LOLing and 'Doing the Ebays'

One of my friends mother's, ler's just call her Gayle, is new to the world wide web.  She has taken to sending email to all of us. I know this sounds sweet, and it is, but it's also quite annoying, as she has discovered the forward button, which pretty much explains why I have abandoned my Yahoo email address all together.

The other day, I got this email from her:

Dear Enna,

I hear about how your friend B watched his dog get run over and die in the street. That is so sad. Tell B I said LOL.

Write Back! Gayle

PS Have you found a job yet? LOLOLOL!

I sat at the computer, rereading the email and pondering WHAT THE HELL?! Why is this woman mocking me via the internet? She was always so sweet in person and on the phone...why this sudden change into cruelty?

So, I call my friend and ask what the heck is up with her mother...

"She thinks LOL means lots of love. She's not trying to be a dick, I swear." My friend explains.

"Also," my friend goes on "you'll be happy to know that I set her computer settings to a child protected setting. The computer thinks she is 12 years old. Strangely, the computer also thinks that it's ok to let her shop on ebay."

I inquire as to what her mother has bought, and she replies "She sent me roughly 40 pairs of underwear. USED UNDERWEAR. I tried to explain to her that anytime someone says something is 'like new' and it only costs 4 dollars, YOU SHOULD NOT BUY IT. Plus they are so large they could cover a small elephant. And there are...stains on them. But now I have something to cover my furniture the next time I paint a room, so I guess I lucked out."

LOL indeed!