Texts from Alex

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What would your reaction be if a male hit on or wouldn't leave Angie alone? What about Eliza?

My ladies can take care of themselves, but sometimes I can’t help but feel the need to intervene, especially in Angie’s case if the advances are unwanted. Surprisingly sometimes those young men should be thankful they are dealing with a rejection from me, and not my daughter.

With Eliza, I frankly do not appreciate other men hitting on my wife. I understand she’s beautiful, smart and almost always the most gorgeous person in the room, but it's not like her wedding ring is hidden or anything. Take your chances elsewhere, mister.

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what’d you do to celebrate your anniversary

We celebrated with our family, and frankly I couldn’t think of a better way of having things. 

(OOC: You can read more about it here )

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How did you celebrate thanksgiving and does anyone in your family participate in Black Friday?

We had a big family dinner, and Eliza made her homemade cinnamon rolls that she only makes on Thanksgiving. The house smelled like cinnamon for days. And not really, it’s too hectic. However Theo did manage to drag Angie with her this past year.

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What's the best birthday present you ever received and who was it from?

This is going to sound kind of of silly but it was from Eliza (that’s not the silly part) from when we were in college. I think it was about a year after we started dating and she made me a little coupon book with things like, “Redeem for one free kiss” or “One date night”. 

The thing is, I haven’t used them all.... And I still have it. So every once in awhile I bring one out just to see if it’s still valid, it usually is.

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How would you feel if Angie started dating Philip's old roommate, Richard? Also, was there ever a time where you were really scared that somthing happened to your children?

Do you mean Richie? I have only met him a couple of times and he’s certainly a very nice young man. As far as I know he and Angie don’t know each other at all, let alone that they’d be dating. I suppose that would be fine, I don’t want to make any assumptions, I just want Angie to be happy with whoever she is with.

Probably more often then I would like to admit, I can’t help it, it’s just who I am. But I think the worst was when my oldest son was shot, it was a very scary time for my whole family, because for awhile there it almost seemed like he wasn’t going to make it. But that’s in the past and Philip is with us now and that is what matters. 

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What would your reaction be if Angie or Little Eliza brought home a boyfriend?

Well thankfully Lizzie is only eight so I have some time before I need to worry about my youngest bringing home any boys. As for Angie, I would like to think I’d be okay with it... And Eliza always tells me I need to relax, and that Angie is smart enough to make good choices, but I still worry. 

In terms of whoever the guy is, the have no mercy or sympathy from me because my kids always come first. I guess we’ll just have to see what happens when Angie decides she actually wants to introduce us to anyone she is dating.

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what's the most embarrassing thing of if your kids has done to you in public

I’ve suffered through quite a bit... But this takes the cake.AJ couldn’t have been more than eight or nine years old, and we were at our very first state dinner together as a family. And AJ was just chatting with a few other members of the cabinet (including George) and then he starts talking about how “daddy puts on on has bathrobe and this funny green stuff on his face-” because despite what people tell you I have learned how to relax. Anyway Jefferson thinks this was hilarious, I was mortified, if anything for the mental image I’m sure it conjured in many heads. AJ still likes to bring up this story every so often, and it always gives George quite a laugh. 

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Hi Alex how's Betsy and the family? Have you guys done anything fun this summer?

It's great we've all been great, seeing as I am no longer the Secretary of the Treasury Eliza and I have decided to pack up and return home... To New York City that is, we just waited to move everyone until the school year finished. Other than that a pretty uneventful summer, Angie came down from Rochester to visit a few times, I'm still waiting for Philip to propose to Theo and give me grandkids, but all in all it's been nice.