This is why parents can’t have good things. 😂
Actually I am seasoned enough as a dad to foresee that ordering a cup of tapioca milk tea was courting disaster. But I was taking care of two kids all by myself and desperately wanted to reward myself.
Both kids wanted one slice of cheese pizza, so I anticipated them clamouring to drink my tea after they had their fill of pizza. However, did I expect them to mistake this drink for Milo, a chocolate-flavoured drink immensely popular in my country.
Cue for my girl to stop eating and start crying. She wanted to drink my royal milk tea, and she wanted it NOW!
The son proved to have an independent mind of his own because he carried on nibbling a few more bites of the pizza. His resolve was subsequently disrupted by his sister’s loud screaming, however.
Here, I must give myself a pat on the shoulder. Sandwiched between one restless kid and another screaming one, I nonchalantly carried on eating my tan tan ramen noodles. I mean, the world could have collapsed on me, but I would still have carried on eating. Isn’t it best practice to wear our oxygen mask in the case of an air flight crisis before we put a mask on our child?
If we don’t practise self-care, we won’t be good for anyone else.
I finished eating and asked the counter lady for two cups. After each child had his or her own cup, peace was restored. My job wasn’t done yet, because I still had to feed them pizza. Nonetheless, I’m amazed at how Stoic I was. I may be a superhero parent, like what @handsome_latino once said!