Posted by Hello devoted readers. It’s been a while. Again. I have a fairly good reason this time in that I have started a new job. Yes, yes, congratulations to me. Not for the new job, but getting out of the shitshow that was my last job. Honestly, it deserves a blog post of its own. But it’s given me a chance to spend quality time with my new family of four… well, before the rest of them ran off to Australia (temporarily).
But that’s not the news I am here to share with you today. The news I have is… The OddDaughter is getting married.
She broke the news to me a couple of months ago. Obviously she timed it to perfection with the arrival of the OddSon. Who is the lucky fella? Well, some kid called Marvin* from her nursery.
Now, as you can expect – I had a lot of questions for the OddDaughter. Firstly – why does she want to marry Marvin? Her answer: “Because he is a boy, and me and him talk about the same marriage so we’re both marrying each other”. I mean, I guess that’s fair? All the while the song ‘what’s love got to do with it’ was blasting in the car as I was driving.
So, tell me more about Marvin. To which I found out a few key details:
- “Marvin is going to have a zucchini for his lunch when we get married”. I took offence to this – it’s a courgette, not a zucchini.
- ”Marvin and me are going to buy a Lamborghini”. At least they have their priorities sorted.
- ”Marvin is going to buy me a true love ring”. Ok. A bit like the true love rings Mrs OddFather and I don’t wear.
- “Marvin supports Arsenal too”. Now you have my attention.
At this point, I did point out to the OddDaughter that having graduated from nursery (yes, that’s a thing these days), and going to a different school to Marvin, the chances of them sticking together are quite slim. This doesn’t faze her. According to the OddDaughter it’s true love so nothing will get in the way.
I guess it reminds me of the quote – “If you love something, let it go, if it’s yours it’ll come back to you, if not, it was never yours to begin with”.
Yeah… good luck with that OddDaughter, I don’t have Marvin’s parent’s contact details. So fat chance of that happening.
My poor baby, having to deal with heartache at the age of 4. Not that she cares, she’s already looking to the future. I could have learnt a thing or two from her reaction when I was in my 20s!
*Marvin isn’t his real name, obviously to protect his little identity. Unless he messes my daughter around – in which case that 4 year old is going to be outed.