Thursday, 19 April 2007
Exasperation!
P, my 9 year old daughter will never put her plate in the kitchen and the left overs in the bin.. I have tried everything.. yelling, explaining patiently, banning TV..!! But she still forgets..
Scene: Me returning home from work. I ring the bell.. P rushes to let me in..with a big smile and a 'hi amma, how was your day??'. Then she turns around and runs back as remembers her plate is still on the table ...and its been sitting there since lunch time!!! I ignore. At least she remembered now. I hate to think looking at my face reminds her to clear the table after her meal!!
Next day.. I come home, ring the bell.. P rushes to open the door.. 'hi amma etc etc..'. Her half eaten plate in still on the table; I look at it pointedly, she says .. 'amma, I couldn't eat it all in the afternoon. I am just finishing it off as its not good to waste food...!'
My 14 year old son smirks!! Right?? !!
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:) It reminds me of my mom. Among various rules and constant reminding, I still think of her "The Look" of disapproval and more than her scolding I used to be worried about her silent "Look"
Thanks for dropping by! Hope to see you more!
Thanks for the visit too... 'The look' !! will have to ask my daughter if its really like that.
My 2 cents. Don't ask your daughter. But if you want to know, ask your husband. :)
Hi again. You know what, as I was walikng home from work, I too decided not to 'ask' but rather to observe more!! But miracle of miracles.. the plate was washed clean and on the draining board..and P and me exchanged a BIG grin!!!
Hey, all women give looks to variety of people for variety of reasons. I know most of us seeing the 'look' know that discretion is the better part of valor If you ask then the whole point of giving the look is wasted. And I guess now you will be more conscious when you are irritated with something. The 'look' will not be the same again. :)
I think u may be right up to a point. Bcoz one cannot always be conscious of the expressions.. At some point things will take the natural course..
So when P does that again, be sure to give the look and wait for her change .
Btw my mom having 2 sons was always of the opinion that if she had a daughter she would have listened to her more than we did and kept the house clean and organized :)
Oh!! Thats not quite true.. My first born is a boy and I always longed for a girl. But my son is more like people imagine girls wd be.. very responsible, careful with money and demands, gentle with words, and so on. and my girl.. well I think u got an idea already..
Well, my mom used to say that until we were in school. After that I was fine and my bro still continues his ways. So my mom says that leaving you incharge of the house is better than your brother. But she still cribs for a daughter. But as she saw her friend's daughters, she sometimes says she is lucky she didn't have one. I sometimes feel my mom wanted a daughter and uses any excuse to justify that. I probably might do a post on this topic. How a discussion turned into an inspiration for a post. :)
"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance."
- Franklin P. Jones
Pilgrim.. I think thats a very good idea.. Look forward to your post.
Anon Thanks for visiting. Yes, that very true.. another thing is that one must be careful about the rules one makes for kids as you will surely hear it from them (directed at you) one day!!
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