She is singing, eyes closed. Singing-along, to be precise. The ipod, her conductor, whispers sweet commands through head-phones. The room drowns from the symphony of her vocal cords. I clear my throat as a precursor to my rehearsed speech when inspiration strikes. There’s only one way to talk to a singer like her: with music.
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I get her an in-ear-monitor-headphone-thingie that singers use to hear themselves. She excitedly tries it right-away. My husband is excited too seeing my gift as the end of the cold war between me and his mother.
As she sings her expression gets frostier and frostier.
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Disclaimer: All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Also I would never get my mother-in-law an in-ear-monitor-headphone-thingie in real life…that would be inhuman 😉
This exactly 100 word work of pure fiction was written in response to a 100 word photo-prompt based challenge conducted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Picture courtesy of Rochelle’s husband Jan W. Fields.
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This was funny.
Wise play by the daughter in law.
poor mum at least she now knows.
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Thank you. 🙂
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hahaha Oh dear. I’m not so sure that will help win her over. hehe
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The idea was to win the war – not win her over ;). Thanks for reading.
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What a fantastic idea! Made me laugh.
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Are you adding it this “in-ear-monitor-headphone-thingie” to your christmas list 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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I couldn’t possibly say 😉
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Lovely, but cruel. She’ll not thank you for her novel compound noun thingy.
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Me? Cruel ? This is fiction Patrick. The MIL character will not thank the DIL character in the story…although she should . And compared to so many authors who make one character kill the other I’m much more benign. 🙂
Thanks for reading.
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So funny. So subtle. And such a good idea.
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Thank you Sandra.
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Dear Ansumani,
Did it the war just get colder? I guess MIL realized she’s not the singer she thought. Good daughter-in-law-story-thingie. 😉 I enjoyed.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It must have moved from cold war to cold armageddon. Glad you enjoyed the story. Thanks for reading.
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The ice-age: perfect title. The story is wonderful, funny and well told. C- “There is only way to talk to a singer like her…” a ‘one’ is missing here, I think.
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Thanks for catching that ‘one’. I have added it and it now reads well but it’s now 101 words…Don’t tell Rochelle 🙂
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My lips are sealed. 😉
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I liked this and felt for the poor son and husband, one minute happy with hope, the war is over, the next brought back to the reality of worse hostilities.
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It’s no fun to be stuck between two warring parties …especially when you love both.
Thanks for reading.
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One can always try.
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Sure we can try. Thanks for reading.
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naughty. naughty. no need for a disclaimer. sure, we believe it was purely fiction. 🙂
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ha ha. Thanks for reading 🙂
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Very good! I often think I’m a great singer until I turn the music down so I can actually hear myself…
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Thanks Ali. I used to think I sounded pretty good too when I sang-along to music until my son ordered me to “either sing in tune or don’t sing” 🙂
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Ouch.. There is a reason why monitor outlets cost extra. Too many are unable to bear their own voice.
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Yes, we should leave the singing to the talented and stick with what we are good at. Thanks for reading.
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I don’t know which was funnier, the story or the disclaimer. I enjoyed them both.
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Glad you enjoyed this Russell. Thanks for reading.
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This was great! The disclaimer was as well…
Fun stuff!
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Thank you Dale.
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LOL
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Glad to make you laugh Dawn.
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Yep, same concept as mine. Wonder who got in the better licks?
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I’d like to say it was me but we will leave it to the readers to decide 🙂
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Music can bring people together, usually. Lol. Hope they can get back to warmer days somehow.
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Warmer days are not happenning until she starts to sing better 😉 Thanks for reading.
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Great story. It sounds like cold war is just heating up, as it were. I wonder how the mother-in-law will retaliate, maybe by recording a CD? 🙂
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It’s easy silence a CD …the DIL could say that the dog “ate the CD” 🙂 I’ll think of a good MIL’s revenge in one of the next stories…after all these are just fiction.
Thanks for reading.
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For a fictional story it seemed so real. Good luck in whatever you do in future. I agree it’s better to not make an enemy of a mother-in-law. Well done and funny. 😀 — Suzanne
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It must have been the disclaimer that it was fiction which made it seem real 🙂
Thanks for reading and glad you enjoyed this Suzanne.
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I enjoyed the humor and arc of your story! (I guess I don’t have to worry about getting such a device for my m-i-l, who hardly ever sings, and has an unmusical ear.) Great disclaimer, too. Nicely played, Ansumani!
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Lucky you Vijaya 😉 Glad you enjoyed this.
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Ah, the neverending battles…nicely done!
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