The lesson

We'd been swimming along fairly smoothly so far.Once in a while, i'd get guilty n announce to whoever was present( and not listening!).to switch off a. d charger hanging drunkenly on d wall, b.d the AC in d empty room, c. the fan n light dat d bai thinks its her prerogative to leave on,never off.. Lik i said, i grumbled away bout bills, but also lik mos things i said n were never heard, all id get was a grunt frm d better half, a sneer from my kid, n a glare frm d bai..
All dat changed however d day my kid joined d green army.
All of a sudden we could switch on lights n fans, only after she gave permission.The AC became a four letter word wich was not to be spoken out loud, d better half escaped as fast as he could, ere d morn to d comforts of his AC'd office, N d bai ? Why ! she became as docile as a cow, once she was promised an extra 30 bucks every month if only she made sure every electrical gadget was off before she left..
As for me, unhappy n hot, i found myself being lectured in exactly d same words dat i used to lecture her wid.
But realising dat i was d worst off, my daughter, out of the kindness of her heart, from d money saved from d bills has bought me a selection of my favourite P.G Wodehouses..
Im still hot, but cant help being proud..The child after all is the Mother of all Women..