Imagine me as a wife-fearing man and not really ......... caring what can God do or undo !!
Imagine my wife -- with personality of an outgoing woman - a vagabond to an extent and a wayward to a large extent !!
Imagine she also has a dominating command in our blissful marital life.
What she earns of her own or whether she has a job are immaterial to discuss about.
What is important that she has one common quality of all wives --- she can spend her husband's money easily on herself and occasionally on her family members and even classmates - especially working as teachers/faculty members etc !!
But she has one weakness !! She has coughing problems and then comes in Delhi winter and the usual dosage of Pollution !
Then she had it -- her doctor recommended by her mom has advised her to stay indoors !!
Automatically, her world changes.
She develops fear about going out and prefers to stay home and to 'kill' time -- she also starts cooking a few traditional dishes sincerely. And hence the outcome is Delicious eating stuff for a henpecked husband.
The bargain is an easier deal -- she cooks and I wash utensils.
Then it's my turn to play smartly -- a mixed dosage of diplomacy and journalism.
Of course the combo is Mischief -- but my counterpoint is 'why not' !!
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| Madam Wife : And ... a wife-fearing Blogger |
So when she says -- "Dear hubby.... you are hardly romantic" .....
I can be quick -- "Well darling, let's go for a walk... morning or late evening. The final call in our family has been always yours". She smiles softly ! I know -- come what may -- no chance of you joining me down there outside.
Lady wife laments - "Oh, so thoughtful of you ... but I can't na" .
I simply nod my head like that obedient pet and she loves it.
Little could she realise -- what game did I play.
So, score card -- One-Zero in my favour !! What a win after 20 years of marriage ! the other definition is always more realistic - the Wedlock !
A poor journalist-husband pretender of a sincere blogger is 'locked' inside and the jailor is that merciless creature handed over to me by my late Marxist dad-in-law !
Pollution and Delhi's Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) has also forced her to do some Yoga. As a result, there is possibility of weight loss and subsequently - a slimmer wife !
Who does not like a Slimmer Wife ? That's real true test case of an 'owner's pride' and my wife's classmate's envy !!
There's another great relief !!
This is more from an unexpected angle. Angrily she screams - "You always think I am a fool.... why do you that?
Keep it in your head, I have done Masters .... But look at my luck, you could not give me a car in these 20 years of marriage. My brother bought two - one for him and the other for his wife. Your brother has a foreign car".
Again my 'experience' in journalism counts -- I dish out some data and try to convince my ineluctable wife.
Internet says - Ineluctable means something that cannot be escaped or avoided. And OMG - I am just excited as no other phrase can define 'her' for me !!
I switch to my usual trick -- "Look, vehicles can be bought or not is not the real issue ... the real issue in Delhi and in other adjoining places is that --- whether Cars have contributed in making Delhi's pollution worse. So darling, how can I spend your money on something that spoils your health and disallows you 'free movement' like caging of a college going girl.
You look so young without pollution in the city".
And bravo jackpot has been hit -- more than once !! The phrases -- 'your money' flatters her. She thinks the Donkey of her life is a real ass and totally under her thumb. Secondly, the phrase - 'college going girl'. She simply loves it !!
And thirdly when I say - You look so young without pollution"; she cajoles me to write a letter to the Prime Minister saying -- "purchasing of new vehicles should be stopped for two years or so".
I again nod my head -- same slavishly.
But this time the Slave knows the Score sheet would still read -- Two-Zero and the beauty in this win is -- the lady does not know she has lost the game..... much quickly then she had lost her heart to that idiot class mate of her decades back !!
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| Small family --- Selfie family !! |
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