Maiyuu has risen from his sick bed and is making a large pot of tomato sauce, which he will serve over pasta.
He chopped up oregano, rosemary, Thai red basil and parsley and added them to the mix. Those are the herbs giving off the aroma from his steaming pot.
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It’s two days before pay day, and money is running short. Today I tried raiding the little wooden box where we have started our savings ‘plan’, as the modern language has it. It contained B2,000, which we have saved over the last month.
I wanted to break one of those notes, and spend perhaps B200, which I would duly replace when pay came out on Friday.
When I opened the lid, however, I found someone had been there before me.
Two days ago, I told Maiyuu that I was thinking of borrowing cash from the kitty.
‘Don’t do it – Thais would regard that as bad luck. You have started saving, so now you must carry on. You can’t break those B1,000 notes.’
Today, while Maiyuu was out shopping for food, I thought I’d take the money anyway, and quietly replace it in two days with a new B1,000 note. He wouldn’t know, right?
Maiyuu knew I could not be trusted. He must have taken the money from the box some time over the last couple days while I was not looking.
When he returned from shopping, I asked what had happened to our savings plan.
‘I have hidden it somewhere safe, until the danger has passed,’ he said.
Danger? Me?
Maiyuu promised he would replace the money on Friday, when pay comes out and I will no longer be tempted to raid the float.
For the last week or so, Maiyuu has felt unwell. A few days ago, as he lay on his sickbed, the poor thing lost a tooth.
He reckons the experience of losing a tooth was fun. However, he also appears to be coming around to the idea that I should take him to the dentist at the end of the year.
I have nagged Maiyuu to see a dentist for ages. Previously he refused outright. ‘When it is time to go, I will go,’ he likes to say.
My boyfriend doesn’t like to be a drain on the household finances. However, now that he has lost (another) one of his teeth, he is having second thoughts.
We have started discussing the dentist ‘option’ in earnest.
'If you take money from the savings box, I won’t be able to get my teeth done. You still want me to go to the dentist, don’t you?’ he asked today.
'Of course!’I replied.
By the end of the year, we still hope to marry the result of the savings ‘plan’ with the dental 'option' - and get his pearlies fixed.
What a transformation. Once, Maiyuu couldn’t see the need to save, and tended to live day by day. Now, he’s showing me how to do it.
5 comments:
ReplyDeleteWilko29 July 2009 at 11:40
Oh, poor Maiyuu, going through the mill. He must take care.
l had to chuckle though. Hidding the savings, he obviously knows you well. lf that was me l would now be hunting high and low just to find it.
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Bkkdreamer30 July 2009 at 09:04
Tomorrow, I shall take out the empty savings box and stick it in the middle of the kitchen table, to show I expect the nmoney to be returned promptly! (tomorrow is pay day)
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Kevo3331 July 2009 at 19:25
Get those teeth fixed sooner rather than later! I havnt been to the dentist in 3 years and now apparently need $2000 in dental work!!
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Wilko1 August 2009 at 00:30
Wow $2000, why is Dental care so expensive everywhere?
Then they wonder why people don't visit the dentist often...well duh!!
l do go every 6 months but l have hysterics if they mention any dental work and do a runner....'yeah l'll have it done next time ok?'
My Dentist is good though and keeps work to a minimum, she's private not NHS as here NHS is almost as expensive as Private now.
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Kevo331 August 2009 at 20:13
Yeah dental work really sucks. Was not expecting such an expense. It's especially hard to come up with when you're young and trying to survive this economy as it is...
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