Dear people on the bus who comment on my “faux”hawk like I can’t hear you,
I can hear you.
Peat
Dear friends who comment on my shoes,
Dear Guy in my History Class,
If I sit on the exact opposite side of the lecture hall from you, maybe you should take the hint that I just need to be alone. Respect that, and don’t be a puppy and follow me everywhere. It gets old. I’ll see you next class, when we will mock the flapper documentary.
Sincerely,
Peat
Dear friends who don’t eat vegetables,
Please don’t complain to me about your vitamin/mineral deficiencies as you pick the lettuce and tomatoes off your sandwich.
Don’t order a salad, take a few bites which you choke down and then ask me if I’M happy because you ate salad. I don’t care.
Yes, I will eat your veggies, provided you don’t push them onto my plate with utensils which have already been in your mouth.
Peat
Dear family member who keeps using my toothpaste,
Please squeeze from the bottom of the tube. It may seem like a ridiculous request to you, but I would very much appreciate it.
If you cannot find it in your heart to grant me this favour, please just leave my toothpaste alone. I brush my teeth in that bathroom for a reason; nobody else usually does. I don’t want to share my tube of toothpaste with you, anyway.
Let us try to get along, as family members must.
Best Wishes,
Your OCD Daughter/Sister/Aunt
Letters from Peat to the people with whom she is forced to interact - Updated as often as possible, when the mood strikes