Chalerm’s grandmother is here again. She came back last week having spent a while with Chalerm’s father in Rangsit.
I have kind of gotten used to that she walks around here without speaking. She has her route from the bedroom to the kitchen and back. In the evening she watches TV.
Today when I came home unexpectedly Chalerm and granny were sitting in the living room and I felt bad vibes. I could sense granny was thinking “here comes that farang again!”. Chalerm was a bit tense too, but he left as he had to go to class.
Later today I was eating some potato chips (Lay Classic, 20B) and I heard granny say in Thai: “It is no wonder the farang is fat the way he is eating”. And then she started to complain that I was using the TV to see DVD movies so she could not watch her soap operas.
Chalerm was embarrassed and looked at me to see if I understood what she said. I didn’t say anything.
This weekend I was re-watching the three “Matrix” movies on DVD and this must have blocked granny’s TV time. Still, I don’t appreciate rude comments. I can show her who is boss, I thought. Just delay her pension a couple of days.
Hopefully I will not need such low tricks but I have the power and I won’t take any BS. I want to do this Thai style, which means that granny is welcome here and I will be polite to her as the head of the clan. But then the courtesy must be mutual.
January 31st, 2006 at 4:46 am
OK, let’s see if I have this right. You are thinking about marrying Charlerm AND delaying granny’s pension for a few days.
Am I missing something or is this just part of the the “normal” world that confronts you?
-Former Farang
January 31st, 2006 at 9:47 am
heh heh… Granny is old and probably cranky… her behaviour is not so surprising. It’s good not to let her take your house for granted, though, unless she wants to start paying the rent! If she wants to be the boss, she can go back to her place.