Talk Back At Me II

Just want to jot down some of my recent encounters with Ivan which left me dumbfounded.

1st Provocation :

[Ivan] : Hey mummy ... can you help me with *something* ? (which, I can't recall what was it all about now. Geez ... )

[me] : Nope. Can't you see I'm busy??

[Ivan grumbling to himself] : You are not busy. You are lazy. Lazy bum......

2nd Provocation :

I was nagging at Ivan for not greeting everyone he meets. He doesn't say hi, hello, good morning or not even a smile to all. Hmm .. I thought it's time to teach him some manners.

[me concluding my 20 mins of nag] : So, you must greet people, right? You can greet right?

[Ivan] : No, I cannot.

[me frustrated] : Why not????

[Ivan] : Cause I don't have mouth.

3rd Provocation :

At a different location and time, I was still nagging Ivan about greeting people issue.

[Ivan] : Don't talk to me.... (translated as ... stop nagging !)

[me] : Fine. I'm not talking to you anymore.

[Ivan probably felt bad or amused at my behaviour] : Mummy ... mummmyyyyy ... muuuummmyyyyyyy ....

[me] : huuummpppffff !

[Ivan] : whateveeeeerrrrrrr ....

Sometimes, I do wonder where did he learn on how to annoy me? From the movies? Or he picked it up from Jef? Gee ... at the age of 4, I still manage to find some part of it amusing. But imagine if the annoyance level grows with him. *sigh* I probably think too much.

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