Relationship Hijack And Banter - 3

Hema Malini looks ravishing. She easily outglows her daughters in any picture. Generally speaking, I don't like to admire actors who have married again while still married or left their wife and married a younger or more intellectually equal woman. Like Shabana Azmi -Javed Akhtar.

But in Hema Malini's case, they all look so happy or "adjusted" with the situation, who are we to argue with that. : ) In that article, Eesha Deol refers to Sunny Deol as Sunny bhaiyya. Dharamendra's parents were pally with Hema's family. Jab miya biwi(s) saas sasur raazi, tho what do we and the kaazi do! : ) When the man, the wives, MIL, FIL are all consenting to something, who are we and the priest to judge. : )

 

So, turns out this is not so difficult after all. People above all want to talk. If they get to summarize their life's past decade or two, they are more than willing to go into details. In fact, once started, it can be hard to stop them or change the topic. I have come to know some of the saddest experiences they have gone through and some of the most inspiring recoveries and turning around their life stories.

It can be draining too. In one such call, a classmate told me about 4 of our juniors who had passed away too young. The hardest to hear was one suicide due to the comments from "log" of "log kya kahange" fame. : ( Tough to think of those thin lanky schoolmates we recall wearing our school uniform and standing in the assembly.. as being dead and gone.

 

: ) : ) I wonder what men would have to say if advising another man on how to ask for help from the wife. But wait... men don't ask for help... or directions... : ) They would most likely advise each other on how to make her feel that doing the job herself is best for all. : )

Coming to the point of this post: it struck me that this "need clear instructions, few sentences, don't talk much while asking help" starts when they are quite young. I can text my daughter: "When you are done with lunch, clear the sink, cockroaches coming out in cold weather" or "Dishes in the stand are still wet, I hand-washed them, don't..."

With my son however, the text has to be brief. Often something like: "DW", "DW before class." "white lids - top rack." Anything too wordy will result in a Non-cooperation movement that the Mahatma would envy. : )

He is still young for DW to mean anything but dish-washer but the double entendre in the short texts never fail to crack me up. : )