You know you're out of the equation ...

... when your son go off on his own without telling you where is he going.

Well, our dear son left home for a little bike tour in the neighbourhood - so he says. We've given him the "freedom" to bike on his own under the condition he'd check in every half an hour - just to ease our thought that he's really around the corner. He didn't do so, then you begin to wonder: where the heck is he! The mommy mode in me shifted into high gear. Dad's not worried at all - he'll show up, he says. Close to an hour, he hasn't showed up.

And so I took my bike to look around - nix. Can't find him. I went home to find out he's not in at all. So, dad went instead. After a couple of minutes, he came back - no big boy in tow. Dad took the scooter thinking he's probably biked all the way to the harbour area, he's take a quick trip there - I stayed home just in case he's show up.

When he finally did come home, he was all too excited.

"Where have you been", I asked

"I was at the tennis hall", he replied matter of factly.

"It's late, it's 8pm already", I said, quite annoyed.

"Oh, I lost track of time. I was waiting for (girl's name)", he said. "I waited for her to finish her match and now I have to give her a call if she got home safely".

Grrrr .... I'm out of the loop!

My nine year old went for a date!