I've never been keen on Mondays. The term ‘Monday Blues’ must be created for a reason. If there is any day I choose to take time off work, I would take Mondays.
Which I did yesterday. My best friend suggested going to IKEA because she needed some napkins from there. I thought 'Alright...since I have nothing planned. I'll come with you & we'll fetch my daughter at noon when her playgroup ends & take the kids to the indoor playground in Changi"
So after dropping off my daughter & my husband, my son, who is always in his best mood whenever I decided to take time off (thank god!), I went straight to IKEA. Gosh! The car park was almost full & it was just 10 am.
So we went in there & for some weird reason, I ended up with a trolley of things ... And I thought I was just there to accompany my friend
Anyway, I managed to somehow buy a mattress for my son & decided when I collected it at the customer service that it may be the wrong size after all. It was too late to do any exchange anyway. I was supposed to pick my daughter up!
So we went to pick my daughter up & straight to Changi. The "pleasure" of having three little kids with us, we literally went to baby care room 3 times because they needed changing. By the time we were ready to go to the indoor playground, my best friend got a call from her fellow Turkish friends & said she needed to leave soon.
So instead of going to the indoor playground, we just took the kids to the main playground which was free for everyone to play.
We probably spent like 30 min running around the kids and making sure they were alright. (Since there were big kids too)
Anyway, finally it was time to go. The children were tired and cranky by then. We managed to make our way to reach the lift. And a group of ladies held the door for us. We thanked them politely.
Then suddenly, the lady on my left said "You are very beautiful."
A little confused and somehow didn't believe anyone could be very upfront, I answered (stupid , I know) "You mean my children?"
The reason being my children have always been attracting people's attention. No one ever said anything about me. So that came as a big surprise for me.
This lady (probably in her late 40s or early 50s) was with her aunt (an even older lady) and her two daughters who are in their early twenties.
If it was a guy saying that to me, I would probably think he is a freak. But these ladies were decent looking, looks like they come from a proper-simply-polite family...you know like those nice people from the church who annoyingly have everything nice to say about the world.
Well, she said she had been watching us playing with our kids at the playground. I didn't think at that time but now that I was thinking about it I was wondering wow..... how amazing is it that you can be watched without even realising it the slightest bit!
For that split second I was hoping that maybe there was a cute hunk who had also spent time checking me out! Haha
She said she kept saying to her aunt that she wanted to speak to me but didn't …. since I looked like I had my hands full with my two kids who seemed to enjoy running the opposite direction. :)
"I've been watching the way you handled the kids and the two of you (referring to my best friend) running around with the kids. I figured we would be a nuisance if we come and try to talk to you at that time. But now that I'm even closer, my gosh, you are beautiful. Where are you from? You must be mixed!"
She also said that she loves my best friend accent. She later said that the sight of both of us, 2 young looking mothers, beautiful & polite to other people was just refreshing.
"Most beautiful people are a snob" She added.
We talked a little bit and coincidently we were parking near to each other. These ladies helped us out with our kids and our stuff. It was a little overwhelming but maybe because it is not very usual that someone stumbled into your path and can be SO NICE! Rare , I have to say.
We exchanged numbers and she said again that fate has a way of putting us together. She is very keen to get to know us.
I told my husband about it. And he seemed very suspicious. He was like "You gave your number just like that? "
"She seems nice and she was with her aunt and two daughters"
"How would you know if they are even her aunt or daughters? She's probably a lesbian and can see the beauty that I see or they are a cult and they need a pretty head on their shrine. So be careful! Meet only in public places"
Sheeesh..... talking about being super paranoid! :) My best friend and I talked about it very briefly. I said my husband was a little suspicious about her intentions.
And she said, " During the whole process, we didn't even realise it but it was flowing very smoothly and they were being nice.... it could be anything but honestly, she was there with her kids and aunt.... maybe it is JUST her being herself. NICE."
So it's still a mystery. We have no idea. She has my number and she will probably be in contact with me very soon. She seems sincere. I'll update you about it.
Meanwhile, let me gloat on the fact that she actually thought that I am VERY beautiful! ;) Oh come on! Just let me be! :)
