Do you remember the American television series, Bionic Woman? It starred Lindsay Wagner who has great strengthened arms, enhanced legs that enables her to run faster than a speeding car and amplified hearing? Well, somehow I believe that my MIL has inherited some of bionic woman’s abilities. The hearing part. I’ve noticed this not once but many times. One day, she was in her bedroom and me & my mom were talking in the kitchen. Believe me, she could hear us! The kitchen is not exactly near her bedroom. A bathroom separates the kitchen and her bedroom. Just imagine…she could hear us talking and we weren’t loud either. Mom was asking me if I, out of courtesy, asked my MIL if she would like to drink the soup which I had boiled. I said I did but she didn’t drink. My mil doesn’t eat or drink the food that I or my mom prepares. Yes, very weird indeed but that’s a story for another day. Ok..back to that day, she came out of the room suddenly and replied my mom. Well I was gobsmacked!
Then recently, MIL was sitting on the sofa in the living room while me and hubs were at the dining table. Quite a distance away actually and we were talking about auto insurance quotes, what to eat for dinner and she actually joined our conversation. Again, I was gobsmacked. Sometimes when we asked her questions, she cannot hear us though we were standing near but she could hear us when we are far away? C’est bizarre.
You know what? I am going to try to whisper this time and see if she could hear us 😛 If she still can, I think perhaps ABC may be interested in a Bionic Woman spin-off………muahahahahahahahaa
Better don’t gossip about MIL. hahaha…..
lol! This entry is really hilarious. Your MIL is damn funny. She can tune her hearing power on and off, she can also control the signal of her hearing receiver. I really salute her. I really can’t help laughing while reading this.
Oooppss… means no more gossiping when she’s home? Bionic Woman Part 2 coming soon? 😀
It’s time for you to show your ability too, Barb. Use your high frequency sounds (no normal human can hear) to gossip, errr… communicate. Wakakaka
i’m getting goosebumps! deja vu! my mil is exactly like that too! especially during my confinement (i was so furious my mum was afraid i might get post-partum depression… haha). i think my mil can be your mil’s greatest pal! 😀
Pei Yi, I believe all our MILs can be best friends 😉
Hahaha…sounds like monster-in-law leh. 😛
Maybe kan, she placed a glass against the wall and therefore am able every little bit of conversation between u n ur mom or u n ur hubs or anyone else lah! 😀
LOL !!!!! I cant stop laughing yesterday after reading this post hence left & come back again to leave this comment. Bionic Woman, akan datang ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ or not? lol !!!
Hahaha…maybe you shld ask ur hubby whether she’s pretending or what?!? but then again, hubs never like it when i mention anything abt the mum’s weirdness :p not sure abt your’s….kekeke
Haha this sounds familiar… she has this “selective hearing syndrome” like someone I know too 🙂
hahhaa…sumtimes the wall echoed maybe??? yeah..try whispering n see..if really can still hear then salute salute ;-D
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHA!!! Aiyo…Barb you’re so funny!!! I laugh so loud here! Yea, next time you try to whisper, if your mil still can hear, that confirm she is bionic woman! Don’t play play ya.
LOL what to do? People who are ‘chong loong’ are like that. ‘Selective hearing’, very odd, I know a few mostly older people who are like that.
this is what i call as selective hearing *hehe* my mum used to be like that… but now, her hearing is really not so good, and we have to keep repeating what we say 🙁