One thing good about the ang moh hor.. is that they never blame the wife.. if the child is naughty. Most chinese man i know.. like my father lah.. and my grandfather.. and even my brothers.. they blame the woman/wife.. if the kid/s is naughty.
This morning.. the brat of ours.. was cranking up.. and wanting her own way.. like the way she bullies me. I just got up.. and was in the washroom.. and heard PB tell chloe.. “no chloe.. you are not getting your way .. because everytime.. mummy let you eat elsewhere .. you don’t eat and you bully her, so you are not eating anywhere else except the high chair”
Actually truth be told hor.. i let chloe get away with murder.. i do scream at her.. once she pushes me too far. But most times.. i’m quite patient and let her do whatever she wants. Like eating in the TV room lah.. or eating on her bed in the puter room lah.. or even let her watch tv.. when she wakes up first thing in the morning.. just to keep her quiet. The only time i loose my cool.. is when i am hungry.. and she is still fussing.. and refuses to let me cook or eat.. NOW..!! that’s when i give up.. and either spanked her.. or scream my lungs out at her. I digress.
But “ang moh” hor.. never ever said anything bad about me.. in front of the brat.. so the brat hor.. cannot or never disrespect me lor.. and no conflict in front of the brat. So this morning.. when i heard what “ang moh” told the brat hor.. i bet my brother, father or grandfather would have said this instead.. ” Your mummy let you get away with murder.. but not me.. ok..!! Your mummy spoil you .. that’s why you become so naughty.. ahh..!!!” “You are so naughty hor.. because your mummy donch know how to teach you .. !!”
Yup.. along those lines would have been what most men i know would have said to the child.. but not my “ang moh”. But lucky he never say that.. else i “terajang” him to London Square.