My Kid#2 is all grown up. He went on his very first date today. Sigh!!!!!!
He’s gone out earlier – but always in a group. Today was the first time he took a girl out for the evening. People say Awwwwww
He was nervous. His coffee date was at 5 pm and he was ready by three ( jeans and a nice summery shirt, Nike sneakers, mobile phone with blue tooth, Ipod, PSP – I dont know why all of his gizmos but those were his accessories) and he got his car washed twice, cleaned up all the car from the inside and even bought flowers (yellow roses).
DIL was active participant. It did my heart good to see major advise being asked and being dispensed. It also took all effort on my part to not crack up at the proceedings. I have a corny sense of humour you see, and I can not reconcile the image of a tiny baby still fresh in my mind with this grown up boy young man taking a girl he finds special out for a date.
Kid#2 : Bhabhi do I look okay
DIL : Change your socks, and show me your nails
Kid#2 : Okay
Editors Note : I am awed, he would have killed me if I had suggested anything like that. He quickly ran to his room and I gave DIL a thumbs up while she signalled a V with her hand
DIL : Okay remember, dont talk too much. Listen to her.
Kid#2 : I dunno, girls keep on talking all the time
DIL : Yes, and you have to listen, if you want any more dates with her
Kid#2 : We are going to Barrista ……
DIL : Bad idea. Take her to Costa Coffee. Barrista is cheap.
Kid#2 : Ewwwww (Probably seeing this week’s pocket money flying away)
DIL : You want another date?
Kid#2 : Okay Okay! What do I order?
DIL : (Smiling) You dont, ask her to order.
Kid#2 : Mommmmm, give me next week’s pocket money in advance.
Me : On one condition – you will tell me every single thing that happened when you return.
Kid#2 : No way! You’re joking
Me : Evil Smile
DIL : Mommmmm, that is unfair. You are evil
Me : Evil Smile
Both of them glare at me. I surrender and hand over next week’s pocket money.
Bye, little one. Have a wonderful evening ……
Sigh! They grow up so fast!
October 9, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Awww This made such a delightful, adorable read
You are a cool mom & mom in law. Love reading your family posts.
)) ROTFL
And I think about that EVIL SMILE bit, you gave up too soon
PS Will my son ever clean his nails:)
Let him have his pehla pehla pyaar, he’ll do it
October 9, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Awww This made such a delightful, adorable read
You are a cool mom & mom in law. Love reading your family posts.
)) ROTFL
And I think about that EVIL SMILE bit, you gave up too soon
PS Will my son ever clean his nails:)
I am not able to post this comment
I know I gave up too soon – both of them were looking at me as though I was Cruella Da Ville heheheehehe, so I gave up otherwise I would have lost control and broken into giggles. They were so intense and solemn LOLLL
October 9, 2008 at 8:32 pm
O Evil Queen…
Hail!
(That’s all i wanted to say :p )
Regards,
Black Widow
(I am beginning to think it’s a cool sign off!)
I like the moniker you’ve given me
October 10, 2008 at 5:49 am
This young “bird” is ready to fly off from his nest. Stand on the sidelines and applaud.
To be frank, if it was my daughter, I too would not have resisted the “pure joy” of being “evil” and doing a bit of “khichamtani”. (this is Mumbaiya Hindi)
Oh absolutely! I never miss an opportunity
October 10, 2008 at 6:05 am
You are a cool, cool mom and mom in law
Delightful read your family posts make…I read this out to my kids and we were all in splits 
)
And rotfl @ the Evil Smile
Oh, we never ever miss an opportunity to do some khichamtani
October 10, 2008 at 6:58 am
awwwwwwwwww
m already wonderin how ll i feel my kid starts dating 
.. well yea.. m still in courting period of my marriage hehe..
It is difficult to describe. One part pride, 2 parts love, one part amusement and a total delight, such a rewarding experience
October 10, 2008 at 10:31 am
You’re the dream mother in law !
Thank you Gurpreet
October 10, 2008 at 12:15 pm
[:)]I smile with you evil queen [:)]…..
waiting for the day when my sons will go for the first date (official)..I came to know from evil sources [:D]that they had some unofficial ones lately .As you will remember the younger one is just 13 ..lolll u r adorable mommy
Ahhh those kids are in Delhi, jaldi shuruaat hoti hai
October 10, 2008 at 4:43 pm
sweet. so how was it
It must have been good. He has this smug satisfied expression and he is walking on air LOLLL. Right now he isnt telling us. When he comes down from the altitude and touches ground, he will hehehhehe. Me and the DIL are waiting for that day
October 11, 2008 at 3:52 am
Tee hee! That was soooo cute
October 11, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Great, I loved this post of yours. I think I like your DIL a lot. Please convey it to her.
And Please do a follow up post on the DATE and its Aftermath.
He hasn’t told us anything. When we ask him, he just gives us a b.e.a.m.i.n.g. smile and leaves it at that. He seems to be on cloud nine right now ……., both of us women are getting a bit impatient
October 12, 2008 at 3:48 am
so sweet… kids grow up fast right? and i love the way u are friendly with ur kids… I wish I had that kind of freedom when I went on my first date…. and Ya like manpreet I agree I like ur dil a lot too… infact I would say I like ur whole family
Thank you Monika
October 13, 2008 at 12:21 pm
aaaw…
I wish I had a mummy like u…
u r soo cool ma’m…
n my mom’s used to b too scary n stringent when i was in my teens…lol but i love her coz otherwise i wud ve gone too far i guess….
I disagree – children rebel if there is too much strictness – they stay within acceptable boundaries if allowed to set their own limits