Now I am perfect is an accepted fact. But then there are certain things I do not like to do. Please note the catchphrase here is “do not like to do” and not “that I cannot do” (hello am perfect and I can do everything). So one of those things which I do not like to do is cleaning my room. Ma on the other hand (and so was Baba), loves everything perfect. It’s like even at 4 am she wants the home to look like some guest will enter any minute. Nevertheless its a regular fight between us. So one day, I come home and Ma is livid at me. Here is a sample of the conversation we had :
Me : Are you upset? (I know she is cause her face is stern and she is not talking to me)
Ma: Yes
Me: Why?
Ma: Am I your maidservant? And that too an unpaid one?
Me: Is that a question which demands an answer from me? (somehow I know whatever I say, it will land me in trouble)
Ma: (Completely ignoring my question) Do you know, I work the entire day to keep this home spic and span and how long does it take for you to dirty everything? Go to your room and see. Everyday I clean this house and you come back and in 10 minutes you manage to make the entire home look like a shit-hole (Read: entire room is just my bedroom where no one ever enters and God knows how it would matter if it is in a mess)
Me : OK…so you cleaned it up. So why you angry?
Ma: Well I thought I potty-trained you when you were two. I was not aware that even at this age I had to go clean the shit my daughter makes. Hence I am angry…
END OF CONVERSATION…
Sounds like conversations between me and my kids. I’m always telling them that ‘M’ stands for Mary, not maid!
LOL Mary…well what to do? Ma and me are always having such conversations…
hey! that was me and also my mum in one and then different but the same..
Cheers A
Funny cuz it’s the other way around in my house. My mom makes a mess with the stuff she hoards like newspapers, coupons, fancy perfume bottles, and what-not. And they’re all over the place. She’d never want me to touch them; otherwise I’d just throw em all out! 🙂
Sorry, in your case, I’m on team mom! :))
@ AJ the problem in my home is also everyone is on Team Mom including my friends…NO1 SEEMS TO SIDE WITH POOR ME 🙂
LOL Priya…sounds both like a conversation with my mom, and with my daughter. I think all moms are like that…nice post!!
I know…Baba used to say all moms say the same thing. They go to a “Mom-language training school” before they come a Mom. Cause what Ma used to tell me, my grandma used to tell my dad 😛
Like AJ, even I am with your mom here as I am a stickler for cleanliness and order. I always keep driving people nuts over order.
Well, . . . now if I have kids and they are a teeny-weeny bit like you, they had it!
Joy always,
Susan
Susan, I pity your kids…I hope the day I marry and turn into a mom I don’t behave this way 🙂
LOL – sounds familiar : )
Ya Kriti…I can imagine all mothers talk this way 🙂