January 14, 2008

Mom thinks I'm stupid

Posted by Miss Jaime at Monday, January 14, 2008
My mom's never been a big advocate of Western medicine and prefers to treat any sort of illness with natural cures. Me, on the other hand? I think along the same lines as Denis Leary:




So, I'm taking to Mom yesterday and she's telling me how to cure my irritatingly persistent cough.

Mom: Jemmy, do you want me to send you some ginger?
Me: Ginger? What? No. What am I gonna do with a hunk of ginger? Can you even mail ginger?
Mom: It'll help your cough and then, you can cook with whatever's left over.
Me: Firstly, I never use ginger when I cook. Ever. And secondly, I could just take some cough medicine.
Mom: Jemmy, those medicines aren't good for you. You should use natural cures. I was watching TV and this doctor was talking about how medicine actually makes you sick.
Me: Mom, was this a real doctor or like, a doctor of poetry? 'Cause seriously, anyone can be a doctor.
Mom: You couldn't.
Me (pause): Thanks, Mom. Thanks.

Indian woman doesn't think her offspring would succeed in the field of medicine. That's gotta be a first.

2 comments on "Mom thinks I'm stupid"

Anonymous said...

LOL. Oh well, at least you can still go to law school, yes?

My mother is the complete opposite btw. As soon as I have a HINT of a symptom she makes me buy out the entire drugstore. Her reasoning is: if you don't need a doctor's recipe for it, it can't be that bad.

Miss Jaime on 1:36 PM said...

You know, I was thinking about getting a doctorate degree just to show her up...but knowing my mom, she'd probably think I got it out of a cereal box or something :)

 

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