Wednesday, June 08, 2005
preening time
mirror mirror on the wall,who's the fairest of them all?
was having dinner with pseudo master and mom when we overheard this conversation at the next table.
[preamble: a couple was sitting at the table next to ours, probably around pseudo master and mom's age as well. they kept looking over at me when i sat with my folks. oh whatever, starers. anyhow, they too, apparently had a middle aged daughter who joined them later. she's probably younger than me, in her early or mid 20s i reckon? looked mature but the moment words came out of her mouth, OMG. she sounded 16. anyway, digressed. here's the story]
daughter: mom, really, i didn't look good when i was young, i only looked good later, right? don't your think so dad?
her mom: no, you always looked good
daughter: *whines in bimbo tone* noooooo. i wasn't that pretty last time, all my friends told me so...
her mom: your friends are wrong
pseudo master looked at mom and passed his infamous eyeroll sideglance at the next table for their [unpaiseh] loud conversation.
anyhow, he kept his silence till we got home. that's when i overheard him talking to mom in the kitchen balcony as i towered my hair in the master bath (next to balcony)...
dad: that table is so weird, so thick skin, she's so not pretty at all
mom: quite ok la, but not your problem right?
dad: yeah but still, never see people like this before, praise themselves, tsktsk. besides, my daughter looks much better than theirs
mom: ??? ohhhh. you so petty for what?? nobody's comparing daughters what!btw, aren't you like that mother now? praising your own daughter?
dad: no, this is a fact. theirs was an exaggeration.
ms bee: *burst out laughing in the bathroom*
mom: so what? you very free is it? come and help me clean the kitchen later...
dad: *switches topic* i'm busy, i'm going to read the newspaper..potters out.
mom: sniggers
awww. it's sweet yet weird how parents get so defensive and ridiculous when it comes to their little girls. honestly no one's keeping score pa. RELAX la.
*hahaha* silly.
bee wrote this at 9:44 PM
5peekaboos
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At 11:51 PM,
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aww...so schweet your dad. hee... ;)
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sorry...forgot to leave ID behind...it's van lah.
bee said...
hee, thanx babe! i feel embarassed but its so funny i just had to post it *haha*
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parents do say the darnest things sometimes, don't they? heh... and it's nice to see/hear that they're on our side, even though they hardly admit it to our faces most of the time. ;p
-VAN-
Unknown said...
AAAAAHHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHA!!!
Oh. That's good.
Hold on a minute... I actually laughed.
Oh gosh. Where's my needle?
I need to jab myself.
*fumbles in the dark*
