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{Percakapan} marriage

On one afternoon my Rumaysa 5 years old was curious about the topic of marriage (God knows why!) Rumaysa:” mama, why do you marry baba?” While preparing dinner I answered casually:”because he’s a good man, very responsible and most importantly he is a good Muslim ماشاء الله “ And I forgot to mention the important part that he’s not my relative 😃 Rumaysa:”oh.... so can I marry Hudayfah when I grow up?” Me:”no you can’t, because he’s your brother” R:”so who can I marry then?” Me:”anyone else that is not blood related to you, someone you might never meet before, a stranger” R:”a strangeeeeeeer??!!” (I wrote that way because she was really shocked lol) But mama you told us not to even talk to a stranger how can I marry a stranger then??? *facepalm* LESSON: 1. It’s so obvious I wasn’t prepared with the answer of such question! but it’s okay because parenting is also a learning process for everyone. 2. Choose the right words and expression to explain a “grown up” su