These kids !!
Mahesh and Rekha were at a loss to understand why he was behaving in this fashion.
Mahesh lost his temper that day and his wife, Rekha was helpless too.
This time, she was unable to bear his temper tantrums. He wanted an ice-cream !
“I want an ice-cream today……..if you don’t get it for me, I won’t attend my sloka classes...” He screamed.
“It is sheer blackmail! “ Rekha sighed.
One hour of sloka class was the only time she had rest. If he was at home, he would keep on nagging her. What if he discontinues the classes?? She could not even imagine it.
Two days before, he has been asking for chocolates. He was walking around with a drooped face and pestering both of them. However, Mahesh felt sorry for him and got him the chocolates.
It is not that they didn’t want to get him what he wanted but they had been to the dentist some time back and the dentist had said that his teeth were full of decay and they would have to pull out a few if he did not control eating sweets! It was only for his good.
“Listen...”Mahesh said. . .”You are testing our patience. This is not the way to behave. It is for your good that we are asking you not to have ice creams and chocolates. Now be good and go to sloka class...” His advice was falling into deaf ears.
“No. I want ice-cream!” That was the only mantra that day.
“If you are going to throw these tantrums, I will call the dentist and make him pull out all your teeth!” No threats scared him. He kept on repeating what he wanted.
He didn’t seem to care about his teeth being pulled.
“I can go without my teeth, who cares!” he said.
“How adamant you are! Don’t act so kiddish. You are a grown-up now” Mahesh felt like thrashing him and make him sit in a corner. He had promised his mom that he would never hurt him. That was the only constraint which was preventing him now.
About a week back, Rekha prepared laddus for a get-together. She was aware that he would lay his hands on it. She hid them in a top-shelf where she was sure he can’t reach... But oh no, when she had gone out to buy veggies, he went inside the kitchen, pulled up a chair and gobbled as many laddus as possible. It was unfortunate that while he was getting down, the chair slid and he fell down and fractured his leg.
He was down in bed for a month.
“Why don’t you understand how concerned we are about you?” Mahesh was in tears. Would he ever understand at all? His mother has gone on a holy tour fully confident that they will be able to cope up with him.
But Mahesh blamed his mother for these happenings. His mother has made him a spoilt brat. She has been giving him everything even before he could ask. Now who was suffering?
Mahesh is still puzzled as to how to manage a 75-year-old kid!
Mahesh lost his temper that day and his wife, Rekha was helpless too.
This time, she was unable to bear his temper tantrums. He wanted an ice-cream !
“I want an ice-cream today……..if you don’t get it for me, I won’t attend my sloka classes...” He screamed.
“It is sheer blackmail! “ Rekha sighed.
One hour of sloka class was the only time she had rest. If he was at home, he would keep on nagging her. What if he discontinues the classes?? She could not even imagine it.
Two days before, he has been asking for chocolates. He was walking around with a drooped face and pestering both of them. However, Mahesh felt sorry for him and got him the chocolates.
It is not that they didn’t want to get him what he wanted but they had been to the dentist some time back and the dentist had said that his teeth were full of decay and they would have to pull out a few if he did not control eating sweets! It was only for his good.
“Listen...”Mahesh said. . .”You are testing our patience. This is not the way to behave. It is for your good that we are asking you not to have ice creams and chocolates. Now be good and go to sloka class...” His advice was falling into deaf ears.
“No. I want ice-cream!” That was the only mantra that day.
“If you are going to throw these tantrums, I will call the dentist and make him pull out all your teeth!” No threats scared him. He kept on repeating what he wanted.
He didn’t seem to care about his teeth being pulled.
“I can go without my teeth, who cares!” he said.
“How adamant you are! Don’t act so kiddish. You are a grown-up now” Mahesh felt like thrashing him and make him sit in a corner. He had promised his mom that he would never hurt him. That was the only constraint which was preventing him now.
About a week back, Rekha prepared laddus for a get-together. She was aware that he would lay his hands on it. She hid them in a top-shelf where she was sure he can’t reach... But oh no, when she had gone out to buy veggies, he went inside the kitchen, pulled up a chair and gobbled as many laddus as possible. It was unfortunate that while he was getting down, the chair slid and he fell down and fractured his leg.
He was down in bed for a month.
“Why don’t you understand how concerned we are about you?” Mahesh was in tears. Would he ever understand at all? His mother has gone on a holy tour fully confident that they will be able to cope up with him.
But Mahesh blamed his mother for these happenings. His mother has made him a spoilt brat. She has been giving him everything even before he could ask. Now who was suffering?
Mahesh is still puzzled as to how to manage a 75-year-old kid!
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