Mom’s sink

[meliss]

Hi, does "Mom’s sink" mean that there is a Dad's one and a kids' one or more, and everybody has his/her own sink?
"Rowley didn’t want to get his hair wet, so he wore a shower cap we found underneath Mom’s sink." (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Double Down, Jeff Kinney).

 

[Rover_KE]

We can only infer from the quoted sentence that Mom has her own sink. We can't tell how many other sinks there are for the rest of the family.

 

[meliss]

I wonder if it looks normal to you that Mom (or whoever) has her own sink?

 

[Rover_KE]

The wimpy kid is telling us about his home life. We've no right to judge.

 

[meliss]

I am not judging at all, I just try to learn our culture differences.

 

[Rover_KE]

Fair enough.

Knowing nothing about the book, I get the impression that Mom is a strong character and the undisputed boss of the kitchen (in other rooms, sinks are usually called wash-basins).

 

[meliss]

Actually the Mom’s sink is in the bathroom here. "After we wrapped things up in the kitchen, we went upstairs to film the bathroom scenes. Rowley didn’t want..."

 

[SoothingDave]

It's probably in the bathroom attached to "Mom's room" (that is, the master bedroom). The kids think of it as Mom's sink, cause it's in Mom's bathroom.

 

[Rover_KE]

Right. The shower cap should have given me a clue that it wasn't in the kitchen. It might be in a bathroom with two wash-basins—the other being Pop's sink—and the children having their own bathroom.

Is there nothing in the diary giving you a clue about this?

 

[meliss]

Is there nothing in the diary giving you a clue about this?

Unfortunately, no.

 

[Tarheel]

Hi, does "Mom’s sink" mean that everybody has their own sink?

"Rowley didn’t want to get his hair wet, so he wore a shower cap we found underneath Mom’s sink." (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Double Down, Jeff Kinney).

My suggestions.

 

[Tarheel]

I am not judging at all. I'm just trying to learn about cultural differences.

I think it's atypical that one member of the family has their own sink.