Tell me why? Tell me how?
He's at it again! My elder one with his ever-observant, inquisitive streak questioning life's intricacies. I wonder how do other parents handle such queries? Anyone reading this with similar experience please be kind enough to share your valuable opinion. This time it was a bomb of a question thrown at me. After witnessing a couple of family weddings during the past few months, his simple yet intricate query was "why do brides always go to the groom's house? why is it not the other way round? why did i left my home, parents, friends, etc and decided to live with his father in a new town when he could have done the same for me?" This left me dumbstruck for a few moments until i found words in my mouth to put them to form something which sounded like an answer.... (by the way, there was a twinning emotion at the very same moment where the innate social worker in me wanted to do a little jig every time he comes up with something like this as i came to terms with th