"But mom it's like a girls room. Can't we redecorate it, so I can put upmy posters and have some shelves for my trophies?" I asked."Tim your need to r...member that money is short and now your sisters aregrown up we may soon need to move to a smaller house, so I don't wantanother teenage boys room decorated, it wouldn't help to sell the house,"said mom.Both these bits of news depressed me, I felt utterly defeated by the waymom was treating me. My only hope now was that my dad may be able to. She was serving everyone. After serving, she took the seat just opposite mine.She was busy chatting with my mom. With every conversation, I was checking on her. Suddenly I sensed something hit my legs, and I thought as by mistake. She did the second time as well, and I knew she was up for something. She was busy chatting and giving a tickle on my legs at the same time.She started raising her legs. Soon I could feel the tickle moving from my feet to the thighs. Now I realized what she was up to.. Mili ne apni mom ko phone kiya toh pta chala ki woh wahn pe ni hai kahi bahar guyi hui hai so mili ne apna luggage mere hi room mein rakha aur fresh hoke shopping k liye chali gayi mai dad k sath hi rukha rha hum logo ne bahut sari baten ki phir dad ne bataya ki woh diwali mein ghar aa rhe haimaine mom k bare mein kuch ni bataya phir hum logo ne lunch kiya aur dad airport k liye chal diye aur mai apne room ki tarf……Jb mai apni room ki tarf corridor mein walk kar rha tha tbi maine dekha radha. When he came back in for hot chocolate and brownies, he announced that he was going to ask Dad for permission to marry me." Telling it in that fashion, she realized that he had never asked her if she would marry him.Ann listened to the story wondering if teenage boys had changed since the days when she was young. She had jokingly referred to her time spent dating as the years she had participated in octopus wrestling matches. The idea that William would wait for more than a year to pursue any.