If you don't know me by now......

 "I have accepted the fact that you are clumsy." blurted my husband, out of the blue. I could tell he had been struggling with this notion for quite a while by the way he felt the need to say this at that moment, when we were clearly talking about something else. I smiled and nodded knowingly. It wasn't the first time somebody was puzzled by my clumsiness.

 I find random bruises on my arms and legs all the time. I don't even notice when I bump into things (unless it is extremely painful) because that's a fact of life for me. I knock over cups and drop forks on the floor. I spill food on myself and on the table while I'm eating. I trip over the tiniest bump when walking. I've been known to fall down stairs, especially when I wear high heels. My husband must've realised that these occasions were happening way too often for them to be mere accidents.

 People seem to get amused by my clumsiness because their preconceptions of me are so different. I seem to exert a cool, composed and confident kind of image. Especially when I used to work as a banker, I would be wearing business attire with black high heels walking through the city, then boom! I trip and almost break my leg on the concrete floor. Like something out of a 'Get Smart' movie. But that's who I am.

 On the other hand, who says you can't be clumsy and cool at the same time? Probably the reason I haven't fixed this slight weakness of mine is because of my confidence. I don't mind falling on my face on the street because fat chance I'll ever meet those people staring at me ever again. As a matter of fact, I hardly notice that I am clumsy because I am not self conscious at all. So maybe our preconception of cool, confident people is what needs fixing.

 Anyways, there is a moral to my rambling. Now when I drop something in front of my hubby, he just smiles and picks it up for me. He knows this is who I am and is fine with it. So if you really are my friend like facebook tells me that you are, then your reaction to my spilling water on the table should be, 'There she goes again.'

Hazzy, will you be clumsy like mummy or careful like daddy?