Conversation with dad
Just had an interesting phone conversation with my father. He calls up to ask about some stuff, and after we're through, here is how the conversation goes:
Father: People have been calling me up to congratulate us on you getting married.
Me: Huh?
Father: Lots of people think you're getting married.
Me: What on earth? Who's been telling them that?
Father: (laughs) Well, word has been spreading that K P Menon's son is getting married, so most people just assume it's you and are calling me up to say how great it is that Madhu is getting married.
Me: (laughs loudly) Ohhhhh... well, I guess you have to tell them it's the wrong son getting married. Or maybe it's the right son, depending on one's perspective. Or maybe it's a son... oh well, the other son at any rate.
(At this point, I can sense him sighing silently at being unable to get me to talk about the prospect of getting hitched, and I try to avoid the awkward silence and quickly talk about other things.)
Father: People have been calling me up to congratulate us on you getting married.
Me: Huh?
Father: Lots of people think you're getting married.
Me: What on earth? Who's been telling them that?
Father: (laughs) Well, word has been spreading that K P Menon's son is getting married, so most people just assume it's you and are calling me up to say how great it is that Madhu is getting married.
Me: (laughs loudly) Ohhhhh... well, I guess you have to tell them it's the wrong son getting married. Or maybe it's the right son, depending on one's perspective. Or maybe it's a son... oh well, the other son at any rate.
(At this point, I can sense him sighing silently at being unable to get me to talk about the prospect of getting hitched, and I try to avoid the awkward silence and quickly talk about other things.)