# What's the most anxiously you've waited for a call/email/letter?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-anxiously-youve-waited-for-a-call-email-letter/833837>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 11, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-anxiously-youve-waited-for-a-call-email-letter/833837 "2019-05-11T21:46:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-anxiously-youve-waited-for-a-call-email-letter/833837/21 "2019-05-14T00:59:01Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> April 1969, waiting for college admission letters. They arrived on time, and were sitting on the floor under the mail slot. One was thick and one was thin.
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> But it turned out both were good news.

So, which college did you choose - the one with the thin envelope, or the one with the thick one?

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-anxiously-youve-waited-for-a-call-email-letter/833837/22 "2019-05-14T01:01:04Z")

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> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#):
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> In June of 2015 I had a fast growing lump removed from my dogs chest. It was sent for pathology and nada. We had an appointment to go back in two weeks to remove the staples. I called and asked about the report. The tech said we’ll talk about that at the appointment. I knew it was not good news. He had Mast Cell tumor without clean margins. Doc said bring him back when it returns. It never did. I was pissed that I lost almost two weeks. I took him to another Vet and spent over $900 in blood tests to type and grade the tumor. Wasted money. That Vet actually offered radiation, chemo or do nothing. I chose to do nothing. Here were are almost 4 years later and today is his 13th Birthday.

That was NOT wasted time or money. You quite likely gave your dog 4 extra years of quality life.

Happy birthday, Buttercup Smith’s dog! \<3

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-anxiously-youve-waited-for-a-call-email-letter/833837/23 "2019-05-14T06:13:07Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> So, which college did you choose - the one with the thin envelope, or the one with the thick one?

The thin one. It was MIT, and it said the packet would arrive later.

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