Mommy, Who do you love more ?

“Mommy , who do you love more? Kashvi or me ? “ enquired my 7 year old Son.

I knew that “I love you both EQUALLY” was not going to fly with him anymore.
So I told him “Obviously I love you more my dear Ady” while I continued to roll the chapattis.

As expected he countered “Why me? “  
“Ummm…because I have spent more time with you , I love you more” I blabbered .

His face lit up on hearing my response and he teased his little sister in his classic tune “Mommy loves me more , she loves you less na na na na boo boo” . The little 1.5 year old sister on seeing her brother happy and excited joined along in the celebration clapping her hands. (Happiness is contagious!)
 I breathed a sigh of relief and felt proud of myself for giving an answer so perfect that both the kids were happy. Now, I thought I could complete cooking dinner peacefully.

After a few minutes another question popped...” Mommy whom do you love more? Daddy or me? " Now this is tricky I thought.  Before I could say anything, he responded “Obviously, you love daddy more because you have lived 10 years with him and only 7 years with me”.  

“Exactly!!” I replied as I breathed another sigh of relief.
This time I was more proud of myself as I discovered that I had just invented a fool proof no fail answer to the most tricky “whom do u love more ?” question.

But my happiness was short-lived …My little genius asked next “Whom do you love more? Your mom or my dad? “  I was stumped.  He insisted that I reply sooooon. I tried to redirect him but he didn’t budge, he was looking into my eyes waiting for a reply. I was in trouble I thought , he kept insisting and in the moment of pressure it slipped from my mouth " I love daddy more."

He was flabbergasted.
His eyes opened wide and mouth even wider (an entire burrito could fit in). “How can you love anyone more than your mom?"  he demanded an explanation . I tried to explain,  it didn't work. Then I almost denied that I ever made such a statement. I even tried to withdraw the answer,but the damage had been done. He told me he was going to call grandma and tell on me.

And so he did ….Luckily , Grandma told him that she wanted mom to love daddy more. (Aren't Moms life savers?)

And all was well I thought when he asked …”So when are you going to ask me to love my wife more than you ? “   ( I almost fainted!!)