“Daddy…. I want bangles!!!” little Surumi yelled as she shook me up from my afternoon nap.
I felt irritated but tried to smile so that she wont notice my irritation. She was our only kid and I wanted her to be happy. I tried to fulfill all her wishes and she grew up as a spoilt child. Even my wife was against my way of handling Surumi and she blamed me for the little one’s temperament and mood vacillations.
“Daddy….. bangles!!!!” she said softly, realizing that I was awake.
“Why do you need bangles now my dear…. I will get it for you in the evening when we go out for shopping” I said trying to pacify her.
“No….. I want it now!!!!” She shouted twitching her lips and I knew she was at the beginning of a sobbing spree.
My wife who was listening to our conversation gestured me not to cave in for her demands.
“Ok baby… I will get it for you” I said as I got up from the sofa. I looked at my wife and she pulled a face at me showing her displeasure on my contrary intentions. I ignored her stare as it was easy to endure than Surumi’s glumness.
I dressed up to go to the kids store and one my way out I asked Surumi “Are you coming with me?”
“No dad…. I will stay with mom and watch pokemon on cartoon network” she said.
I knew that she was interested in the latter part than the former. I smiled at her and went out.
The bangles section in the kids store was like a museum of colours. Bangles of all colours…… Green, blue, yellow, violet, red, white, black, magenta…. you name a colour and they have it. I selected two sets of bangles…… a set of green and another set of blue. The shop keeper smiled at me as he knew very well that my presence in his shop was coerced by Surumi’s mood swings. He neatly packed the bangles in a box and handed it to me. I paid him and left the shop feeling contended for finding the best stuff for my daughter.
As I opened the door, Surumi came running to me, screaming at the top of her voice. Screaming was her dearest way of conveying happiness. She grabbed the box from my hand and tore open the cover. The bangles fell on her lap and she picked one and looked at me with wide eyes.
“Dad… What is this?” She asked.
“Bangles.. my dear… green and blue ones” I explained.
She turned to my wife and said “Mamma….. this dad doesn’t know anything. I wanted ‘Bangles’ video game and look what he have brought…”
She threw the bangles on the floor and it broke in to a million pieces….. green and blue!!!!
November 18, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Sensitive children at times with no sense whatsoever……….
November 18, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Attention all DAD’s!!!
Time has changed also the kids. All should realize its the time of PSP’s and XBox’s. Time of silly doll maniacs are over. Babies are born with Boxing gloves and baseball bats. So never be late or you will become ‘The late’.
November 21, 2009 at 5:58 am
awhh generation gap!
And an allegory I guess; parents and kids never think alike. =]
But going with the theme, today half my class was missing because some really popular movie came out today and everyone wanted to see it.. makes you doubt the sanity of those parents who let their kids go to the movies during school hours.
And Surumi is such a beautiful name!
November 21, 2009 at 6:26 am
@ariyathe its juz an imaginative story and never an apologue….
About ur classmates going for movie during school time…… 🙂 instead of doubting the sanity of their parents why don’t we see the fun they might have had by bunking classes and watching the movie together!!!! you can do all these stuff when you are in school… after that it will be termed as running away from responsibilities!!!!
btw…. I am making a wild guess about the movie…. kurbaan… ehhh….. or 2012…!! 😉
November 22, 2009 at 7:54 pm
‘New Moon’ actually. I understand kids bunking classes but not the parents who preordered their tickets during school time and drove them to the theater instead. =]
November 23, 2009 at 8:29 am
@ariyathe thts truly insane…….
November 28, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Awww…. sweet story 🙂
…and LOL… Suj, you’re getting old man… you’re beginning to have a serious generation problem… Only ‘Oldies’ like us would wanna watch Kurbaan or some shit like that… Kids these days wouldn’t even bother… coz they’re hooked to dumb Robert Patti’s-son and his histrionics… sad future!
November 28, 2009 at 11:08 pm
@aakaash ;-0 u said it man….. but remember…. its not me alone yaar… its us… who r getting older..!!!!
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December 15, 2009 at 10:26 pm
gosh.. touching story.. Gosh, reminds me of all the times I have been insensitive to the loving intentions of my parents and failing to see behind the actions… huh!!!
December 15, 2009 at 10:29 pm
lol, i just realized, i seem to be too influenced by our old neighbour, Mr. Ghosh.. keep saying his name every time I intend to simply say, God!!
December 15, 2009 at 10:52 pm
@Meenakshi everybody have similar stories dear..
And abt the Gosh part….. ROFL!!!! 🙂 Mr. Ghosh have got lot of neighbours….. some are in my office too!!!! 🙂
June 28, 2010 at 7:20 am
Interesting story, illustrating poor communications and poor boundaries in a typical family.
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