Loving Out Loud

A friend of mine sent an email to her aunt recently to inform her that a relative had died. Her aunt’s response was a surprising “LOL. Thanks”. So, my friend became alarmed ‘cause, like, why would her aunt be laughing out loud about something like that? A few days later, she was comforted when she saw her aunt at the funeral and her aunt was her normal old self.

  

Finally, after talking to her aunt, she solved the mystery. It turns out that “LOL”, before it became somewhat overused in emails, texting and what all, had the meaning “Lots of Love”. So, this put a different spin on her aunt’s response.

Well apparently there are versions of this story floating around the net. So, this whole thing got me to thinking. I really need to go back and review all those responses I’ve received from you, my loyal readers, and determine which LOL you meant. Going forward, when writing to us, please note which acronym you’re using. But really, in this troubled world in which we live, why can’t it mean both, as in “laughed out loud with lots of love”? That's what we're all about here at Uncle Tommy.