I am told that my blog is getting very boring and that they would rather look up the Bible instead of reading my blog(Kidding!!) ,so thought I would blog about something on a lighter note.
I find it completely stupefying and baffling that dads can be so sweet and understanding when it comes to their daughters grave mistakes but ironically very demanding when it comes to a wife's petty mistakes.Wonder how can two such characters exist in one person ???
Now you guys must be wondering where does all this philosophy come from? Well like any other "WISE" person would quote I would say "EXPERIENCE"..ehmm.!!
My mom has a habit of frequently visiting her hometown leaving my dad at the mercy of my non-existing culinary skills. I used to hate those days because that would mean I need to enter the kitchen and "ACTUALLY" cook! Ironically even if my cooking was a total disaster my dad would never complain.I had even served him burnt food a couple of times because I would not have the time to redo it all over again .He would always reassure me that the food is "just fine" however bad it tastes.
The same" sweet" dad becomes a very different person when my mom returns from her hometown.He fusses about food not being tasty or refuse to eat a certain curry because it doesn't have enough oil/certain spice is not just right or demand a certain curry to be made when everything is all set to eat .
It becomes even more funny when my mom and dad have a fight. Say if I pitch in between them and try to sort things out from stewing up and bring him food (which he refused to eat the day before) unknowingly, he would still eat it.
Mom and me have a constant ongoing joke regarding my dads behaviour.I even tease her by telling her not to be jealous seeing the way I get royally pampered by my dad.
Wonder why this demarcation exists?
Is it because he understands that I am relatively new to this that he is lenient with me or is it because he loves me more(that cant be the reason!!).... or is it because he is being just NICE to me while showing his true nature to my mom??? God only knows!!
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J,
He is being nice because your time with your husband is yet to come :-). Having tasted your mom's preparations, I don't know how your dad could find any fault with all that delicious stuff. The next time he complains, tell him there are enough people to grab the food and run if he looks the other way.
V
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