking forward to this with a mix of dread and suspicious curiosity, thank you for asking.)
Anyway – thanks for your feedback, all. “Seriously bizarre” seems to be the consensus, which is good to know. I really didn’t know whether my visceral shudder was an overreaction or not.
As to what his trip is … sigh. The full version is pretty long – but apparently his behavior is getting fairly odd. I think his sister is coming to Philly for the Flower Show in March, so we’ll get a full version from her then. For now, I really don’t know whether he’s eccentric or on his way to seriously nuts.
He sends out a weekly email, kind of a LJ-ly, free associational thing that’s neither as well-written nor as profound as he seems to think it is. I usually skim it quickly looking for actual news, and ignore whatever musings on the socio-political scene he may include (he’s way at the other end of the political spectrum from me). I think I should have saved the email he sent the day after the election, because I can’t reconstruct now how odd it was – but basically it was “Congrats to you liberals, I’m really worried what this is going to do to the country but I honor the electoral process. Guess I know now what y’all were feeling in '00.” :rolleyes:
Anyway, so he’s weird and clueless and likes to get a rise out of people, and I guess that’s all there is to it.
And I’m just going to ignore it, funny though Sage Rat’s suggestion is.
PS: astro – thank you for the lovely card. It’s times like this I the nasty things I said during our divorce.
I vote for tacky, not creepy, though the creepy element is understandable given that you happen to share the same name.
Happy Birthday to one of my favorite Dopers!
Happy Birthday, Twicks!
Include my vote on the tally of being tacky to the point of creepiness given his age. Mostly because of his age - what I could accept or even expect from a twenty-something becomes something else when we’re talking someone who would normally be assumed to have reached maturity.
Can I say that I happen to think you’re wonderfully weird, anyways?
I laughed out loud- and congrats to Bob.
A song for twickster:
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Your cousin’s a mo-ron,
I’d say “a creep” too.
And many more… for you, not him…
To me it sounds immature but not creepy.
If he started to give details THEN it would be creepy.
Sounds a lot more level-headed and mature than what I heard from all the conservatives I know, which was basically “thanks for electing the demon spawn of Karl Marx and Satan, assholes. I hope you enjoy watching the country burn followed by standing in toilet-paper lines within 2 years.”
Yeah – but that he felt compelled to update all of us immediately on his okayness with the election was just weird. Did you get a slew of mass emails on Nov. 5th announcing your friends’ reactions to the election? Me either.
Pssh, I’m in my 20s; email is old school. I got a slew of Myspace bulletins :D.
I guess it depends on the nature of your relationship with your cousin. My cousin Nicky would have no problem saying such a thing to me, nor would I have any problem hearing it. We’d both just laugh it off.
Happy birthday, twickster!
Get even with him. When you reply, ignore his tackiness, and note in passing that your reply was delayed due to you having mad passionate sex.
Yes and yes.
Oh yah. I was distracted by the letter.
Happy Birthday!
Hey, Happy Birthday, twicks!
(re: picturesque email – ew)
Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone – they more than make up for the weirdness of those I am stuck with by blood.
For some continuation, forward this to J*** on her email. 'Cause I bet she never saw this email before he sent it out to you and possibly other family members. It may lead to her having a ‘discussion’ with him.