Salamina Mosese Shares Her Young Daughter’s Sad Encounter At A Restaurant! The actress took to twitter over the weekend sharing a sad experience her daughter had when two other girls couldn’t pronounce her name.
Salamina’s daughter’s name is Tumelo and shortened Tumi. The actress shared how whilst eating out, two young girls asked to play with her daughter and when they came back they had a new name for her.
Salamina shared how her daughter told her that they had given her the name Emily because they couldn’t say her name, ‘Tumelo’.
The actress shared how she spoke to her daughter in an attempt to make it a teaching moment but was left traumatized by the whole encounter.
Read her thread below.
Thread. ?
Just witnessed a cringe worthy exchange between my daughter and two little girls she just met at this restuarant. It needs a whole blog post, the way I’m so traumatized.
— Salamina Mosese (@salaminaM) July 15, 2018
Little girl to Tumi: Hello. Do you want to play with me and my sister?
Tumi: Hi. Ok. (Turns to me to ask if she can go play…I say yes u can go)
10 minutes later they all come back to our table.
Little girl to me: Are you Emily’s Mom?
— Salamina Mosese (@salaminaM) July 15, 2018
Me to little girl: Emily? Who’s Emily?
I look at Tumi. She looks like she is wishing for the universe to open up and swallow her whole.
Tumi: Mommy I told them my name and they said they can’t say it. So they asked me if they could call me Emily…I said it’s fine.
— Salamina Mosese (@salaminaM) July 15, 2018
Me.
(Breathe Sally…breathe.)
I turn to the little girls. I can feel a lecture coming on.
(Breathe Sally…breathe) pic.twitter.com/Xx8zylp5SP
— Salamina Mosese (@salaminaM) July 15, 2018
Also me: Darling, what’s your name?
Little girl: my name is Lilly.
Me: Nice to meet you Lilly. My daughter’s name is Tumelo. You can call her Tumi for short, but for now Tumi and I need to talk, she’ll come play with you just now.
— Salamina Mosese (@salaminaM) July 15, 2018
In my most serious Mom voice, I say to her, Tumelo Mosese, what is your name?
Tumi: it’s Tumelo.
Me: Right. My angel, u must never ever let anyone tell u they can’t pronounce your name. If ppl can’t even make an effort to get your name right, it means they don’t respect you.
— Salamina Mosese (@salaminaM) July 15, 2018
Tumi: yes Mommy
Me: Do u understand what I’m saying nana?
Tumi: I do
Me again (I’m determined to make this a teaching moment): You must never apologise for who you are. If You can learn to pronounce their names correctly, they must do the same for you.
Tumi: I won’t do it again
— Salamina Mosese (@salaminaM) July 15, 2018
