Romeo and Juliet(s)...

Hmmm…what can I say? My 6-year-old little boy has a girlfriend… (Errrr…make it TWO, please!) And how did I get to know about this? Through a phone conversation which I had today with Ayah, Hanna, Hasya and Hilman – the MAN himself.

Ayah started off the conversation by saying that K.Long Hanna and K.Ngah Hasya had been teasing Hilman in the car throughout their journey back to PJ from their swimming lesson this afternoon. And when I asked Ayah what was the teasing all about, Ayah just started laughing, and in between the laughter and his attempt to keep serious, he managed to say – “Errr…(laughter) Hmmm…anak you (laughter) – Hilman (laughter!) dah ada girlfriend…(more laughter!).

And I was like – WHAT?!!! Did I hear Ayah right?!!

“What do you mean ‘girlfriend’?”, I asked Ayah.

And Ayah said, “Ooops! Did I say “girlfriend”? I meant to say “girlfriends”!”

And I was like, “Errr…haah?!

And when I realized that I actually heard him right, I just started laughing myself!

And Ayah said, “Mommy, you’d better speak to the kids themselves to know more about this, okay?”

When I spoke to Hanna, I was told that they (the two sisters) apparently knew about Hilman and his TWO girlfriends for the past 3 weeks, but they had been keeping it to themselves – waiting for the right time and opportunity to use this “secret” against Hilman.

And Hanna thought the opportunity came this afternoon when they were fighting over who should sit at the front passenger seat beside Ayah (which normally would be MY seat, but apparently had been the object of tug-o-war, between the three siblings whenever I’m not around!)

And Hanna thought she could blackmail her brother into giving the seat up for her by threatening him that she would tell Ayah the “secret” if he did not let her sit at the front! This went on for about 2-3 minutes, and Ayah was really curious to know what the secret was all about. And Hanna was just about to spill the beans, when the MAN himself confessed-

“Ayah, I have a girlfriend!” - it just came out from him – just like that! And he just looked at Ayah, straight into his eyes!

Hilman being Hilman, he was pretty DETERMINED that he was NOT going to let his big sister get the seat through blackmail! He’d rather tell-all than be subject to his two sisters’ “sinister” plan!

And both his sisters blurted everything to Ayah when they realized that they had then just lost their secret Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) to use against their little brother when he came out with his own little confession. “No Ayah! Hilman has TWO girlfriends! Not one!!! One Standard 1 girl, One Standard 2! Bla-bla-bla…..” And everybody started talking at the same time, and yelling at each other, and the teasing went on throughout the whole journey from Sri Cempaka back to PJ.

According to Hanna, Ayah’s eyes nearly popped out and his mouth was opened for nearly a minute after that. (Hmmm…Sanguine Hanna and her exaggeration of stuff!).

Apparently (after he recovered from his shock, that is!) Ayah told Hilman – “Hilman, you’re too young to even have a girlfriend, let alone TWO!”

To which Hilman answered : I know…

And when I spoke to Hilman, this was what he had to say –

Me : Hello sayang… How are you?

Hilman : I’m fine Mommy.

Me : How was your chess and swimming lessons today? (I was trying really hard NOT to show my anxiety. Hahaha!)

Hilman : Good.

Mommy : Ayah told me that you have TWO girlfriends? (Bammm!!! No warning whatsoever from Mommy given to Hilman!)

Hilman : Uh-uh. (Answering it like it was just another one of my standard questions!)

Me : May I know who your girlfriends are?

Hilman : Farhana and Athirah (VERY “matter-of- factly”!)

Me : Hmmm…which one do you like better?

Hilman : Both.

Me : You cannot have two girlfriends at the same time, sayang… Which one do you like more?

Hilman : Both.

Me : No, Hilman…you have to choose one!

Hilman : But I like them both, Mommy.

Me : Hmmm…. Do they like you? (By this time I was trying really hard NOT to laugh because Hilman sounded SO serious about the whole thing, but at the same time I could hear his Ayah, Kak Long and Kak Ngah laughing their heads off in the background!)

Hilman : Yeah.

Me : Did they tell you that they liked you?

Hilman : Yeah.

Me : But, Hilman…you can only have one girlfriend!

Hilman : No, Mommy – TWO.

(And this ‘debate’ went on for about 30 seconds, and then I asked him – )

Me : Okay, okay… IF you have to choose, which one would you choose, dear?

Hilman : Farhana (without hesitation!)

Me : Why Farhana?

Hilman : She’s pretty.

Me : (I was starting to have stomach cramps by this time because I was controlling myself so hard not to laugh! And I said -) Hmmm…I think Athirah is pretty, too!

Hilman : Yeah… (he sounded so confused!)

My oh my! My boy is having his first relationship dilemma at the age of 6! I was starting to feel slightly dizzy at this point, I think because I had been holding my breath for so long when I tried controlling myself from laughing! And I asked him –

Me : Hmmm…Did any of them say that you were handsome?

Hilman : Yeah.

And suddenly he said –

“Mommy, can I stop now, please? I’m hungry! I want to eat! I want to eat the big fish. It’s going to habis!!! Nanti everybody else eat and Hilman cannot eat! Please, Mommy!!! Nanti fish habis!”

By this time, I just could not control myself and I just burst out laughing until I cried – and I was thinking to myself – “Typical men – they just don’t know when and how to get their priorities right!” And in Hilman’s case – his FISH is more important than his CHICS!!! LOL!!!

Hmmm…all these while I thought Hanna would be the first of my kids whom I would have a heart-to-heart talk about boyfriends and girlfriends! Never did I imagine that I would be having this talk with Hilman first, let alone when he’s only SIX! (Sorry, Hanna…your brother beat you to it!!!) So, I guess my previous entry on “The Wedding Planner” should be meant for Hilman, instead? LOL!

This entry has certainly warmed my heart up today and it will definitely make me smile for the rest of the week, at least! To those of you who are reading this now, wherever you are, I hope this has brought a smile to your face, too…

Wassalam…