Category The L&M and the brats
Forgetfully yours
The ASM (Automatic Searching Machine) that he has become, all the L&M has to do is hear the first words of my whine, ‘I can’t find…’ before he jumps up like a wound up toy and begins looking for it without even knowing what he is searching for.
Made for each other – inside out!
The label at the neckline, which should have been inside by rights, looked as it was winking happily at all and sundry for having got a chance to see the world!
Winging home
He still made unannounced nocturnal entries but I began recognising his friends’ clothes soon. In fact, when he came back in his own clothes one time, I actually enquired as to whether he had quarrelled with his friends. And that bag of laundry!
My Mobile Journey
Everyone knows that technical gizmos become obsolete faster than you can say ‘obsolete.’ True to his nature, I caught the L&M staring at his first mobile phone reflectively one day. I did a handstand and a cartwheel for good measure in the next room. I was going to get his old handset now!
MTV, Brats and me
I never realised that I would ever miss the infernal MTV. After all those years begging the brats to shut the noise off, I should have been happy. But I felt miserable.The silence was getting to me….
Fat to Fit and Vice Versa
Almost everyone goes on a diet at some point in their lives or the other. But the L&M is unique — he keeps going on them all the time and how!
That was then….
It is not always a game of ‘mom-is-a-dodo.’ Once they enter their mid/late teens, it is not father against mother, but their parents against others’ parents. It is the all important thing to impress their friends by presenting their parents in the best light.
The lady has her moments too!
You have read about the foibles of the L&M and the Brats. Now read about the Lady of the house!
Eating out, brat-style
If I want to eat a Chinese dinner, the L&M might want a tandoori night and the boys would want nothing short of a Moroccan meal or a Spanish feast.
The day I climbed the wall
When the guests were finally released by the hysterical host, they found a home right out of Good Housekeeping!
The Cybernag 
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