As my Sunday was getting started, I received a text message from a friend asking, “is it u in the papers 2day?”
I thought, oh god…
I grabbed my copy of the Sunday Times from outside my apartment door, and on the front page I quickly noticed the headline, Cleo’s eligible bachelors: He’s not mummy’s choice next to a photo of floorballer Lionel Sing (one of the Cleo 50). I flipped to the article and saw this…
I especially like the caption, and how I represent mummy’s idea of a “mature” partner. Here’s a key excerpt:
Her daughter is just 21-years-old, but Madam Chua Eng Keow thinks the 36-year-old Shawn Smith is the perfect date for her daughter… The 52-year-old housewife picked the IT consultant from the magazine’s list…and was unfazed by the 15-year age difference. Madam Chua chose Mr. Smith because she believes that, at 36, he would be more accommodating than a younger man.
‘At present, my daughter may want a younger boyfriend who can have fun with her, but I think when she grows older she’ll change her mind and prefer a more mature partner’
What, I’m too old to have fun?
My mom just emailed me to point out that the mom is closer to my age than the daughter. Thanks mom 😉
(By the way, your arithmetic is a bit off. I’m actually 16-years younger than the mom)
My math was off – sorry. Mom
I’d never heard of “Floorball” before.
It looks like hockey with shoes and a ping pong ball.
Too funny. Good luck with that.