He is such a sweet person and his genuine greetings always make my day.
"Good morning bash mohandiseh,ya3teeki el 3afieh!"always with a sincere cheerful tone.
I have been working in the same place for around 11 years now,I left for around a year and half,during which we lived abroad and during which I had my daughter.A couple of years ago,after having my son and returning from my maternity leave,he congratulated me on having a baby boy,he kept repeating how glad he was that it's a boy,and it was all very sweet of him.Every few days he'd ask me again,how is "the boy" doing ,and never ask about "the girl".I used to think it's all very natural since this is the latest,most recent,event that happened to me and he's checking on him alone for that reason only.
After two years of the same routine,where he only asked about Zaid and never Raya,I started wondering if he knew I had another child.I was puzzled and wanted to know if this was the case ,or is it because he is an old man ,who comes from somewhere where your mother's name is the best -well -kept secret in your life,where your wife is never referred to by her name but is called (el 3aileh-the family)or (el jama3a-the group)and where daughters are always called by the same term,even on their wedding invitations,the name is always(kareematoho-his daughter)written below the fathers name!.My curiosity took the better of me and I had to ask him:
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said:i like the look of your blog...i am not sure if i have been here before but i think i have and i like the new look! :)
As for Abu Mhammad, it is a funny story..maybe the guy needed a reminder!! nothing is wrong with you!
have a wonderful day!
from Jordan
said:Dear Hatem,thank you for your comment and remarks and aslo for reading my blog. I will definitely make sure I do that,I know its terrible the way things turn out and not only because f the space bar thing. There are a lot of things I need to be careful about. The whole design and settings need to fixed and I have to take more time fixing my posts.I read your comment to my husband and he said oh..I've meaning to tell you that and I keep forgetting,Thanks for telling me, Hatem!
Summer,You have been here before,but welcome back anyways.Thanks a lot!
Great story! I'm glad you reminded him...it's sad when girls and women remain invisible and unspoken of.
from Jordan
said:Thanks,Kizi.It was great seeing you yesterady!
It WAS great to see you! I look forward to visiting soon.
from Jordan
said:I hate this mentality, I hope someday will get by this rediculousness and look back at it and laugh, i think the mentality of considering females as 3aib originates back in the days when women were kept indoors and never allowed to mingle with strangers, they were like a well kept sercret confined within the walls of the house, but now things have changed, women are equal to men and sometimes more.
from Jordan
said:salam , hi
keef el sabi? anways you know both the darlings Raya and Zeid have their special place in my heart. both are so cute. but tell me when this handsome sabi will stop teasing me? Bamahebha randa!!!!
Anyways take care.
some people do that out of repect so that's ok. But if it's out of belittling women thats where I object and say like our beloved prophet SAAW said " Annisa2 shaqa2iq alrijal.' and that being said is enough to answer them
from Australia
said:Dear Salaam
The old man and you have many common things between you
1-both of you is nice and has a great concern about others
2- both of you love kids
3- both of you is from Jordan
4- both of you love to make others pleasant and happy
Yet you have uncommon things
1- times and age, he is old you are young
2- different sex he is a male and you are a female 3- you are the mother of the two kids and he is not related to any of your kids, therefore he may like one more than the other or Said could be more interesting to him or may be he is just like any Arabian or Jordanian that prefers boys over girls. Or he is just asking about Said as he is the youngest and you used to talk to him about what Said used to do on the daily basis...maharaja
4- your educations, there is a big difference between you two, which in turn creates a different understandings in the way of looking at things.
Some times it is very sad to look at things from one and narrow prospective.
Finally I love the way you have dealt with this matter, you created the change in this mans attitude. It also tells us that you are very friendly and sweet lady. Good on you and Jesus bless you
Alfred Sydney-Sydney
Salaam,
wow..nice post sis...
its amazing how you can take a very simple life scenario-and write it into a very touching article.
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Dear Salam:
This is the first time that I'm commenting on your blog, please don't take my subsequent observation as criticism, or at least if you do think about it as criticism, think like it is a constructive criticism.Here we go : You need to start hitting the space bar each and every time you use a punctuation mark, for instance if you use a comma-hit the space bar, if use a semi colon-hit the space bar afterwards, if you use a period-hit the space bar, and so on and so forth. By doing so your text will be much clearer for the reader to read, the text will even have a better over all appearance. I read your blog all the time and now that you have settled in your new home you probably have more time to write in a slower pace and hit the space bar after each punctuation mark. Good luck and happy space bar hitting-----Peace.
Had you hit the space bar your text would look like what you see below.
Abu Mhammad is the nice old man who works in the parking lot next to my office. He is such a sweet person and his genuine greetings always make my day. "Good morning bash mohandiseh , ya3teeki el 3afieh!" always with a sincere cheerful tone. I have been working in the same place for around 11 years now, I left for around a year and half, during which we lived abroad and during which I had my daughter. A couple of years ago, after having my son and returning from my maternity leave, he congratulated me on having a baby boy, he kept repeating how glad he was that it's a boy, and it was all very sweet of him. Every few days he'd ask me again, how is "the boy" doing , and never ask about "the girl". I used to think it's all very natural since this is the latest, most recent,event that happened to me and he's checking on him alone for that reason only. After two years of the same routine,where he only asked about Zaid and never Raya, I started wondering if he knew I