The advantage of having a daughter

Since ah-girl started schooling, I have observed that she has matured quite a fair bit in these 9 weeks and has grown closer to my heart. At times, she may fret and whine and throw tantrums (especially in the presence of her ever-doting, 24/7 on-call daddy who never loses his temper with her no matter how unreasonable she can get, hence the term 'Daddy's little girl') yet at other times, she seems to empathise with mummy and offer her comforting presence and express my opinions aloud (call it telepathy but she seems to know what is going on in my mind).

A recent encounter of this telepathic ability of hers would be the situation which arose during the weekend. We were in the car, stuck on the wonderful traffic jam on the CTE (which is always there, 24/7, be it weekdays or weekends and I'm always glad that I dun have to use the CTE), when I said that I needed to work on the laptop for the next few days. Daddy, who is holding onto the only workable laptop, kept quiet cos he didn't seem to get what I was implying. I kept my thoughts silent, not even mouthing them, when ah-girl, said to her Daddy "Mummy wants you to leave the laptop at home when you go to work so that she can finish her work."

Strange isn't it? It was exactly what was going on in my mind yet ah-girl could tell. I doubt even scientists or academics can explain this strange phenomenon of telepathy. Mummies will assure you that it's called the bond between mums and daughters. Whatever it is, I'm glad that ah-girl is sensitive to my feelings and thoughts and be my 'spokesperson' whenever necessary because I know that she has her Daddy twined around her tiny little fingers and one pull (whine) or a tug (scream) could mean I get my way. *evil thoughts* One of my girlfrens was telling me how daughters are closer to their hearts whilst sons are just easy to raise - rumble tumble and grow up. O well, I guess the best would be having one of each then - a son and a daughter.