SIN (Lecturer Dear)
Chapter 167: Advice on Advice
Seeing the shocked expressions of some students plus the face of Karen's malice, made Marsha hurriedly close her mouth as if she was in a state of flak. However, this actually seems to make it clear that the sentence just now is true. They turned their eyes to Karen's stomach.
Yes, it is very coincidental that the appearance of the woman is different from usual. He who often looks fashionable and sexy enough now looks as it is. However, the reason for appearing simple is not because she is pregnant, but because she is living with Oma Belle which in fact is very critical related to how a woman dresses.
Vera, who was next to Karen, then put up a body for her best friend.
"Mrs Marsha said what, anyway?"
"Sorry Karen, I think I misheard you!" With his leisure, Marsha also passed after successfully making Karen become the center of attention of people.
Vera pulled Karen out from the pair of eyes that kept looking at her. They went to the back of the economics faculty building to pull over from the crowd.
"Lo's really pregnant, Ren?"
Karen nodded with a tense look that still lingered on her face.
"Ih, congratulations, Honey!" Vera hugged Karen to make her body stagger. "Finally the cave will get a nephew. Ih, this must be a super seedling, huh! How cute and smart your baby will be."
"Ssttt .. don't fiddle. Bring on the whims of people!" Karen was panicking.
"You still want to do the wedding? Want to get to when? Your stomach is growing more and more days, you know! Are you not afraid of being looked at negatively by people? Think MBA, loh!"
"Yes, anyway. I'm just not ready to reveal my marriage to Darren."
"What makes you unprepared? Lo's husband is the most popular lecturer and diidolain girls," said Vera a little anxious.
Karen bowed while showing a worried face. What Vera says is true, gradually people will find out about her pregnancy. While the status of his marriage to Darren is still hidden.
"Oh, yes, Miss Marsha, how do you know if you're pregnant?" thought Vera instantly.
Karen also thinks the same, why Marsha can find out her pregnancy.
"Oh, yes, forgot. Mr. Darren and Ms. Marsha are really close, huh? If it's not their fault, right? It could be that Mr. Darren told Ms. Marsha," continued Vera. Understandably, he did not know that the favorite lecturer who had become the husband of his best friend was once dating Marsha.
What Vera said was a little annoying to Karen. Honestly, she did not like the closeness between her husband and Marsha, until she had to tell her pregnancy to her ex-lover.
As for Marsha herself, her words were completely spontaneous out of her mouth. Despite that, he quite enjoyed the cynical gaze that led to Karen. This is motivated by the feeling of envy that he has because the former continues to look happy with his partner, so that there appears a selfish mindset and behavior of dropping and underestimating people. He just wanted to make sure that no one could be better than him.
***
News about Karen's pregnancy, welcomed no less frenetic by her grandmother and both parents. Karen and Darren who come to visit the Karen family residence, then get a dinner. Mami Valen who was really surprised by this news, seemed busy calling her friends to find the best obstetrician recommendation.
Unlike the Darren family who are still conservative, the Karen family actually has more advanced and modern thoughts. Grandma Puspa who led the dinner, then gave advice to the couple.
"Darren, Nena knows you must know the obligation of parents to take care of children. Nena only wants to say one thing, taking care of the child is not only the main task of a mother, but also a father. The rough term of the child was made by the two of you, once born. Not just one person. The mistake that is around us is that there are still many who think that the child is the full duty and responsibility of a mother, so many men who ogah-ogahan hold and take care of her child."
"Yes, Nena."
"really so. Indonesia is the third fatherless country in the world. This is because many men do not play the role of the right father. Many children and adolescents have lost their father's figure even though his father is still alive. I don't know because this dad is too busy, either because the father does not know how to communicate and is busy with his own world despite being at home or because of the effects of divorce and the father takes responsibility for granted. That's why mom hates the same type of man who only knows to waste seeds but can not carry out the role of a father. You don't like that, yes," continued Valen with his style that is always blatant.
(Fatherless country: a country without a father)
"Yes, Mi. I was also in a position as a child who lost a father figure because my father was a workaholic type man. Therefore, I will try as much as possible not to be such a father so that my son will not experience the same as I did then," darren replied while holding Karen's hand.
Nena then turned to Karen. "And for Karen .. motherhood is not easy. Especially being a mother at a young age. Getting pregnant and giving birth is just the beginning. After the child is born, a mother's long struggle begins. Your sleep hours will be a little, the housework seems endless, and even you will forget about body care for the sake of nurturing. Nena hopes you can prepare mentally from now on."
"Yes, Nena."
For Karen, her pregnancy was a great blessing from God. Ever since she was pregnant with the fruit of love from her husband, everyone seemed so caring and considerate to her. She was really united by her husband and the people around her.
***
One day passed. Feril and his friends regroup at the university and hang out in a normal place. Unlike his friends who were talking about useless things, Feril was busy billowing cigarette smoke.
"Relieve it!"
"Well, why?"
"Udah males first! Most told to come tomorrow again."
"Yeah, cave think you're seriously willing to change! That's how you give up!" ketus.
"Yes, you're the one who came to him. Mah ogah's cave!"
"We want to see you first."
"Campret, so that guinea pig?"
"Not that, Bray. Lo it's our chairman, our role mode too. What you choose, we will come. Let us change, we will change too. But if you give up first, we also lose the spirit to change," said Jamet while leaning his shoulder on Feril's shoulder.
"Lo thinks only lo doank who often diomelin Bo-Nyok, we are also the same. We are also often underestimated by the family, considered a burden too," added another friend.
After hearing the words of his friends, Feril headed to the lecturer's room. The man was even pacing indistinctly in front of the door. After his heart and mind raged in anxiety, he steadied himself to return to meet Darren.
"Morning, Prof."
"Why did you come here?"
Feril was surprised to hear Darren's question which seemed to have forgotten his request in the previous days.
"Well, Prof, time forgot! Yesterday it was my father who told me to come again to confirm that you agreed to be my PA lecturer."
"So you still want me to be your PA lecturer?"
"That's it, Prof. Why did I come here three times."
"You know, no, why did I tell you to come here three times?"
"Not knowing, Prof."
"Humans tend to change their minds in making decisions. A person can make a plan A because of certain conditions, but it can change in a short time. I give you three days to see if your decisions and determination are consistent with the decisions you make. Are you still persistent to meet me or give up that."
"And you can see for yourself, right, I came back for the third time."
"OK, how? You've got a goal and a plan, haven't you?"
"Already, Prof! Anyway I want Professor to help and guide me in completing the course until it is finished. At best, the girl I've always liked can be interested and like me if I change, sir!"
Feril's answer made Darren gasp. Because, he knew the woman he meant was his own wife.
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author notes ⁇ ️️
About Indonesia is the third fatherless country it is true yes. And this issue was raised in several large discussion communities in Indonesia. Fatherless isn't about a dead father. But about when a father exists, but does not function as a father should. I myself used to be one of the children of this fatherless victim, so I did not deny at all if it was said that the role of the father in Indonesia was bad.
So, it is time we change the view that the role of the father is not only a mere breadwinner, but also involved in parenting. For those who are not married, you should be more selective in choosing their partners. To be able to realize/form a quality small family.
Oh, yes, the attitude of Marsha to Karen so far, if in the world of psychology included in the term crab mentality or mental crab. Why is it called that, because people who have this kind of mentality tend to do everything they can to make him superior to others. He doesn't like to see people more successful or happier than him. And gini-cake people tend to draw others to the abyss he faces. Simple he has a gini cake mindset. "You cave hard, you also have to be hard, if the cave is not happy, you also can not be happy."
Have you ever found people like this? Or are you among such people?
