Speechless

Terelle has no qualms about voicing her displeasure and will unabashedly comment on something that offends her sensibilities or for my following case in point, her senses.

We get into the lift which is jam packed with people. Someone in there has a serious case of body odour. Terelle clamps her hand over her nose and mouth and blatantly declares, "Mummy it stinks! Someone STIIIIIINNNKS!"

Some guy turns beet red and shifts uncomfortably. The others either stifle muffled giggles or look horrified.

And me? Im mortified. I keep trying to silence her with "shhhhhs ok that's enough" but nothing will stop her.


"Mummy its very smelly, very smelly! I cant stand it!"

She makes a big show of pinching her nose and breathing through her mouth.

I wish the ground would open up and swallow me.


As soon as we reach our floor, i bolt. She follows me nonchalantly, all the while continuing her tirade.


"Wah that was really stinky. Right mummy? so stinky...tsk tsk..."


I try to tell her that its not nice to say things like that in front of strangers and that she should exercise restraint and not make known her comments until later. To which came her swift reply.

"But why Mummy? When Daddy farts at home, we all say its smelly rite?"

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