L.A. Daddy and I were eating some Chinese food over the weekend. We’re lucky that L.A. Toddler also likes it. She’s crazy about rice, noodles, and really loves orange chicken. And she also loves the fortune cookie that comes with the meal.

However, when it comes to the fortunes… I’m starting to get a bit perturbed at fortune cookie companies. The fortunes suck! In fact, they’re not even fortunes any more. It used to be you would get a fortune that said something like, “A handsome stranger will make a big impact on your life.” Or “This is not a good time for financial decisions.” An actual fortune that warned of impending doom or teased you with promises of riches.

But not any more. The fortunes all seem to be descriptions of the reader - “You are great with people” or “You have a wonderful sense of humor.” Those are not a fortunes! It used to be you could all break open your fortunes and talk about them and laugh over them. Those days seem to be long gone.

What happened? Are fortune cookie companies worried about political correctness or being sued when a fortune doesn’t come true?

The tipping point was the “fortune” that I got this weekend - “Saturday is a good day for doing chores.” That is sooooo not a fortune! I don’t need my freakin’ fortune cookie to tell me to clean my house. If I’m ordering takeout there’s a good chance I ran out of time to make dinner, let alone to do my chores!

Of course, with all the problems in the world today does it really make sense to get upset about goofy little fortunes in a crappy hard cookie? Not really. But sometimes it’s the little things in life that you remember and make you smile.