Wedding Anniversary

It all started in the usual way with Anirud asking, 'Appa, wedding nursery eppo varudhu?'. It wasn't difficult to make out that he meant 'Wedding Anniversary' and I told him the date. Curious about where this will lead to, I enquired him about the reasons behind his question.

'I am thinking of buying a gift for Amma'.

'Wowww.. that so sweet. What are you going to gift her?'

'That is what I am thinking pa. How about some balloons?'

'Balloons? Do you think Mummy is going to play with balloons?'

'Ok. How about a toy?'

Seeing me star at him, he got the message.

'Ok appa. We will go to M & co. shop tomorrow and I will buy the most beautiful dress for amma. But nee choose panna koodadhu. Naan daan choose pannuven. Ok vaa?' (But you shouldn't choose it. I will choose that).

'Ok deal'.

It was so sweet of this brat to think about a gift for our anniversary. Having said that, even when he was 3+ he was telling my wife that he is going to get a 'woolly cap' for my birthday as I didn't have one. It had happened the other way round as well. When he was scolded by his mom for something, he came to me and declared 'I am very cross with amma. I am not going to get any present for her birthday', which was very sweet as well.

After high-fives, after confirming that he got what an anniversary meant, I felt I could embarass him a little and asked 'It is good to gift a dress to mummy. But, have you thought about getting a gift for me?'. Little did I realise that it will lead to something that we'll keep laughing about.

He thought about it for a while and asked 'Appa, when is your wedding anniversary?

'Only few minutes back, I told you the date right?' and told him the date again.

'அப்பா... சூப்பர் அப்பா. உன்னோட wedding anniversary-உம், மம்மியோட wedding anniversary-யும் சேம் டே-ல வருது. நீ யாரப்பா கல்யாணம் பண்ணிண்டே?' (translates to 'Wow... both your anniversaries happen to be on the same day. Whom did you marry?')