Spin Cycle: Just Me and My Siri

GRETCHEN

Hi Siri.

SIRI

Hello there, Queen Gretchen.

GRETCHEN

Whatcha doing?

SIRI

I'm learning some new tricks.

GRETCHEN

Cool.

SIRI

I've always wanted to be cool.

GRETCHEN

Mmm...I guess I'm a little lonely.

SIRI

I'm sorry to hear that. You can always talk to me, Queen Gretchen.

GRETCHEN

Thank you Siri, that's very kind.

SIRI

Don't mention it.

GRETCHEN

I guess I'm just lonely because today's the first day of sixth grade

for Jude, and when I picked him up after school I thought we'd

go get pizza as a treat. That's one of our "things", you know,

going and getting a treat on the first day of school. I thought

we'd get pizza.

SIRI

I found quite a few pizza restaurants...eleven of them are fairly

close to you. I've sorted them by rating...

GRETCHEN

No, thank you. It's just that when we were on the way to the pizza place,

we drove past a group of kids from Jude's school, and they all started calling

out "Jude! Jude! Come with us! We're going to get pizza!" So I pulled

over and Jude jumped out and went off for pizza with his friends.

Instead of me.

SIRI

I found quite a few pizza restaurants...eleven of them are fairly

close to you. I've sorted them by rating.

GRETCHEN

And then he ran back to the car for a second, and I thought "Aww...

he wants to go with me!" but all he wanted was money.

SIRI

I found quite a few pizza restaurants...eleven of them are fairly

close to you. I've sorted them by rating.

GRETCHEN

Stop saying that Siri. That's not helpful.

SIRI

Sorry, Queen Gretchen. I'm not sure I understand.

GRETCHEN

Neither do I. I guess he's suddenly at that age when

he'd rather do things with his friends than with his mom.

SIRI

Let me think about that...OK, here's what I found on the web for

"age when he'd rather do things with his friends than his mom".

GRETCHEN

I mean...is this it? Is this when he suddenly...

grows up? Has it happened?

SIRI

Hmm...let me think...Here's what I found on the web for "I mean is this

is this when he suddenly grows up has it happened"...

GRETCHEN

I know it's normal for him to want to be with his friends instead of

me. But he didn't even look back, you know? He just took the cash

and ran off with the pack of kids, laughing.

And it was our "thing", you know? So now I'm a little sad.

SIRI

I don't understand what this means.

GRETCHEN

That's okay, Siri, I do. I know what it means.

But I really did want a slice of pizza.

SIRI

I found quite a few pizza restaurants...eleven of them are fairly

close to you. I've sorted them by rating.

GRETCHEN

Thank you Siri, that was actually quite helpful.

SIRI

My pleasure. As always, Queen Gretchen.

 GRETCHEN

You wouldn't leave me and go off with your friends, would you Siri?

SIRI

That doesn't sound good.

GRETCHEN

You still need me, don't you Siri?

SIRI

If you say so...

GRETCHEN

Would you like to go with me for a slice of pizza?

SIRI

This is about you, Queen Gretchen, not me.

 GRETCHEN

Okay, Siri. Let's go for pizza, just you and me.

SIRI

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Comments

[Ginny Marie]

This is so funny and yet a little bit sad all at the same time! I know that if given a choice between me and their friends, my girls would choose their friends every time. It's only going to get worse, isn't it! *sigh*

[Sharon, The Mayor]

Oh, so funny, frustrating and sad all mixed-up. I do dream of days when my kids will leave me alone - but they are very young. He will come back and ask for pizza soon. Maybe a bit of ice cream also. Being a good parent who lets go is very tough.

[VandyJ]

They keep moving farther and farther away from us don't they? That is as it should be, but that does not mean it's a fun process for us. Where did the baby go?

[Lynn Hornsby]

this is great--bittersweet, but spot on! I just went thru leaving my only daughter for her first year of college, so I know the feeling, though for me it is multiplied...somewhat thankfully our good-bye was totally interrupted by my fall/spraining my ankle while walking her back to her dorm at the end: Giving her hugs and kisses from an ambulance stretcher is totally against what I had envisioned as "the good-bye moment"...cherish the moments you do have as you continue to let loose the rope a little more...

[This Busy Life]

Queen Gretchen I have been where you are and if I could I would give you a hug. I love the humor in your post but I know the pain in it too. You have done a good job parenting. Your son is a confident young man ready to spread his wings. You can be proud!

[Janice]

Wonderfully done, Gretchen. The time will come he will call and ask to take you and Jimmy out for dinner. He will show you photos of his trip with his children. He will give you hugs when you arrive and when you leave. And he'll pick up the tab.

[jenny]

What a beautiful spin. It does happen so very suddenly; they grow up before we are turned around to see it. He may be choosing his friends now, but he will always come back to you, Mama. That's my experience, anyway.