Episode #9: The Wife
23 January 2010
I was working on my PC . . . Wifey and our little princess were still awake, watching TV.
I was working on my PC . . . Wifey and our little princess were still awake, watching TV.
Riiiinnngggg! . . . Riiiinnngggg!
The silence of the night was suddenly broken . . . Our not-so-tiny-tot beat us to the phone.
As I watched her, I couldn't help but imagine what the Bratinella looked like at my child's age . . . Probably the same . . . Mwahahaha!
Moments later, she handed me the phone.
Princess: Dada!! . . . Girlfriend mo!
Me: Huh?!! (My suspicions were right . . . Bratinella-Jr in-the-making din ito!)
I cupped the receiver in my hands so that the Bratinella wouldn’t hear my comment.
Me: Sino’ng nagsabi girlfriend ko ‘to?
Princess: Si mommy . . .
I then caught a glimpse of wifey (with her finger to her lips) signaling little princess to keep quiet . . . Sheepishly, she smiled at me – looking as guilty as a child caught with her hand in the cookie jar!
After exactly TWO hours and 39 minutes, Bratinella and Me concluded our work.
I then turned my attention to wifey, who looked half-asleep in front of the TV, hands clutching the remote control.
Me: Sleep ka na?
Wifey: Hindi na . . . ginising mo ko eh . . .
Me: What was that with our little princess? . . . What "girlfriend" are you teaching her?
Wifey: Hrmphhh . . . you naman . . . joke lang yun . . .
Me: Selos ka?
Wifey: Hindi ah! . . . I know that's work naman eh . . . ikaw talaga . . .
Well, you couldn't blame her. . . WHO ELSE would call me in the dead of the night – and spend an hour or so (I take that back . . . more than two hours) on the phone?
Sino pa?? . . . Only the Bratinella – siempre!
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Days went by . . . I observed wifey spending an unusual amount of time at my PC – watching excerpts from the Bratinella’s My Show and Tell CHANNEL on YouTube.
Every Tuesday at 6:30PM, she reminded me to watch Barangay Vivien on Internet TV . . . I was astonished at her fan-like admiration: “How nakasisilaw na puti and ‘flawless’ naman si Bratinella . . . and her voice is s-o-o-o nakakaakit!”
You could almost read the "?!?!?" on my face!
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Riiiinnngggg! . . . Riiiinnngggg!
Predictably, the little princess was first to pick up the phone.
I saw her suspended in animated talk with the person on the other line . . . My eyes lit up when I saw her kissing the phone with tiny smacks . . .
Me: Who's that, baby?
Princess: ‘Tita Cute’ . . . (Bratinella’s code name).
Wifey took the phone . . . I expected her to hand it to me – but I was mistaken.
Bratinella and ME (oops – my mistake). . . Bratinella and wifey spent exactly TWO hours and 39 minutes (ALSO!?!?) in non-stop chatter – with giggles, squeaks and uncontrollable fits of laughter . . . I could only imagine what it was like on the other end of the line!
All this time, I was waiving my arms up in the air – almost screaming, “H-e-l-l-o-o-o . . . I'm here! . . . That call is for ME!!”
F-i-n-a-l-l-y, wifey handed me the phone . . . I was able to talk with the Bratinella.
Me: What was that all about?
Her: Girl-talk. . . . maybe – or maybe not – concerning you . . . Mwahahaha!
Me: What did you do to my wife?!? . . . She’s beginning to sound like you!!
Her: Harharhar! . . . Nagulat ka pa?? . . .Whad’ya expect?!! . . . I’m contagious! . . . Mwahaha!
Me: Ay sus!!
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Will the Bratinella's CAPTIVATING CHARM and MAGNETIC APPEAL soon have a mesmerizing effect on the other members of my household too??
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