Sister: I think I will have to file for divorce. D has now twice (perhaps thrice!) put “lol” in his messages to me. It hurt me even to type those letters. Maybe I could start with an intervention rather than moving straight to divorce. I’ll have to consider.
Me: lol never hurt anyone
Sister: Don’t tell me you use it, too.
Me: rotfl!
Sister: I’m too tired to even try to figure out what that means. You get extra points for either creating or using something more creative than lol. If you reply e-mail uses either DS or DH, I’ll cry and know that you, too, have gone to the dark side.
Me: What’s a DS and DH?
Sister: Dear son and dear husband. I roll my eyes at the sap.
Oh, God, she’s so right. I don’t hate the occasional “LOL,” but “DS” and “DH” make me want to backhand a puppy.