On Christmas day we had dinner at the Aunt’s house. She is the sister of my 90 year old mother in law. Her son, Bobby, gave my mother in law a gift that was a tower of gift boxes the kind that are usually filled with chocolates. Mother in law brought it home, left it under the tree and promptly forgot it (she’s quite forgetful).
Tonight my husband retrieved it from under the tree after dinner thinking that we could raid the tower for some dessert. (Mmmmm, Chocolate!) He brings it in and as he presents it to my mother he notices that there is a card attached. He opens the card and reads it:
Dear Leslie,
A little something to say thank you for all that you do for me (I’m paraphrasing here)
Merry Christmas
Robert Something or the other but not the cousin’s last name.
We were fairly doubled up with laughter at the obvious regift but then the mystery started. Who is Leslie? Why does Bobby have a gift for Leslie from some other guy? The gift is from cousin Bobby, his wife’s name is Shirley, he doesn’t have any daughters. His sister is Pam and his mother is Lena so, nope, it wasn’t originally from either of them. My mother in law’s name is Josephine so nope, not really intended for her. None of us knows who Mr. Robert Something is.
Theories? Cousin Bobby runs a valet parking business. Leslie got the gift from someone in her office whom she didn’t really like much so she re-gifted it to the valet parking crew in lieu of tip which is how cousin Bobby got it.
or
Bobby really is Robert Something. That’s his other identity. He bought a quantity of the gift towers as gifts and got my mother in law’s mixed up with Leslie’s.
But I’m betting (knowing Bobby) that it’s something more nefarious.
What do you think? Who is Leslie? and most importantly is it safe to eat the chocolates?