I was asked by this very persistent person to attend her class. And questioned by her "are you really that busy? I'm sure you can find a time right?" Cynical right?
Can, not that I cannot find a time. The only time I have is when the girls are in school, but that's not her free time. And that would also means that I have to give up one day of household chores to do and suffer with the piled up work on another day. Her classes? In the evenings or on weekends. How can I go when I need to chauffeur the girls around on weekdays and weekends? They don't have tuition the whole day on weekends but that is the time for the girls to catch up on their homeworks & tuition homeworks.
I ever commented to her why this common friend of ours is able to bake so often when she has so many kids. This person also agreed and mentioned that she “手快脚快” and is so capable to cope with so many kids - which I courteously agreed coz this 'hand fast leg fast' is so subjective. I know my hands and legs are fast too - to put it more subtly it means multi-tasking and I'M GOOD in multi-tasking.
However, I also knew that her parents-in-law were staying with her. (I don't think the person even knows about this. ) Her M-I-L told me before in primary school that she helps to pick up her two grand-daughters while her D-I-L (my friend) picks up her two sons. Well, that sorta explains it right? Even now in secondary school, I've seen her M-I-L before, so I believe they still had the same arrangement. Put it simply, you have two adults or maybe three (when husband is back from flights) to share the workload. Why not? I can handle that too! I also can have five kids, six kids,seven kids - as long as I have another adult on helping me.
Guess what? I just found out that this person has a domestic helper at home too! No wonder she can keep baking lah! Don't have to do housework; just bake everyday also have someone else to clean up after her. Then when it comes to fetching kids, two adults split the job.
In conclusion, she may not find the need to tell everyone that she has so many help at home coz she's not answerable to us, so the outsiders would think that she's a superwoman. So, when I (the person who has no help and cleans and tidies house better than her [ps. I've seen her house in pictures. Quite messy] ) say I'm busy I'M REALLY BUSY. IF NOT I'LL GLADLY ASK THIS PERSON TO CLEAN MY HOUSE AND DO ALL MY JOBS FOR ME. LET'S SEE IF SHE WANTS TO BE CYNICAL TO ME
However, I also knew that her parents-in-law were staying with her. (I don't think the person even knows about this. ) Her M-I-L told me before in primary school that she helps to pick up her two grand-daughters while her D-I-L (my friend) picks up her two sons. Well, that sorta explains it right? Even now in secondary school, I've seen her M-I-L before, so I believe they still had the same arrangement. Put it simply, you have two adults or maybe three (when husband is back from flights) to share the workload. Why not? I can handle that too! I also can have five kids, six kids,seven kids - as long as I have another adult on helping me.
Guess what? I just found out that this person has a domestic helper at home too! No wonder she can keep baking lah! Don't have to do housework; just bake everyday also have someone else to clean up after her. Then when it comes to fetching kids, two adults split the job.
In conclusion, she may not find the need to tell everyone that she has so many help at home coz she's not answerable to us, so the outsiders would think that she's a superwoman. So, when I (the person who has no help and cleans and tidies house better than her [ps. I've seen her house in pictures. Quite messy] ) say I'm busy I'M REALLY BUSY. IF NOT I'LL GLADLY ASK THIS PERSON TO CLEAN MY HOUSE AND DO ALL MY JOBS FOR ME. LET'S SEE IF SHE WANTS TO BE CYNICAL TO ME
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