Excerpt from an IM conversation earlier today …

CF: i’m embarassed to tell you about the conversation i had with D yesterday… but. he’s off this week for his april break, right?
ME: ok…
CF: i’m driving home and he calls me … and you know you’re in for a rough conversation when he starts it off with
ME: “dont get mad”
CF: no…
CF: “i was watching dr. phil this afternoon and…”
ME: LOL
CF: i’m like, what the eff?
CF: so he goes on to tell me about the people who were on there and their tragic financial lives and whatnot
CF: and there was some chick with some book… and he tells me we’re “going to go out tonight and get it”
CF: i was mortified
CF: talk about consumer
CF: i forbade him from watching the show the rest of the week
CF: it’s too humiliating to talk about
ME: you have to stop him before it gets out of control
CF: i told him that i was going to take the cable boxes from the house
ME: seriously
CF: i’d rather him watch porn