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Chapter 15 : Stop and smell the roses

Chapter 15 : Stop and smell the roses

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My mother-in-law is someone who possesses a great sense of humour; as Jungkook has commented on numerous occasions about the striking similarities between me and his mum, I asked him whether it was because both his mum and I liked to tease him.

In the past, Jungkook had a ‘rumoured girlfriend’ who happened to be the daughter of his neighbours. As my mother-in-law’s greatest joy was to make a fool out of her very own son, she would frequently ask Jungkook hilarious questions, such as “Why don’t you go play with my daughter-in-law?”

Initially, Jungkook would attempt to protest his unhappiness, “Don’t spread such nonsense.”

“Isn’t she my daughter-in-law? Or are you telling me you have someone else?”

“That’s not true!”

“Well, since you don’t have anyone else, she’s the only one left to be my daughter-in-law.”

“……”

Once, she brought Jungkook out to purchase some clothes for him. As she was deciding between two different colours, she commented, “I’ll just the blue one then, since my daughter-in-law ought to like the colour blue.”

Jungkook replied in exasperation, “Who’s your daughter-in-law? I didn’t know you had one.”

Subsequently, when I visited Jungkook’s home to play, my mother-in-law smelt the scent of a ‘secret affair’; from that day onwards, the annual parent-teacher meeting became the event that frightened Jungkook the most. When my mother-in-law saw my mum, she’d be extremely enthusiastic, “I’m going to go have a chat with my in-law.”

“Don’t!!!”

“Son, you’re not going to be able to get the girl at this rate.”

Even the perennially busy Jungkook’s father found some time to talk to Jungkook, “I’m not entirely opposed to you entering into a relationship at such a young age, but you ought to know where to draw the line.”

Jungkook wanted to howl in rage – I’m not in a relationship!! I know where to draw the line!! The one who doesn’t know how to draw the line is your wife, not me!!!

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When my mother-in-law and I discussed the topic of children, I said, “If I ever give birth to a child in the future, I don’t need him to be extremely rich or successful. I just hope that he’d be a happy person.”

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