Recently, I have attended a
wedding dinner of a relative. There were four others, who are strangers to my
family, sat at the same table as us. I will be only discussing about one of
them, addressing her as Mrs. Chatterbox, since she talked the most. The bride will
be turning 21 this year.
To break the awkwardness, one of
them started to talk by asking my parent about our relations to the bride.
My mum replied, “We are her relatives.” Then, she introduced us to them. Before
long, Mrs. Chatterbox started to share her worry for her kids as they want to earn
money first and do not want to get married at their age (early 30s). She later asked
my sister, who is turning 24 this year, whether she would earn money first or
start a family first. I realised that Mrs. Chatterbox's tone changed from a gossiping tone with hand gestures to a slightly formal tone as she leaned forward to display her curiosity. When my sis said that she will rather earn money and not
rely on my parents, Mrs. Chatterbox states that my generation would rather earn
first before starting a family, and praised her for doing so. While we were
eating, I caught a glimpse of her whispering to her colleagues.
Based on the conversation between
Mrs. Chatterbox and my mum, I deduced that she is a wealthy married woman who likes
to gossip as she talked more than one topic. This blog post length will be
doubled if I discussed about the part whereby she talked about her maid and that
her mum, aged 80, will nag at her at times. Also, she sounds as if she has more
experience just because she is slightly older than my mum.
Edited: 25 March 2016
Edited: 25 March 2016
