We (Sumathi & Myself) are the official dress designers for our daughter. But we always disagree on a lot of points. I would always suggest some thing hip like the entire back open / sleeveless, which Sumathi would chide as ridiculous. Yet we still get on with each other and enjoy shopping for Manase. We had to attend a cousin’s wedding, and this being the first wedding after our daughter was born, we unanimously decided that our daughter should wear the time tested “Pattu Pavadai”. For the uninitiated it’s a silk skirt which any self respecting tamil girl child should posses. Sumathi had a small piece of silk along with her for the skirt. So off we went shopping in the pretext of getting a dress material for the top. I got hell a lot of CD’s / few books and Sumathi got herself a top. But that’s an entirely different story.
Now back to the original one. With great pains I had explained to Sumathi with sketches et al the idea in my mind and she too listened with great patience mean while our daughter had great fun with the orange polythene wrapper from the dress shop. ( Yes we are that kind of parents and let her indulge a few times). The next day my wife went to a tailor and half of my crazy ideas were declared impractical by the tailor and turned down. Any way my wife reached for an agreement with her and got it made in a days time. That is the kind of negotiation skills Sumathi has and I can see your jaw drop. Now some eye candy.
