I always thought that ATMs were just a front. I thought there’s a room behind the machine where a lot of people sit in rows with piles of money in front of them. So when we punch in the amount we want, a screen shows them that number. Then those people count and put the money into the back of the machine and it spits it out to us.
– Says my disappointed 9 year old on learning that the ATMs are just that, machines.
I don’t understand why I should do something “different” simply because everybody thinks you have to be different. What if it doesn’t interest me? I mean people say don’t be an engineer, do something different. But what if I want to be an engineer? I will not listen to others or do something if it is not in my interest area.
– Career musings from my pre-teen who might not know yet what she wants to be, but will defend to death her right to decide.
Me: What to do, I feel so down in the dumps.
Her: Climb out of it amma!
– Wisdom from my cheery little optimist.
“Which do you like more, cats or dogs?”
“Neither.”
“But why?”
“I just don’t like them or want them near me.”
“But why?”
“Maybe it’s because I am scared of them.”
“You know they are probably more scared of you than you are of them?”
– Hearing this conversation between my daughter and me, you’d find it hard to guess who the adult is and who is the child 🙂
Her: I’m glad I’m done with 11 amma.
Me: Why? What’s the big deal about 12?
Her: One, it’s not a prime number. Two, besides 1 & 12 it is divisible by 4 other numbers. And three, even numbers are feminine.
– There are many reasons to look forward to a birthday, but only my older daughter would have not one, but three mathematical and logical reasons.
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