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Last night I had a small girl-to-girl talk with Eric's 6-year-old niece. The girl is REALLY CUTE, and like kids at her age, she says the cutest things.

She: So chooki jiejie, you and kaofu are very good friends, yes?
Me: Yes, like you and me are very good friends.
She: Mmmm. So are you going to marry kaofu?
Me: Huh? Why must I marry kaofu?
She: Yes, you should marry kaofu because kaofu is a good man who can make you laugh!

Oh blimey. I wonder where six-year-olds learn this sort of things.

Me: But I like you more than I like kaofu… why should I be with kaofu?
She: Because you are a girl, and he is a boy, girl must go with boy one!
Me: Eh, I'm carrying you on my lap now woh. Can I marry you?

The little girl looked at me with a horrified look of terror on her face.

She: You cannot marry me! Cannot!
Me: Why not?
She: I'm a girl!
Me: Don't want lah. I marry you, ok? I like you so much I want to keep you. Then every day we can play with our barbie dolls together!

Then she went into her little thinking mode, arms across her chest and thought for a bit. After a while, she shook her head and said,

She: Cannot lah, I'm a girl and you are a girl, cannot marry each other. I'm so sorry.
Me: I cannot marry you? Then how?
She: I told you already. You have to marry kaofu!
Me: Huh? How to marry kaofu, kaofu also don't want to marry me?!
She: Let me see. (She actually put on another I'm-thinking-hard-here-don't-disturb-me look)… OK. Like this. You tell kaofu that you want to marry him.

Oh horrors. That's just not right!

Me: Cannot lah. This one must wait for kaofu to ask one.
She: (Thinking-cap-on-head look again) How ah?
Me: I don't know.

Eric had entered the room by then and at that moment, his niece shouted,

She: kaofu! Why don't you marry chooki jiejie!
Eric: Huh? What?
She: You marry chooki jiejie lah, so that she won't want to marry me!

Look on Eric's face = priceless.

Me: See, cannot marry kaofu yet, he also don't want to marry me. How? How?
She: Aiyah… how like this? OK. You go out and meet more boys, then you find a good man who can make you laugh, then you ask him to marry you lor.
Me: WHAT?! You ask me to find another man…
She: Yeah. Find a good good man who will make you laugh. Then you don't have to worry about kaofu anymore.

Eric must have been laughing at the look on my face by this time.

Me: Eh… cannot like this!
She: Huh, you want a good good man, yes?
Me: Yeah, but if I find another man, then I cannot see you already!!
She: Oh.

Look on her face = very, very disappointed. After which I decided the topic had got far too serious for her age, and I gave her a big big hug and told her, 'Well girl, LONG time to go before I get married.'

So folks. Long long time to go before I get married. Now shut up!

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