My 6 year old cousin sent me a message on MSN today and she asked me how old I am this year. It was a simple "How old are you?" with no underlying intentions of "can I sleep with you?" or "can I join you and your friends so that WE (meaning him) can get into the club?". It was such an innocent and straightforward question that I reacted with a "what do you mean?" question. My six year old cousin who probably thinks I am retarded because I don't quite understand a simple "how old are you question" then asked "why are you always on your computer? are you always at home?". Since when did kids become so technologically saavy and so smart? And do they always speak their mind? If so, when exactly do people start hiding their thoughts and how they feel? I felt like a loser, even my 6 year old cousin thinks I lack a social life. I replied "Yes, I am always at home. My work requires me to use the computer." And she replied so cleverly "don't use your computer too much. Very bad for your eyes!" I quickly said that I had to go, that I had to finish up some work.. and she said "ok...bye"
Exactly 1 min later, the MSN window started flashing. "HI.... which countree are you staying now?" and I chuckled. She obviously doesn't know the importance of work and deadline because she has never had to do work or face a deadline. I replied "New York City, in the USA". She replied "where is that?" How do I tell her that the USA is an area south of Canada??? So I just said "VERY FAR AWAY!" and she said "Me, Timothy (her brother), Felicia (her sister), Gerald (her brother), Pin Chong (her dad), Bee Lian (her mum), we are going to a countree at the end of the year"... I already think my cousin is very Americanized, calling her mum and dad by their first name. I asked which country they are going to visit and she said "EJEEP" in capitalized letters. "WOW, I've never been there... CAN I GO WITH YOU????" And she said bluntly "No, we booked everything already" and I decided to joke around a little and lighten things up, so I said "It's ok, I can share the bed with you!!" and she replied bluntly "I have to go and do something now. bye"
A 6 year old kid just outrightly rejected me. She wasn't even trying to be nice to me. Maybe I should start learning from her, and just speak my mind.
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