Virgo Sun Pisces Moon

I feel like… I need to set aside more time to clean the house… I can’t keep writing incessantly like this!

Awww… but I love reading everything you write, and it doesn’t even take me that long to read? I can’t get enough of it!!!

Yeah… but… I don’t know… do you want to come visit my parents’ house?

(Smiles) Yeah… one day…

Okay, so like, not in 2025?

Maybe in 2025?

Hmm…

When is your Mum back?

I don’t know yet, she hasn’t organised her flight, yet…

She’s not back in Chinese/Lunar New Year?

No… not yet…

Well — I probably won’t visit until she’s back.

Really?!

Yeah… I’ve got other fan events scheduled and plus I don’t want to be disrespectful.

You don’t want to be disrespectful?! (Puzzled)

Yeah… I wanna do everything right this time. I wanna be a traditional “good guy” in front of your parents. I don’t want to just sneak into your house when they’re not there and do all that — it’s disrespectful to them.

(Laughing) Is it?!?!?!

Yeah… come on… we never did that… not under parents’ roofs…

Okay then… (Weirded out by this sudden respect…)

I’m a reformed Millennial Man. I’m not going to disrespect your parents’ house.

What does that even mean.

Well — if we had daughters — I wouldn’t want the guy to do anything that I’ve done either. And I definitely wouldn’t want the guy to come to my house to “hang out” with my daughter if I’m not there at the house. No, no, no, no — that is not allowed.

Oh… okay…

What would you say to our daughter, if we had one that was like 18 or slightly older, and she did some of the stuff we did…

SHE IS NOT ALLOWED OUT OF THE HOUSE. EVER.

(LOLOLOL) — Do you see how this is such hypocrisy?!!?!

I DON’T CARE! SHE’S NOT ALLOWED OUT OF OUR SIGHT. OR OUT OF OUR HOUSE. WE WILL KEEP HER LOCKED UP LIKE RAPUNZEL.

(LOLOLOLOLOLOL)… And what do you think of the “guy” who did that to her…?

HE’S AN IDIOT. LOCK HIM UP TOO. IN JAIL. IMMEDIATELY. NOT ALLOWED ANYWHERE NEAR MY LITTLE GIRLS.

(Laughing) … right… so… you can see it now… from a parent’s perspective…

Yeah… I can… it sucks.

It does?

Yeah… because I don’t regret what we did… but I don’t want that for my daughters.

(Laughing) Okay?! (Shrugs shoulders)

You’re not mad about this?

No?! I’m sure they’ll find a way to sneak out even if you keep them locked up… (LOL)

Oh… no… YOU’RE GONNA BE THE “FUN” MOM AND I’M THE STRICT “BAD COP” DAD FATHER FIGURE?!?!?!!?!?

Probably?!?!!? (Chuckling)

Nooo…!! I wanna be my daughters’ friend!

I am sure you would be… but… when it comes to boys… I mean, you’re already jealous and possessive over me — I think you’ll be 100 times worse with DAUGHTERS?!!?!?

(Nodding) You’re probably right…

You’re like an… immediate shield… I don’t know how to describe this… but you just put up the walls to protect the whole family…

(Nodding) I do… I am VERY PROTECTIVE…

Okay anyway… if I just stop writing for a few days or even a week or so — I’m not doing anything with other guys — I’m literally just cleaning and trying to de-clutter my parents’ house.

Your parents don’t hire other people to do that?

No… in our family, we do our own cleaning…

Huh… I haven’t really thought about this… so do you want to hire cleaners if you’re living with me?

Umm… maybe once a fortnight? Not weekly — I don’t think weekly is necessary.

I was thinking daily?! What?! You only want fortnightly?!

I can maintain it generally — a good, deep clean by professionals once a fortnight, for say, 8 to 10 hours — we can pay for that. I don’t mind that.

That’s ALL?!

Probably — and some regular maintenance things… like windows and fixtures… if we have chandeliers? You need to book and schedule professional chandelier cleaners, things like that. It’s all part of running a modern, financially well-off household…

Isn’t there someone else we can also hire for that?

Yes… but… I don’t want too much staff for things like that…

You don’t?

No. It’s not even how I’ve been raised. We are generally quite self-sufficient, even if it means our house looks like a pig sty. We just live in our own mess. It’s alright…

Hmm… well, I wouldn’t have cared if you wanted a cleaner to come everyday. But I also don’t mind, if you just want a professional cleaner once a fortnight…

Because I’m MAINTAINING it — throughout that fortnight as well. Okay, if we have multiple properties, we’ll need house-sitters, but that’s like hiring real estate managers. That’s not as involved… in our day to day living, wherever our nest is — I don’t want too many staff. I don’t need a live-in cleaner. I don’t need a live-in chef. That’s too much. I’ll do the cooking, I can actually cook. It’s not a big deal.

Okay…

When we have kids, yes — more staff.

Oh? Okay — more staff with kids.

YES — of course then, I’ll want more help. Maybe the cleaner is a live-in one by then, because kids are so messy. Maybe it is a cleaner and Nanny all-in-one. I don’t know! But we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.

Yeah… I don’t think we actually need to worry about kids right now…

Well… I don’t know, whatever the Universe has planned for us…

(Smiles) Well… I need someone to maintain my cars…

(Sigh) You have a lot of cars?

Yes…

Well just give them access to the garage, they don’t need to bother me. And they just come around once a week to drive and maintain your cars, that has nothing to do with me, even if I’m living there while you’re away.

Oh?

It’s no different than the gardener or pool service right now at my parents’ house. They never enter the actual house. Sometimes I let them in, other times they have their own access.

The gardeners have the codes for the gates?!?!

Just the gates — not the house. I don’t know how you’re going to design it but the garage can have a separate access. So that someone can come and maintain your cars but not actually get “into” the main house or property. I’m sure there’s a way to set that up.

(Nodding)… Okay… so you don’t mind a bit of help… but you also don’t want too much intrusion…

Yes… even pest control… you have to find someone you can trust…

Pest Control!?!?!

Yeah… I once got a really creepy vibe from a Pest Control staff and never used that company ever again…

Oh… Hmm… some things to think about…

Yes… (Nodding) Adulting kind of stuff…

Adulting… do you want to make an adult movie? With me? (Devilish grin)

STOP!!! (Laughing) Don’t joke like that or your fans are going to create one with AI!

(蠟筆小新 laugh)… Maybe I want to watch it if it’s also starring… you?!?!! (Chuckles)

(Sigh)

I’m kidding!!!

I know…

I love you…

I love you, too… xoxoxoxoxox