Thursday, January 7, 2016

Babel

I sometimes feel like I'm living in a babel zone. At the very same time:

Hubby:  Economy is so bad these days and these people are only focused on making money for themselves! Bla bla bla goes into criticism of politicans in general and specifically.

SE: See Mummy? I colour thih rabbit to be purple. Then I colour the jacket to be le-llo.  See Mummy? MUMMY!! Bla bla bla into details of her colouring.

JE: Mummy, the Avatar show, I like Katara the best. Coz she is pretty and she can do water bending. Like this *whoosh... bla bla bla goes into long story.
 
And yes, I am expected by all three parties to attend to them! Failure to show complete attention to each individual will result in
1) Hubby going into a huff and refusing to talk any more
2) Louder and louder cries of "Mummy!, MUMMY! MUM-MEEE!!!" from SE
3) Softer but insistent query "Mummy, are you listening? MUMMY!?" from JE

Gahh. I should start a queue system. Except I know for sure it won't work with any of the three.

The three on the left... are the difficult people

5 comments:

  1. That was what happened to me when my kids were small and add one more number to yours, i.e. my father in law....Lol! at the end of day, I have no time for myself! Now many year later, my sons are telling me that I am a lousy listener. Sigh! Lol!

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  2. You just need more ears, one pair for each of them! ;p

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  3. Nancy, FIL too?? Haha you win!

    Mun, I try to follow each one but have to give up very soon.

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  4. be it hubs or my girl, I'd tell the other to hush and let the one who was speaking to me speak first. take turns otherwise it really is hard to concentrate!!

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  5. Ai, hubs would just go into a huff haha. Small girl would continue talking after 2 secs. Big girl, maybe.

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