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My daddy strongest…

Come zero, come centum, Paiyyan trots down to me, test paper and pen in hand for my signature.

Kutty, on the other hand, has her own hierarchy. When she scores less than 90%, she comes to me, flashes a semi-smile and gets my signature. When the score is 90% or above, she marches to her dad with twinkling eyes, a coy smile, and the best pen in the house. The little princess crowned by none less than the king.

“I love you, Ma,” she says.  ”But I love Appa a lot more.”

One parent gives up her career to clean puke and poop, cook, teach, attend PTA meetings, mollify school ayahs and bus conductors, and generally play doormat. The other parent gets the fan club. Talk about injustice.

Categories: family, kids, Parenting
  1. December 15, 2008 at 8:39 am | #1

    Daughters love their dad, don’t they!

    They do, they do!

  2. ~nm
    December 15, 2008 at 4:39 pm | #2

    Ohh yes..talk about injustice! But at the same time your heart smiles when you see this bond between father and the child. Doesn’t it? :)

    It sure does ;)

  3. December 15, 2008 at 7:59 pm | #3

    sob, sob, tell me. i didn’t give up my job, but do everything that needs to be done. but when the appan does stuff, she is going to town with it. grrrrrrrrrr… main reason this time around i want a son!

    Oh yes, sons are great that way. In fact, when there are only daughters, one of them tends to be closer to the mum, me thinks. Either way it ought to be fine with you. Good luck!

  4. December 15, 2008 at 9:36 pm | #4

    HAHAHA!

    I know there’s an element of pathos in this, but it’s making me laugh.

    Hee hee :)

  5. December 16, 2008 at 10:20 pm | #5

    its makin me lauf and cry at the same time.. very well written… hats off… i kno i love my dad more than my amma anytime.. tho i kno everythin she does is for me… n i wud love it if my daughter loves my husband more than me… i dono y i jus feel nice bout it :D

    It’s one fantastic feeling :)

  1. August 26, 2011 at 2:55 pm | #1

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