Monday, November 1
Mum enters.
Mum: "Ate your dinner?"
Me: "Not yet, going out later to meet Singuan to study."
Mum (fumes, and stares right at me.): "Don't let me get angry at you, ok? WE HAVE A HOUSE RULE THAT YOU CAN'T GO OUT AT NIGHT. WHY MUST YOU MEET AT NIGHT?"
Me: "Cos Guan can't make it in the day?"
Mum: "THEN DON'T MEET!"
Me: "... Ok, fine." (walks to room)
Mum: "CANCEL YOUR APPOINTMENT!" *screams after me*
Me: (picks up phone to message Guan)
Ok, so yeah. I'm mad at my mum, but I'm trying hard not to show it. 'Projected' conversation if I ever decided to not bite back a sharp retort.
Mum: "THEN DON'T MEET!"
Me: "THEN I DON'T NEED TO STUDY?"
Mum: "STUDY AT HOME!"
Me: "I DON'T WANT TO STUDY AT HOME. I'LL GET DISTRACTED BY THE COM."
Mum: "THEN SELL AWAY THE COMPUTER!"
Me: *sarcasm* "... YA, AND WE LIVE IN THE STONE AGE WITHOUT COMPUTERS."
Mum: "YOU DON'T USE THAT TONE ON ME, ISABELLE TSAN XINNING."
Me: *mutters* "YOU ARE GETTING UNREASONABLE."
Mum: "BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET ME ENOUGH RESPECT."
Yada yada... And the voices raise higher and higher.
So glad I didn't decide to speak back against her. I know, I know, she doesn't want me out too late cos it's exam period, and yesterday I kinda went overboard when Ven, Heli and me went out until er, very late. But it's only Sunday! I mean, hello, I'm 18, I understand there's this very important exam coming up in about 3 days, and I know she cares a lot about me, and I have been trying not to fight with her. But I think she needs to know I really understand what I'm doing, who I'm hanging out with. I think she went overboard this time, but of course I won't tell it right in her face. Ah... Whatever lar, she's still my mum. We two just don't understand each other sometimes, I guess.
Posted by Isabelle at 10:07 pm