tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post5526992659547094756..comments2024-01-29T10:33:48.188+05:30Comments on A Corner Of My World: Surviving Mother's DayAparnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05527786215758008556noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-14080951344050029182010-06-03T20:53:46.734+05:302010-06-03T20:53:46.734+05:30Awwww!!! I'm wishing you a very very Happy Mot...Awwww!!! I'm wishing you a very very Happy Mother's day! When people take you for granted, it means that you are much more a part of themselves.. Pampering is for outsiders :) Though I hope you get pampered a lottttt in the future! :)MShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866535423875696231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-2581551045413448342010-05-23T10:17:47.414+05:302010-05-23T10:17:47.414+05:30I disagree totally with the part about your daught...I disagree totally with the part about your daughters. Me thinks they are the sweetest and more intelligent than kids of their age.<br /><br />Mother's Day?? I looked up the date and was aghast to know that on that particular day, I tagged along with the husband to an electronics shop and then went to a men's store and got him a new wardrobe. Cooked 3 times as usual. The boy made me madder. errr...so how come I didn't get any special treatment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-35723940263370081512010-05-21T01:00:44.137+05:302010-05-21T01:00:44.137+05:30First I wanted to say thank you for commenting :)
...First I wanted to say thank you for commenting :)<br />Then I wanted to say that I kind of agree with what you're saying. Cos I mean I'm 14 and not a mother yet (thank God!!) but although drive my Mum insane we have some good times. Trust me when I say you would not want two sons. I have two male cousins and they are wild!! Although I am very biased daughters rock !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-8265289048853214712010-05-16T11:05:26.846+05:302010-05-16T11:05:26.846+05:30@ Walk2write, I hope the daughters turn back to hu...@ Walk2write, I hope the daughters turn back to humans again. Right now they appear to be aliens. And yes, blogging helps, so does reading other people's blogs.<br /><br />@ Panorama, boys are not angels? Oh man, I am sooo disillusioned!<br /><br />@ Sujata, your son is a saint, why does the teacher complain so much?<br /><br />@ Holy Lama, and here I thought only girls hated mom's cooking!<br /><br />@ Roshni, you guys are almost making me happy that I did not have a boy!<br /><br />@ savvY, three cheers for mothers!<br /><br />@ Lazyani, very true.<br /><br />@ RGB, lucky you. Hope you enjoyed your day.<br /><br />@ Ritu, recessive genes? Hahaha, that was funny!<br /><br />@ Tomz, I know guys have smartened up. You can't employ crude ways of spying any more.<br /><br />@ Swatantra, yes, every day is mom's day.<br /><br />@ Kavi, sheer commerce. But I know a lot of mothers love the idea of celebrating Mother's Day. To me it does not mean a thing.<br /><br />@ Thanks Onkar!<br /><br />@ Jyothi, some mothers I know have the maturity of their kids. I wonder how they manage to bring up the children. but becoming parents at a later stage also is equally difficult as one does not have the energy to run after them.<br /><br />@ Neena, I share your sentiments 100%. Thanks for writing in.Aparnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527786215758008556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-88889744980199868972010-05-15T16:34:18.066+05:302010-05-15T16:34:18.066+05:30Whoever said mothering sons was easier than mother...Whoever said mothering sons was easier than mothering daughters? I'd any day raise 12 girls than one boy.<br />As for Mother's Day, I think it's a typical Western thing — be nice to your Mum once a year, never mind if you never even make a call for the rest of the year.Neena Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497590543410077798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-43230523676174613682010-05-15T13:59:13.201+05:302010-05-15T13:59:13.201+05:30You know sometimes I wonder! While growing up, we ...You know sometimes I wonder! While growing up, we never understood our mothers. and they never found it important to try and explain either. Here every other statement of mine to my kids is "Just wait and see, I am sure you will respect me for this one day!!!" Sheesh..Am I crazy to try and make them understand me? <br />I have one of each...boy and girl..I look at recently married couples and say..please wait for at least 10 years before you start a family. You need that maturity!! When will I grow up!!! :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-86639901727830018012010-05-15T12:45:38.925+05:302010-05-15T12:45:38.925+05:30Well written piece, as usual. Mother's day at ...Well written piece, as usual. Mother's day at least helped you vent your feelings !Onkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15549012098621516316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-35496730780734872012010-05-15T09:50:10.740+05:302010-05-15T09:50:10.740+05:30Mothers day and such other days are things that Ar...Mothers day and such other days are things that Archies and Hallmark made popular. Thats my pet theory !<br /><br />for every body else, both sons and daughter, mothers make each day !Kavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11426040093753611098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-24685544982194943482010-05-14T19:56:40.344+05:302010-05-14T19:56:40.344+05:30Very true!! I have the same feeling that everyday ...Very true!! I have the same feeling that everyday is a mothers day!!Swatantrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464802388614327065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-52766680334508323222010-05-14T19:26:48.782+05:302010-05-14T19:26:48.782+05:30Wishing you belated Happy Birthday (sorry nt belat...Wishing you belated Happy Birthday (sorry nt belated), since it is everyday..<br /><br />About the way how your mother spied your 16 year old brother..<br />Nowadays, the boys would have started exchanging love letter a few more years before..Tomzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809990191742945893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-61437865093196513572010-05-13T14:37:13.968+05:302010-05-13T14:37:13.968+05:30If you are a single Mom to sons, its the sons who ...If you are a single Mom to sons, its the sons who turn into protective Neanderthals, dont let you wear dresses or even lipstick and spy on you. So be glad you have daughters. Mine took me out for dinner and expected me to foot the bill. Sigh! Boys do have a recessive gene :((((Rituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311661584182041901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-43791073927350948512010-05-13T12:22:52.644+05:302010-05-13T12:22:52.644+05:30It was my daughter who was counting down to mother...It was my daughter who was counting down to mother's day at least a week in advance, this time around. And every other day, she would remind me that the following Sunday was Mother's Day and give me a sweet smile that's worth a million dollars! <br /><br />And with every passing year, we have more days (more reasons) to celebrate - mother's day, father's day, this day, that day and what not! I guess it's ok. At least, gives us a chance to think about it:)<br /><br />LOVED YOUR POST!RGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279590663523317849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-53395653676541249802010-05-13T11:29:41.470+05:302010-05-13T11:29:41.470+05:30Agreed Aparna, everyday is a Mothers Day. Why sing...Agreed Aparna, everyday is a Mothers Day. Why single out a day and spoil the othersLazyanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515533973086213840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-57212541529078622362010-05-13T08:44:47.296+05:302010-05-13T08:44:47.296+05:30I agree with ya Aparna... indeed every day's a...I agree with ya Aparna... indeed every day's a mothers day... Because without mothers, life is a tough job for me..SavvYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194541796254823060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-6844708489923946192010-05-12T21:18:45.285+05:302010-05-12T21:18:45.285+05:30Are you nuts, wanting a boy!!??? Do you know how m...Are you nuts, wanting a boy!!??? Do you know how much hair I have lost? Not to mention how much teeth enamel from gritting my teeth?! And, I definitely have to go for spinal surgery sometime soon because of some people who think they are feather-weight and launch themselves on me just on a whim!!<br />Well, the grass is always greener on the other side! I almost always look at my friend's girls and sigh!!!Roshnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107573625336456428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-41247647497146986432010-05-12T16:46:26.700+05:302010-05-12T16:46:26.700+05:30A small note:
Boys too need to be pushed to the p...A small note:<br />Boys too need to be pushed to the playground<br />And their friend's mom always cooks better<br />Two inches of hair and still five minutes to comb<br />And they always comment on your driving skills<br /><br />Life of a mother is difficult irrespective of the kids she has:(The Holy Lamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03386836612848424194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-36892075157808084532010-05-12T09:56:51.037+05:302010-05-12T09:56:51.037+05:30You got that right babe..some days are bad and the...You got that right babe..some days are bad and the rest are worse.But we survive!! Would not know if managing a boy is easy..I dont think it is.. the other day I was gloating over how my boy is suddenly become this good kid, who studies regularly, and then yesterday i see a note from his class teacher saying hes beating up other boys!!sujata senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101153080266818022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-16127888277819802672010-05-12T00:35:38.450+05:302010-05-12T00:35:38.450+05:30Lovely post, Aparna.Though boys are not angels bel...Lovely post, Aparna.Though boys are not angels believe me!! My ten year old tells me I talk to much and when I start on a lecture I never come to the point( he wants his lecture in one line!). The endless nagging...can u clean up after yourself and he yells back" can you stop nagging!!"<br />Boys are messy, and want to sit by their computer games all day. One day I asked him to start cleaning in teh house. Pat cam the reply" so that you can sit on teh sofa andf watch TV, thats a womans job!!"<br /><br />If I ask him how was his day I get a short" fine".<br /><br />So I have my share of mother woes too:) I wish I had a daughter too sometimes !!<br /><br />But we wouldn't have it any other way, would we?The Panoramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919885693479046926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-19930627092593502972010-05-11T23:55:02.597+05:302010-05-11T23:55:02.597+05:30One of these days, your daughters will become huma...One of these days, your daughters will become human again, and you will be thankful for them. Sons usually have a way of turning out well-adjusted too, in spite of all that flying-without-lessons parental misjudgment. You're lucky that you have teenagers now when there is such a thing as blogging. I honestly don't know how I survived with some of my sanity still intact.walk2writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501812375142037251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-21920509202548479432010-05-11T23:05:55.599+05:302010-05-11T23:05:55.599+05:30@ APARNA, thanks, thats rather sweet.I hope my dau...@ APARNA, thanks, thats rather sweet.I hope my daughters become my best friends too! And thanks for your wishes.<br /><br />@ Ms Chitchat, welcome to my space. Thank you very much for your appreciation.<br /><br />@ Vrinda, thank you very much for your encouraging words. And don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the celebration. It was mainly written in jest.<br /><br />@ Nazish Rahman, welcome back. Hope you will be permanently around in the blogging world from now on.<br /><br />@ UmaS, god really needed to give us that instruction manual! Our problems would have been halved.<br /><br />@ Sandhya, my mother used to do the same thing for my brother, so I know about the amount of cooking required for boys! Thanks for your encouraging words.<br /><br />@ Blunt edges, thanks!Aparnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527786215758008556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-84361484537985465472010-05-11T22:55:19.178+05:302010-05-11T22:55:19.178+05:30@ ZB, Mother's Day came and went,and Father...@ ZB, Mother's Day came and went,and Father's Day will come too, just you wait. But as you rightly said,we do not need any ceremony to celebrate our parents.<br /><br />@ Nu, my mother knows that I love her deeply, though as a child we never celebrated Mother's Day. On her birthday we used to give her gifts and later we started taking her out for lunch/dinner. She used to be ecstatic.<br /><br />@ Destiny's child,thanks a lot.<br /><br />@ Lazy Pineapple, we did not celebrate Mother's Day while growing up true, but do you think our mothers did not know they were special in our lives? My brother and I celebrated my parents' anniversary and their birthdays and they felt very happy.<br /><br />@ Unsungpsalm,point taken, daughters are rather sweet and boys are nothing but trouble! Hope one day, you will have a daughter of your own.All the best.<br /><br />@ Swaram, yes it is :)<br /><br />@ Anu, boys or girls, I hope all our children understand the challenges we mothers face every single day.<br /><br />@ BK Chowla, yes, mothers are truly special.<br /><br />@ Bluebird, thanks, coming from you, it's a huge compliment.<br /><br />@ Smita, thanks a lot...I am rather incapable of mush I think!Aparnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527786215758008556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-32245234900822399562010-05-11T21:55:08.880+05:302010-05-11T21:55:08.880+05:30a sweet read that :)
belated happy mother's da...a sweet read that :)<br />belated happy mother's day :DBlunt Edgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08555022660539210810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-58314005751814236902010-05-11T21:02:04.355+05:302010-05-11T21:02:04.355+05:30You play with words very nicely, Aparna! I am alw...You play with words very nicely, Aparna! I am always happy to read your posts.<br /><br />Your daughters definitely will adore you, when they grow up. <br /><br />I have experience with my 2 sons...what you said is right...I was going on cooking cooking AND cooking!<br /><br />Enjoyed reading this post!Sandhyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478831923010850316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-25487128862725679152010-05-11T20:51:39.243+05:302010-05-11T20:51:39.243+05:30Parenting is tough, whether you have daughters or ...Parenting is tough, whether you have daughters or sons. The problems are many and different, but they are there. Though, things would have been different if God had been kind enuf to send a manual along with - LOL, didnt think of this idea at all.<br /><br />Yes, its absolutely not fair to celebrate it only on one fine day. Actually, it was like every other day !!!UmaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17722531345534341610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376829085082321753.post-90522541871264357402010-05-11T19:34:38.275+05:302010-05-11T19:34:38.275+05:30I definitely agree that everyday is Mothers Day..i...I definitely agree that everyday is Mothers Day..its all the western culture!! <br />Its nice to b back to blogging world once again and simply missed a lot of your post so need to catch them soon !!! :)<br />tcNRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987719285041286082noreply@blogger.com