Random thoughts.

It takes one kid in your arm to go from didi to aunty! I have crossed over to the dark side. Someone I met recently called me aunty, and I was like "who where???" Come to think of it, this girl is 15, and I am almost twice her age. So its ok, in hindsight. But at that moment, it hit me like a ton of bricks!!

Have you ever noticed that when its one of those lucky draw thingys, you never get picked and when its one of those, pick someone to go to the gallows, its always you. Hmm. Odds, we have a love hate relationship with each other.

Can you really be friends with someone forever?? I mean forever and ever.. ? A friend's sis told us once, when we were planning to rent a place in Fort Collins, "if you want to remain as good friends, don't live together" interesting huh?

Are Puneris (or punekars) really that stuck up? These are the very words used by a mumbaikar about the people from Pune. There is pride, love and all the good things we feel about Pune. But why would punekars be called stuckup ? ( amchi kuthehi shakha nahi) :D

Listen to this..

if you have been in love for long enough.

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Kid friendliness :

I have noticed the following when people are faced with a strange-kid-in-two-feet-proximity. Some people, prefer to ignore the existence of the child, and stare past the baby, and also the adult who carries the baby. When the child is persistent about attention, they smile about a millimeter and run for their dear life.. (remember monster's inc).

There are others, who like to play with kids, but from a distance. They make funny faces, noises, but avoid the child as if touching would contaminate them.

Then there are the I like kids, but don't know what makes them smile. They usually see a child, and think, hmm.. cute baby.. will she laugh if I tell her the latest joke from reader's digest? They really want to be able to entertain the child, just don't know how.

And then there are the i-love-kids-poopy-messy-goey-bring-em-on. They run towards an adult with a child (mostly new moms, new grandmoms and college girls). They grab the child making cooing sounds, playing, laughing, giggling. They usually can entertain kids for hours and would rather play with the kid, then make a conversation with the adult.

I used to be kid unfriendly before I had my daughter. I still don't know how to handle somebody else's child. I feel like a fool making funny faces and noises. And yet I am a mother... go figure.