宠爱还是儿子的面子？

把儿子dropped到中文学校，自己来办公室上网，顺便给细胞换点medium。茶刚烧好，还没来得及喝，儿子的电话来了：“Daddy,would you please buy some snacks for us? We don;t have it.”

老爸一头雾水，让儿子把电话给老师。老师解释是另一位家长有事没来，托朋友带来，朋友又忘了。说孩子就两个小时，没snack也不会饿肚子。

老爸想想，这是对上中文学校已经有点意见的儿子的要求，岂能不满足？ 告诉老师这里去买不远，一会就送过去。

送进教室，儿子一看高兴了。问老师有没有喝的。儿子连忙说： 没关系，我们能喝走廊的水。


后记


中文学校放学后，老爸接上儿子后的对话：

老爸：“Before you called daddy to buy snacks for your class, are you sure daddy would buy for you?"

儿子：”Not 100%, but I thought you would."

老爸："Thank you for trusting on me. You know, I kind of thought that you wanted to show you classmates that your dad loves you. So I walked a few blocks to get it. If I say no to you, you would feel uncomfortable, right?"

儿子："En."

老爸：:I do want to remind you that next time when you ask something from daddy in front of your friends, think it carefully. Don;t give daddy something too expensive that daddy could not afford it. I really don't want to turn you down in front of your friends."


（二00九年十二月十四日）