#motherftw

Progress test win. No seriously, win.


Also, mother trying to give me dating advice is double win. Context: One of the Three Deadly Sins (TDS) stayed at E.'s place during the weekend. E. had asked if this was okay with me a few weeks ago and I had said that it was fine by me. I had also warned him that if anything happened, I would ruin him. Anyway, the weekend passed by without a mishap and today when mother asked if I had recently talked to E., I said that he had one of the TDS over for the weekend, so I didn't really get that much time to talk to him.

"Isn't she your height?" I shit you not, that was my mother's first response.
"Uh, she's like my height. Yeah, I think we're the same height."
-silence on the line- "... well, I don't like it very much." Was my mother's next statement. "Were you worried?"
"He asked if it was okay and I said it was. I suppose if I had a guy friend, E. wouldn't have an issue. TDS and E. are quite close and they talk a bit."
Mother: "I don't think it's very proper. You should tell E. to tell TDS to back off and find some girls to talk to instead."

YES, THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT. THANK YOU MOTHER FOR VOCALISING MY INTERNAL THOUGHTS.

Instead, I said "Oh, I can't tell him who he can and can't talk to."
"Yes, but what business does TDS have calling boys up and talking to them? Why can't she talk to girls?" There was a hint of vehemence in that.
"Culture's changed... boys and girls talk like friends." Was my feeble reply.
There was an emphatic humph on the end of the line. "Well, in Chinese culture, girls talk about personal problems to girls. TDS is a *bitch."

*I use the word 'bitch' because it is the only word that I can think of that corresponds to the Cantonese word my mother used.

Life is amusing.