Tuesday, 14 November 2017

12Y10M 11Y1M やれやれ、最近の40代は・・・What a heck are you all 40s doing....

年齢のことでママに嘘をつかれたと思っていたタカラはしばらく落ち込んでいた。私は「本当のことを言わなかっただけ」と弁明していたが、タカラは一枚上手だ。

クレヨンしんちゃんのせりふから、「やれやれ、最近の40代は・・・」と事あるごとに言っていたが、気を取り直したタカラはことあるごとに40代を50代に変えて言い出した。

 ばれたついでに、少しはショックを和らげようと、タカラの学校のクラスメイトで私と同じ年のお母さんがいることを話したのだが、どうやら既にこの件についてその友達と話したみたいで、その友達のお母さんも「38歳」と言い続けていたらしく、本当のことを知ったのも少し前だったということだ。高齢ママが年齢詐称するのは万国共通のようだ。

その上、友達に、「お前馬鹿だなあ、パスポート見ろよ」と言われたんだと。(いや、私はパスポートと違うと言われたらパスポートが間違っていると言い張るつもりだったが!)

ちなみにその友達が、お母さんの本当の年齢を知ったのは、「WIKIで調べた」からだと言ってたというから可笑しい。(その子のご両親はちょっとした有名人なので。)

とりあえず仲間がいてよかったと思っている様子。

Takara was affected by my true age.... or the fact he was lied for a long time..... My excuse is "I didn't lie, I just didn't tell you the truth." Anyway, he is outwitted. From his favourite cartoon, Crayon Shin chan, he often says "What a heck are you all 40s doing...?" and he's already started to use the same phrase, changing the number to 50...

When Takara learnt the truth, I gave him a couple of names of the mothers of his friends who are the same age as me. One of them is his classmate at SCIPS. Interestingly, Takara has already discussed about what happened with this friend. This is what Takara told me...

His friend also believed his mum was 38 till recently. I guess hiding real age is quite common globally especially for older mums??

Anyway, Takara was told, "You should've checked your mum's passport!" (I was prepared to say 'my passport was wrong' if I'd ever been challenged, though!)

By the way, the boy learnt his mum's real age when he checked about her on wiki. This makes me laugh..... (His parents are well-know here and and their info is easily found on web...)

Anyway, at least Oliver has found a friend with the same issue....

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