"Hey didi why can't true lovers, i mean the really real onez, the ekdum asliwale true lovers, make love ???"
WHAT ? who said they can't ?? is what I thought of saying.
But that is not the way you answer a hyper active 13 year old extrovert kid who, by the way, is also your next door neighbour ! soo what do you do ??
well you twist things .. like .. " Hey where did that come from?"
" ahh one of my teacher said they shouldn't before marrage ... but why can't they .. han didi .. why not?? "
array yaar .. YOUR teacher said so ,ask her or better still ask your MOM ! But she wouldn't because both of us knew her momz answer - a tight slap !
how am I supposed to diplomatically answer this one now !
But i knew I had to or this kid won't let me go ...
Now I had to make a choice between the rebellious, path breaking, crazy looking, next door neighbour or the oh so morally correct elder sister ...
common people .. I had to LIVE in my house ... right next to hers .. for years to come ...
yah i chose the latter ... so what reasons did I give for not doing it?
"Well honey to begin with it's all in our culture .. you see it's so different from the west .. and blah blah blah (don't even remember what crap lecture I gave the poor kid .. don't blame me .. she asked for it)"
"ok di I understand but I am talking about the MADE FOR EACH other types"
oh my God .. it's not that easy to get away ..
"Eh .. ammmm ... yah because you can't trust the other person .. you know .. when they might walk out ??" (WHAT? that's the best I could think!)
and then I stuck to this line for all the other questions that followed ... until she gave in ( YES YES )
So much for not imparting that sex education in school ...
n that reminds me of a very serious conversation my friends had a while back:
friend P: Sex education is so important, they should make it a part of the curriculum.
friend S: True .. but they might be having trouble finding teachers for it .. i guess
friends P:(Got a bit too excited) trouble finding teachers ? for what ? the theory or the practical ?
opps .. slip of tongue .. and mind ..
