The Why Don't Yous
I don't know why some of us never think twice telling others what they should or shouldn't do, despite not knowing each other well and quick to ask the "Why Don't You" questions when someone doesn't do things like you do.
Don't get offended if your "Why Don't You"s to me gets you a cold shoulder or a stinging answer. I don't suffer fools gladly.
Why Don't You Get A Better Car?
Why? You plan to pay for it? What's wrong with our 7-year old car anyway? What's the need for better/flashier car? To show off when we go "balik kampung"?
Can I ask you "Why don't you buy a car fitting to your financial status" instead? Especially when you whine about not being able to make ends meet and bitching about the company because the company pays you a "measly" salary?
Why Don't You Buy A Landed House? Apartments aren't comfortable
You go on live in your terraced house (barricaded, if I might add) and I go on living in my cheap apartment. Deal?
Why Don't You Have Another Child
Why don't you? Oh? You are too old? Well, don't you think I have my reasons too? Oh, you are offended? Have you ever stop to think that you might offend me too? No. Oh.
Have another one lah... at least got spare
Children are like spare parts, is it? One gone and you can easily replace with another?
Why Don't You Cook? Learn To Cook lah!
Just because I never invite you to come to my house to eat, doesn't mean I can't cook. And just because my husband doesn't want me to go all tired and "kelam-kabut" cooking and eating late dinners on weekdays and eat out instead, doesn't mean I cannot cook!
You can cook? What do you know to cook?
Why do you want to know? I am not interested to be your daughter-in-law.
Why Don't You Go To Gym. Don't be lazy. See, I lost a lost of weight recently, going to gym
Ooooooo I'm lazy ah? I guess clocking 40-50KM of mileage weekly does constitute as being lazy as I'm not doing the hip thing as going to the gym for my workout.
You continue with your elliptical machine workouts and I continue with my run. OK? Anyways, good for you to learn the word cardio recently. Do you know what it means?
Why Don't You Chill?
I love to chill but I can't stand you telling me what I should or shouldn't do especially when it doesn't affect you!
This, folks, is today's rant. An accumulation of "Why Don't You"s to me, and this rant was triggered by this:
You still jog? Why Don't You Cycle Instead Of Jog? I think it's better.
Why should I?
Should I ask you "Why Don't You Do Something About Your Beer Belly" instead?
But I won't because it's none of my business.
But thank you for caring.
i am number 1... lol
ReplyDeleteWhy why why why why.... 5Y
ReplyDeletei think many ppl are expose to the 5Y technics . so they eventualy practice it ..
don't you think so?
so next time when ppl ask you why..
ReplyDeletethen you answer "BECAUSE LE"
I can usually ignore the Ys but sometimes, the incessant Ys really gets to me.
DeleteWhy must ask WHY????!!!!
Hu~
Answer..."Because I'm a happy, contented person who lives how they want. Why do you care? Because you're not happy with your own life? Oh well, maybe you should sort that out first...". Ha.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should say that and watch the reaction. Just for the heck of it. ;p
Deletei am number 3...
ReplyDeleteyalah, i hate this also.. yes, you can ask me question, but not in a way that you are putting me in your very own narrow perspective..
ReplyDeleteWhy Don't You Get A Better Car? the best car is a FREE car, are you going to give me one??
ReplyDeleteWhy Don't You Buy A Landed House? Apartments aren't comfortable.. Yeah, it's really not comfortable lying on the suntan chair by the nice pool to enjoy my lazy sunday, oh btw, you drive comfortably all the way to search for a public pool??
ReplyDeleteWhy Don't You Have Another Child?? i'm more for quality not quantity..
ReplyDeleteHave another one lah... at least got spare!! oh, so you see your children as by product GOODS of your marriage??
ReplyDeleteWhy Don't You Cook? Learn To Cook lah! i have excessive money so i must hire a personal cook..
ReplyDeleteWhy Don't You Go To Gym. Don't be lazy. See, I lost a lost of weight recently, going to gym.. oh, really?? i thought you have to cut down your expenses on eating because you can't afford the gym fees..
ReplyDeleteWhy Don't You Chill? chill?? i am CHILI enough!!
ReplyDeleteYou still jog? Why Don't You Cycle Instead Of Jog? I think it's better. definitely, falling down from the bicycle is more happening than falling down while jogging!!
ReplyDeleteSK,
DeleteI love you! LOL
Really!
Love your answers la... ^^
Somebody's in a foul mood!
ReplyDeleteAhahah everything's fine now, after the rant. ;)
DeletePeople and their Why Don't You, ada sija tu mo bz body. XD;;;
ReplyDeleteI hate those WHY question too. And some ppl are so kaypoh to know about our life and then they can comment sarcastically.
ReplyDeleteI feel they are jealous over our comfort living and try to provoke us.
ReplyDeleteWhy Don't You Get A Better Car?
ReplyDelete- As long as the car is still serving me good, I'm contented.
Why Don't You Buy A Landed House? Apartments aren't comfortable
ReplyDelete- I'm grateful that I have a roof over my head. Think of the homeless one!
Why Don't You Have Another Child?
ReplyDelete- I'm looking for quality (like SK's answer).
Have another one lah... at least got spare
ReplyDelete- What the...???!! Spare?? Crazy fella!
Why Don't You Cook? Learn To Cook lah!
ReplyDelete- My hubb sayang me so much, he asks me no need to cook. What? Jealous, ka?
Why Don't You Go To Gym. Don't be lazy. See, I lost a lost of weight recently, going to gym
ReplyDelete- Why don't you go jogging? Jogging thrice a week can add 6 years to our span life (actual fact, ok).
Why Don't You Chill?
ReplyDelete- How you know I'm not chill? Tsk....
Yup the spare one really tops it off. *shakes head*
ReplyDeleteAnnoys me too to hear ppl asking these mindless questions. For me the most popular one is "Why don't you get married?" like it's as easy as going to the shop and buying a loving, caring, kind, good-hearted husband!
first they ask you about getting married. Then after married, they ask about having children. After first child, then ask about second one. It's endless.
DeleteYou still jog? Why Don't You Cycle Instead Of Jog? I think it's better.
ReplyDelete- You think it's better to cycle? Wanna know how I think? It's better to jog :)
And the best thing is, no matter what we answer them; the answers are not good enough for their standard.
DeleteOr they take offense. huh
The one that takes the cake, in my opinion, is the spare child. Oh gosh!
ReplyDeleteAll this nudging reminds me of a joke. Maybe you've heard of it. Anyway, here's the gist of it. This unmarried lady has been getting hints and nudges from old aunties, friends of the family at weddings they attend.
One particular aunty would incessantly ask, "When's your turn?" hinting that she should be getting married already at her age.
Tired of all that, she decided to put a stop to it. So, at a funeral, she decided to give the aunty a dose of her own medicine. She asked the aunty the same question, "When's your turn?".
HappySurfer, I'm going to steal this idea! It's too funny! :D
DeleteLina, I'm on Africa time with this comment. Gomen, ne, I'm a bit snowed under at work.
DeleteSo anyway why don't you write more Sky Tree posts??? :D
Have a spare child? Yikes. How about a spare husband? I can have that, too?
PS: I hate these questions too.
Spare husband? Tempting. LOL
DeleteBut then again, plenty of husbands here with "spare" wives.
Sorry about my Malaysian time in answering this!
A bit pre-occupied these two days. hu~