The Morning Mail

[poliphilo]

My mother's mail consists almost entirely of catalogues, advertising and appeals from charities. Going through it with her paper knife used to make her feel connected and still in charge- but now it just frets her. She hands me a catalogue for womenswear and says, "I don't know what this is. Aileen can deal with it."

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They're a pain. My mother supports several charities- all of which keep writing to ask for more.

And then there's The Countryside Alliance....

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

My father used to be inundated with charity appeals too. I did make a huge effort to get him removed from as many mailing lists as possible when he moved into the care home, but I suspect the new owners of his bungalow will still be getting some appeals now that I've finally let the mail re-direction lapse.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

My mother can no longer read these things- so she hands them over to us and we bin them.

There's a company that still sends a catalogue to my father- who's been dead for a decade. We've spoken them to about it but they take no notice.