When your son grows up.........

When your son grows up.........

by Minakshi Ray on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 12:22am

Yesterday, my Chhutku shared his friend's secret with me "Hamza has a g'friend" and we gigled like best buddies. On being asked whether he also has one , he said "Mama stop annoying me" but he went completely red in cheeks. His answer was neither outright denial nor admittance......

 And the mother's mind suddenly put on alert! Does he have one and I have no Knowledge? How is that possible - he can't wear a pair of socks by himself but could find a g'friend all by himself? May be I am concentrating too much on my Masters and not keeping enough watch on them.....

 Guesses are wild - who could it be? Tessa ? Kimiya? Demira? Amal? Muskan - no idea...In anticipation , I plan to start feeding myself with heavy dose of BBC, CNN, Al Iraq, etc so that I get familiar with accent - British, American, Australian, Arabic and sorts - my son's g'friend may be from any of these countries .

 When I meet mothers of Chhutku ‘s friend, I talk less and smile more because I can make out only 50% of what they say and I guess the rest by reading the lips . A sweet Smile can be an answer to any questions - I am sure.

 ..... but when I will meet my Chhutku ‘s g'frnd , my accent should be proper and I need to understand each word she says - after all I would be her mom-in-law someday and moms-in-law dont like losing any battle without giving a 100% effort !!

 ...... and hence, in addition to Masters, Fitness class , I am learning to speak english like never before. Phew!!

 By the way, what could be proper translation of “Sada Suhagan Raho"? Anyone?

 All would-be mom-in-law, start preparing yourself in advance...............