"You don't bring me flowers...... You don't sing me love song...."
The only two verses I know of a song by Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand.
But no matter. The Slim Lady is the sort of lady who does not fancy flower anyway. Female colleagues of mine told me not to believe this crap. They swear that girls from kids to 92 love flowers. One implication is that my wife is LYING. The other is that I should buy flowers for them. LOL.
Neither is my wife too keen on my singing. She never has a ear for music, save those sound-tracks from those Korean serial featuring hunky men and SYT (sweet young things). Sometimes, I wonder if she's tone-deaf.
Valentine's Day used to be sooo romantic. I bought dozens of flowers for her, sometimes having them delivered to her workplace. I painstakingly hand-made her Valentine's Cards. And then there was the candle-light dinner. Florists and restaurants were laughing their way to the banks. And what do we do? Staring lovey-dovey into each other's eyes. My wife said that if we were to do that today, she would try to stare pass behind my eyes to see if I still have a brain. Imaging spending a bomb on a dinner that would otherwise cost 50% less.
Valentine's Day, along with Mothers' Day and Father's Day, occasions meant to appreciate our loved ones, have become overly commercialised. When the face of commercialism rears its ungly head, it leaves me cold sometimes. The practice by retailers, florists and restaurants to mark up prices by 50-80% smacks of exploitation. That's partly the reason the Slim Lady and I decided to have no part in Valentine's Day.
But alas, being a sentimental fool that I am, I bought a flower, just a stock for my special lady today . She asked me "how much", like she always does. And I said "don't ask", like I always do each year. There was no candle-light dinner, though. And no exchange of presents. To us, everyday is a possible Valentine's Day.
I smsed the Slim Lady a Valentine's Day love note today first thing I reached the office:
"Happy Valentine's Day my dear!"She in turn smsed back:
"U too pse fetch Junior after sch yr mum said tab asked us to tell ah boy not to play with her comp...."That was followed by another sms on matters relating to some family "emergencies". Valentine's Day, did you say?
So much for romance .....
Category: Personal
6 comments:
I do agree wholeheartedly with you that the 50-80% increase in prices by florists and restaurants on Valentine's Day is totally unjustified and smacks of exploitation. However in one breath you said that but in the next you succumbed and bought a rose for the lady of your life. You are always so contradictory, Chris.
And when your wife asked you "How much?", of course she meant "How much do you love me?" Yet you are foolish enough to reply, "Don't ask" thereby missing a golden opportunity for a romantic and humorous moment. You should have said, "I love thee as much as how deep the ocean and how high the sky." I thought you were quite a poet but you just blew the $10 on that rose for nothing. Tsk, tsk, tsk (shaking my head).
In case you haven't realised, Victor, you're surrounded by a bunch of sentimental fools. I'm referring to the acquaintances you met in blogosphere, and me off course. I bought the flower on a whim. And I'm glad I did cos I believe the lady appreciates it.
Well, she ALWAYS asks "how much". There's always next year for me to try that line of yours. Thanks for the tip! Is that something that you've said to your wife through these years? No wonder she gets tired and tells you to STOP buying her flowers. LOL.
BTW, don't believe that crap about 买花人老土！You wife's still playing "hard to catch", despite being 老夫老妻！ Come on, what kind of woman would not be moved by a bouquet of flowers (ok, so I bought ONE stock) by the love of her life. I suppose you didn't get lucky that night huh? ROTFL.
heyhey! first thing first. we girls dont like flowers!!! but we want flowers because...
everyone else is having it! haha.. its really the truth. :p
anyways, cute entry and comments... uncle chris you mean a stalk of rose or stock?
but you are sweet... really :)
- EteL
Maybe Uncle Chris hopes that the 'stock' will bring on the 'stork' and help his 岳母大人 to achieve a full dozen and 孙子满堂啊! Haha.
Thanks Etel ..ermm.. I don't dabble in stocks or shares.. so, yeah... stalk is the word... as in "stalker"? Hmmm... the beauty of the English language.
Chun See, I love your wry sense of humour - good wordplay there. But in case you missed the comments on my 孙子满堂 post, our factories "sudah tutup" already. No amount of Baby Bonus is gonna help. It's too little too late :P
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