- "It wasn't me, honestly."
- "If you don't finish your homework now then I swear to you I'm going to have a major mummy meltdown!"
- "You can't tell me off! I'm your beautiful darling child!"
- "Why is the house such a mess? What do you do all day anyway?"
- "I'm h-u-n-g-r-y..."
- "GO TO BED AND STAY THERE!"
- "How many times do I have to tell you? Use your knife and fork! You're not a savage!"
- "Eugh... I don't like [insert dinner items here]. Why can't we eat nice food like other children?"
- "I'm leaving home so I can find a new mummy who's nice to me. You're the meanest mummy ever."
- "Where's the s*dding corkscrew?"
Being an expat, a favorite topic of conversation is 'where I/you want to go next?' or 'When do you plan to go home?' It's a good question. I'm not sure I want to stay in Dubai for ever, but I'm also not sure about how long I want to be here for or where else I would like to live. For almost the first time ever, I have no fixed plans apart from keeping my eyes and mind open to interesting opportunities. And as to going 'home', I have no idea where that is. Constantly moving around as a child left me with the feeling that 'home' is wherever I am right now, so in effect 'home' could be anywhere. The longest I've ever lived in one fixed place was 18 years in London, on and off, but that doesn't feel like 'home' either - I love going back to see family and friends, and it's a great place to shop, but that's about it. I have a great love for California, which is where my extended family is from (and where most of the...
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"I'm finished!"
"Time to [insert - eat, wake up, brush teeth, stop fighting, tidy up, sleep]"
"I'm telling you off!" (This should actually read "telling on you", but this generation just doesn't get it...).