It’s all very simple
our cousin spent the day with us yesterday. she had an interesting conversation with abu-rabad, which i asked her to jot down for your reading pleasure. over to babli, abu-rabad’s 24 year old, buaji (paternal aunt)…
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Abu was busy writing a story and Rabad was completing her drawing.
Suddenly Rabad asked me, “Babli buaji, how many days you are going to stay with us?” I said I’d be with them till Monday morning since I had to go to office then.
Both the kids were surprised to hear that I’m so much older to them. They were surprised to know that I’d completed my school, college, and now I was working in an office like papa.
Of course, Rabad had her next question ready – “Babli buaji are you someone’s mama?” Now, I was surprised and before I could answer Abu replied – “No she is not married!!!!!”
Now Rabad wanted to know how to get married, to which Abu replied –
“For a girl to get married we have to find a boy for her.
Once we have found a boy then the girl should love the boy and the boy should also love the girl.
Only then they get married.”
I cannot explain my reaction to this answer in words…. It was so true. I would have never been able to explain what marriage is to Rabad, in such an easy way.
The complexity of the word marriage was made so simple by Abu….
This incidence made me realize kids learn what we want them to learn. They are so innocent, they believe in what they see, listen and feel. They are so inquisitive about everything.
Hats off to bhaiya and bhabi (that’d be hubby dear and me ;)). Abu and Rabad are smart, intelligent and yet so innocent! 🙂
Cheers,
Babli
I am now getting worried that all the readers of the abu-rabad blog will get the impression that abu and rabad are obsessed with marriage – which they are not. I think we end up posting more of those because we find this topic very fascinating. We should probably make an effort to post some of the other stuff too.
They just make me smile… I love reading this blog and get excited whenever i see the email telling me there is a new story about the two…
looking forward to the next post
🙂 Will try to post more regularly, Seema.
Navin, I was seriusly thinking that while I was reading this post. Then I thought you guys must be discussing marriages at home a lot 🙂
Meetu just a thought, why not let Abu or Rabad make a “Guest Post” on this blog, their thoughts in their own words. I would love to read that.
Tarun
Yeah Tarun, their curiosity is something else. But, I’m sure all kids are like that. And like Navin said, we just end up writing about this a little more because we didn’t know these questions would come up so early.
abu-rabad will be thrilled to dictate a guest post here. will get on to that soon. Thanks for the idea!