Friday, November 30, 2012

Silly Saturdays - Daddy's pet, mother's envy !!


Smera always puts in me tough situations, where I am left to wonder about her innocence and also the fact that if it really exists. What really triggered this thought is that, for the last few months the little one been demonstrating her favoritism towards her father more than me. 

It’s a known fact that girls are daddy’s pet, I had sort of accepted this and tried to get along with life feeling a little rejected. Nonetheless I had her kisses and hugs as a consolation prize for being the mum, that was the most precious reward that any parent can ask for.

Of late the girl has been shying to give me a kiss or a hug or even saying I love you mamma. So again the mum in me consoled myself that maybe she is growing up feels conscious now. However that didn’t seem to be a problem when it came to showering her affection on the father. What angered me even more was if I asked her at the same instance to give me a kiss as well, her reply would be “FINISH”.

Can someone please explain to me how a daughter’s kiss can ever finish for a mum? Something as precious as that is easily given away to the father even without being asked for, while I have beg, plead, threaten and what not! Feeling jealous I wonder what is that her father does that I do not do. I cook, clean, bathe, feed, take her to school, bring her back, buy nice clothes, and entertain her. The dad just has to come back from work pick her and there he gets the prize.

This brings me back to the question I started with how innocent is Smera? This one question has been troubling for over a week, and the answer to the question lies with Mr Sahir Ludhianvi. But he is dead now. Long before my vocabulary skills were even developed he left earth for a place in heaven. I wish if I am somehow granted just 5 minutes of interaction with him to get answer to my question from the man himself who wrote the song, “Bacche mann ke sacche” means kids are pure at heart.


Really? I think not. Atleast mine is not that innocent, she is an extremely clever child who knows that if she pleases her dad she would be rewarded with the iPad to play with. 

32 comments:

  1. :) clever child ...of a clever Mother
    I would like you to write more silly Saturday's cause sometimes I come back here, when am lil down, to read those :)

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    1. Sathish - I am glad you enjoyed reading them .. Inspires me to write more about silly things in my life :D

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  2. Its the i pad Sangeeta LOL
    nice post congrats for being the mother of such an intelligent daughter:)

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    1. Rajni - I'll have to find a to ace up the i-pad ... should you have any ideas pls let me know ..

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  3. hahaaa cleverly smart :D :D enjoyed reading this

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  4. Being smart doesn't mean that they are not true from their heart...it was a nice post to read...

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    1. Right Anjan and I am crossing my fingers on it that she stays innocent for the rest of her life ... What else can a mother ask for ?

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  5. very clever .... thats sooooo sweet ! even my daughter's stock of kisses at times get finished. I just looooorve baby girls..... muaaaah !

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    1. Aren't they girl, but incidents like these will remain with us forever :D

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    1. Thanks Sarabjit .. so glad to see you here .. hope you are doing good !!

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    2. Yeahh...me doing great...missed all of u...badly...thanks to this hectic schedule of my masters program... :P :P :P

      glad to read about the kid...how's everything going...??? :)

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    3. Good that it's studies that have been keeping you busy ... All's well here too ...

      You study really well and make the most of this time !! All the best boy !!

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  7. aah technology! :) So its not the Dad but the ipad!

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  8. I am not sure if Smera is innocent or not, but her mother sure is (which indirectly means Smera also is, she has your genes afterall);)this is such a sweet and innocent post.....keep going Sangy!

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    1. Did you mean that I am innocent prachee?? If yes.. then thank you so much girl you are one of the very few who be saying this ever .. :D

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  9. now we can say where the genes come from he he he he

    lovely post


    Bikram's

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  10. ha..ha..ha..Smart child...Very sweet post.:-)

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  11. Kids do take Moms for granted but do not worry as she grows up, she would be your pet:)

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    1. True even I am like that ... daddy's girl turned into mother's pet ...

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  12. I agree with Ghazala. Moms are taken for granted. :)I guess they get tired of seeing us all day, too. :)

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    1. True Divya! Even I sometimes feel that she gets bored of seeing me throughout the day !!

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  13. I can relate to your feelings and thoughts so much Sangeeta, because, the very same happened with me a couple of days ago. My son who is back from boarding school, asked me to update his Facebook account. (He does not get to use it there and plus he is not very familiar with it too.) I searched for his boarding school friends, tagged his friends in pictures etc and then he says that he wants to change his profile pic. I said OK and I showed him the various latest pics... his solo pics, pics with his dad and pics with me and guess what, he selects the pic with his dad as his profile picture. I was so dejected... and needless to say, the dad also spends that much time with him as Smera's dad with Smera!! :| No value of Moms!

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    1. Oh no !! I can imagine how you must have felt .. :(

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  14. I have the opposite effect. Whenever I return from Hamilton (New Zealand btw) to Auckland, I stick more closely with my mom than my dad.

    My dad often accuses my mother of spoiling me. I always confided in my Mom. But now, in order to stave off the image of being a momma's boy, I slowly stopped talking to her too.

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  15. I just read this, and I can't stop laughing :D.
    The lil naughty one is making you so jealous xD.
    Don't worry, the more she grows, the more she'll realize that she can be more free with you than her dad ;) :D.
    You'll know all her secrets :D and you can have little girl talks ;) xD

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  16. For some reason girls are more doted by their dads and boys are more doted by moms..I just realized that..that's why we have the "mama's boy" and "daddy's girl" phrases. My brother was more attached to my mom than I ever was..and seen it similar with other people I know.

    By the way, I have heard that song before..it's from the film "Do Kaliyan" from 1968. And that little girl is yesteryears actress Neetu Singh, and if you watch B'wood alot, she's the mom of one of today's popular Indian actors Ranbir Kapoor and wife of Rishi Kapoor.

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    1. Yes J but in my case I was a mamma's girl and was hoping the same from daughter. For now I have accepted this truth :D and I must compliment you on your thorough Bollywood knowledge!You are absolutely right, do kaliyan happens to be a favourite movie of mine too !!

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