We were invited to a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. It was a party where everyone else knows everyone else except us. My kids were sitting nicely behind the birthday table.
Lady No 1: Yeah bache hamare party mei hai kya. Cake du kya? (Are these kids with our party? Should I give them cake)
Me: Mera Bache hai. Of course give them.(Yes, they are my kids)
LN1: Kya mazak maat karo. Sabhi tumare hai kya.(Are you joking? Dont joke. Are ALL of them YOURS)
Me: Mazak? Aise mazak kaun karte? Mera hi hai charoo.Mujhko saukh hai kya bacho ko utthaake ke Chuck Cheese mei lana?(Joke? Who tells these kind of joke? All of them are mine. I dont have desire to bring 4 kids to Chuck E Cheese)
LN1: Maine khabi nahi suno ki yaha per kiske 4 bache hai. Buro nahi maana(I have never heard of anyone lives here and has 4 kids. Dont feel bad)
The hostess of the party is giving me a look. I gave her a look.
ETA: What do you guys think of my translation. I met my neighbour(the hostess of the party) today and she said, Good you answered LN1 back. Yours was the first story I told my dh when we got back home.
I’d love to see her face after your “look”
way to go sunita !!!!!!
Me: I would have to ask her later what she thought of the whole thing.
So as u said this lady is from Bihar, you should have replied, “To yaha nahi hota hai, to kaha hota hai. Bihar mei! Oh acha, Lalu Prasad ko to nau (nine) bache hai na, main to bhul hi gayi ti… Ths kinda of people, I wonder what’s up with them..
Me: nanti, orang yang dari tempat itu, mara kan sebabtu saya tak tulis di mana. My Malay sucks man. I forgot all the spellings and grammar.It was a good reply though. Will use it next time ..
Opps meant to say Lallu Prasad, oh well, just the same!
God gawd, its not like you’re the irresponsible mother of octuplets or something.
Why is 4 kids such a huge, commentable deal? My MIL had five kids in four years – couple of accidents there, one set of twins, but nonetheless most welcome:-) Why is it anyones business how many kids you have, want or would be comfortable with?
Relax, S and keep sending you sharp shrapnel their way!:-)
Me: Its the area we live. If we were in Utah, 4 would seem like the norm
why had she to ask before serving the cake..weren’t all the party kids sitting together?
Me: That’s what NK said. Didnt she see them eat the pizza beforehand
do the kids get upset when they hear comments like these? it must be so irritating for you to hav eto put up with this!
Me: Ashwina has asked us to stop having kids when Samar was just born because 4 was too many. I hope yesterday they didnt understand the convo. They dont say much but I am sure they do feel it when they hear stuff so frequently.
lol
I don’t know what you’re saying
don’t know Indian but it sounds funny!
Me: Will try to translate it for you..
Total bullshit yaar. Chutiya log.
Are you going to wash my mouth out with soap? I hadda say it!
Me: You made me spit out my chai. Rofl
Thanks for the translation! I know what you mean now. I am in a family of 5 kids and whenever we’d go out people would be like, “Seriously, are all of them yours? Really? Really?” I live in a town where people have at most 2 kids, so it was pretty unusual.
what is ‘utare’? you meant ‘utthaake’?
and, pretty decent translation.
translation – very decent. And you have my sympathies – why does child bearing (or lack of it) have to be topics that people discuss without being sensitive.
Me: People are crazy. if you read my comments, apparently moms arent suppose to use swear words.
While I know the look that you may have given, why only looks between you and the hostess?
and what was the look that the hostess gave?
LN1 didn’t get a look?
Me: The look was because the hostess jumped in, yes yes those are all hers and yet she asked me whether I was joking. So my look was what kind of friends you have? And her look was I dont know, she is insane. And then she went to tell me which part of India she is from.. It was weird party. Timing was 12.30, we arrived at 12.35 and were the first ones there.
sorry – too many questions.
Me:As long as there are valid, I am fine. but if you ask why I am swearing then..watch out
hahahha Sunita..You rock!!! and so does your translation!
And what is with that woman??Why dont people THINK before talking,EVER?
LOL! What a hilarious conversation!
The hindi version was so so funny. I would really like to meet you someday S and hear you speak Hindi.
That lady hasnt heard of anyone with 4 kids???WTF!!
The post might have a serious matter..but your Hindi is just so laugh inducing…especially with that line with ‘bacho ko utthaake ke Chuck Cheese mei lana..’ Pardon me..LOL!!!
Well said Sunita, the look on that lady’s face would have been worth watching
Annoying woman! wtf is her business with how many kids you have..just reading it raised my hackles.
lmao at your response though
omg i’ve seen soooo many mums/dads with four kids here in Houston. loads of catholic families are large, mexicans have large families too and of course, pakistanis.
i jsut read your hindi carefully lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! too funny!!!!!
muahs.
good job with the translation!
and roman hindi??!! hahahaha!
Me: Isnt that whats it called, you know when you write Hindi in alphabet? Right?
you the best, woman! go on and swear all you want i say!!
and why would some one bring kids to a party they arent invited to?! a*holes i tell ya!
cheers!
Ohhhh I am so glad you didnt delete my comment. That was heartfelt.
Me: Oh not your comment but that howcrude wala comment. It went under all the other replies.
And I do wash out my mouth with soap every night… hehehehe. Thats atonement enough for all the bad thoughts I have and the swear words that are on the tip of my tongue when I meet chutiya log who question my parenting! There I sneaked it in again… hehehehe.
Me: Opps, now you needs to wash it again.
hi
Ohhh yup utthaake. Roman Hindi is hard!
It’s not just women, it’s not just Indian women, and it’s not just Indian women who live abroad. Saale bhehnchod.
But the point is made better with such language na? The best way to unload I say
I was going to delete your comment. Yes I swear and so what? Again you dont like it, then get the fuck out of here…. this topic has been done to death.
I am going to put a disclaimer on my blog. If you dont like swearing, dont read me.
You tell her Pera.
Kani na cheebye
Arrey it’s my blog title, yo. In-joke and all that.