Guess Who

Some things never seem to amaze me. Like the fact that I am 32 years old, and every time I call my mother, her first words are, "who's this?" (said with a smile in her voice.) She is completely serious with that question. After, I'd say, 4 calls a week for the past 14 years, not to mention the 18 years I lived with her, she can NOT tell my voice apart from my sister's.

Not kidding at all, my grandma with a hearing aid knows who I am every time I call, and she has a choice of 4 granddaughters that could be saying, "Hi Grandma." Yet, my mother has a 50/50 chance, and gets it wrong almost every time.

There are even occasions when she'll be embarrassed for not knowing, and fake it. She'll ask certain questions that she hopes will provide clues to the mystery daughter. Such as "How's work" and "what did you do last night" and "how's the sex lately" (kidding about the last one, but again, a way to distinguish between me and my sister.) For fun, I'll play along with whichever daughter she is leaning towards.

In addition to not knowing who I am when I call, my mother also has to ensure another embarrassment when the phone rings: her ring tone is Hava Nagila.