I Have Always Had A Flip Phone. My Kids Got Me A Nokia Windows Go Phone And I Hate It. Any

How do I tell my mom that I broke my phone?

Tell her the truth.This question brings a few things to my mind.Some years after i got glasses for my eyesight, the doctor recommended i use contact lenses. Abbu (my father) brought me a pair. It cost quite a lot. I wore them, took them off, put them back in their case. Unbeknown to me, one lens had a part of it caught between the cap and wall of the case. When i twisted the cap open the next day, the lens tore up. I ran to Abbu, crying. He patted me and brought me a new pair.And the end of my orthodontic treatment, the dentist gave me a retainer to wear, which cost Rs. 5000. It was the early nineties, and this was a big sum of money. I wore them all day, then took them off and put them on the tray under the bathroom mirror. I don't remember exactly how a commotion was caused but the next thing i knew, the retainer went flying in the air and landed straight in the toilet seat. Abbu was in the office. I called him. I was crying so hard he had trouble understanding me. Again, when i told him between sobs i could never bring myself to put the rescued retainer in my mouth again, he told me he would get me another one, and he did.In 1999, Abbu got me my first computer. This time, my younger sister broke the switch on the case that turns the computer on. She told him how it happened. He didn't do anything except to call the vendor. The computer vendor told Abbu he would have to replace the entire casing, and charge him Rs. 10000! Abbu stayed mute for a day. Then he mended the switch by himself.In 2003, he got me my first mobile phone. I remember it cost him Rs. 11000. It was a simple nokia phone. I took it with me to my new job, and lost it within the first week. Someone stole it from my desk. Cell phones were very susceptible to theft in those days. He listened to my story, told me how to get my sim blocked by the cellular network, and bought me the same model again.He taught his girls to tell him their mistakes openly. I don't remember him shouting or raging at the end of any of our confessions.In 2006, i got married. This is what Abbu said to my husband in the early days of our marriage:"She tore her first pair of lenses, she threw her first retainer in the toilet, she messed up her first computer, she lost her first cell phone… that being said, my son, you are her first husband!”