The Cold War!

There is a war going on in my house. A cold war really. It started yesterday. Wifey is not on talking terms at all. And the place has been pretty quiet. Just in case you're wondering. It's not me that she's on warpath with. The culprit that she's having this cold war with is our younger boy :D

And the place has been so peaceful since ... LOL! Ok, I shouldn't be laughing about it but it's kinda funny to see her and the young fellow on a warpath. And they're both the kind that won't back down. Mother and son are both of the stubborn kind and it's fun waiting to see who's going to give in ... hehehe ...

Ok, this all started yesterday when the young fellow was a little bit over the limit and got a little too rude with her. Now, while wifey has patience, one thing she cannot stand is people being rude and coming from her own son makes it even worse.

My younger boy is a pretty chatty little fellow. He's also very short tempered and extremely sensitive not forgetting real stubborn. And he's the kind who is up to mischief the moment you take your eyes off him. He's also very defiant at times. And he must always have the last word.


When he's angry, he will scream at you, it doesn't really matter if he's right or wrong. When he's angry, he'll be explosive! I've been on the receiving end of his temper on so many occasions that I've lost count. But then, his mommy doesn't put up with his nonsense. And as far I'm concerned she's the only one who can keep him in check, well most times anyway.

And he knows that there are times when mommy is not to be pushed around too much. But the little fellow is also kinda smart. He knows mommy won't scold him or give him hell when there are other people around like my mom for instance. That's when he bullies her and gets away with it.

So, yesterday wifey and my mom were in the kitchen talking and the younger fellow walks up to the fridge, opens it and grabs this bunch of chocolate biscuits that I bought from Tesco on Saturday. The biscuits has been in the fridge since then and the chocolate layers got stuck together. Now this smart aleck decides to just bite into the whole pile.

That's when wifey tells him not to do that cos its totally unhygienic and maybe the rest of us might still want to eat the biscuits. I'm not really sure what happened cos I was at work and got the story from wifey when I got home but the hot tempered little fellow threw the biscuits back in the fridge, screamed at wifey for not letting him eat anything and angrily stomped out of there! Now, like I said, when there are people around, wifey doesn't really lose her temper with him. She lets him get his way.

But I know wifey very well and I know she would have been seething inside at his display of rudeness. But she continues talking to my mom and when she goes up later, she gives him hell and I think they both argued. So wifey tells him she's not going to speak to him anymore and that's when the cold war started between the two of them.

I come home in the afternoon to pick wifey for lunch and instantly can sense the hostility in the air. My younger boy is normally one noisy fellow and can never shut up. He'll either be asking a barrage of questions or singing or making some sort of noise but the moment I stepped into the room I could tell something was wrong. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop ... LOL! And the young fellow had this angry and sour look on his face and didn't say a word to me.

He changed into his school clothes, walked down and put his shoes on and waited for me to send him to school. And all the way in the car to school he doesn't say a single word. And wifey tells me the whole story later and how she says she's not going to talk to him all day for being such a disrespectful and rude boy! And the cold war extended to when he came home. They both refused to talk to each other.

But the good thing about this cold war was the peace and quiet. I mean, the moment the younger fellow gets home from school, the noise level would go up by ten folds but not yesterday. It was so peaceful with him not making a sound ... hehehe ... Both wifey and me were kinda amused with him as well. He wasn't giving in and wasn't going to make the first move to patch things up. Like I said, that boy can be really stubborn at times.

Well, they're both back to talking terms today. I don't know who gave in but when I was home this afternoon, the noise was back ... hehehe ... But it was so funny while it lasted to see mommy and son not on speaking terms. Wifey can be very explosive, strong willed and emotional at times and my younger boy got all his traits from her! And when they go head to head with each other, it's best to stand back a safe distance and watch the fireworks ... LOL!
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