"Oh really? I don't remember that."
"And when I asked you why, your answer was so thoughtful, you don't want your friend feel awkward when she's coming to our house and find out that our maid has the same name as her."
I hugged him and said, "I'm very proud of you, it proves you are a better person than your friend."
After a while, Leon asked me back, "What about you, Bunda? How do you feel about it? Because her mom is also your friend, you guys, have known each other for a long time too. What do you think about this situation?"
My son has showed me how calm he handled his situation, while I'm so emotional at that moment. But I don't want to look like I've over reacted.
"Honestly, I'm offended, upset. I think to give a dog a name similar to the name of your friend's kid is inappropriate.... In other word, I wanna say... rude!" I held my breath for a few second, tried to control what I'm going to say to my son.
Leon still say nothing.
"There are two things in this situation, one is the right, of course everyone has the right to name their pets with any name they want. However, on the other side, there's a thing we call: ethics! With hundreds of millions of names in this world, why did she pick my son's name for her dog. Only an unethical person will do that to their friend."
Leon look at me sharply and said, "I agree with you! As I said before, I won't do that to my friend. So....what are you gonna do now?"
"Probably nothing... for now..." my answer sound not so sure for myself. "As I always say, never make any reaction when you are upset. So, I will just leave it for a while, put it on the back of my head, won't think about it for few days. And, let's see what will come up after that."
Leon said, "if you ask me the same question, my answer is.... I won't think about it at all. And I'm going to sleep well tonight. Leon bobo dulu ya, Bunda."
