AS RECEIVED How Wives treat their retired husbands:* *If the Husband gets up from the Bed a bit late:* ‘You are retired ….. that doesn’t mean you should infinitely sleep.’ *If he gets up early:* ‘Just because you don’t get sleep, don’t disturb all of us unnecessarily, by getting up so early’ *If he sits quiet at home:* ‘Instead of hanging on to that Mobile all the 24 hours, could you not help in the household work?’ *If he goes out for Fresh Air:* ‘Instead of wandering on the streets aimlessly, could you not sit quiet at home?’ *If he spends more time in Pooja Room:* ‘God won’t come down just because you are blabbering something and ringing the bell.’ *If he goes for a Part-time job:* ‘This Wisdom should have dawned on you while you were in service. At least, we could have got a more spacious house. What is the use of earning a paltry sum now?.’ *If he takes his wife for Pilgrimage:* ‘Our neighbour had taken his wife to Kashmir, Simla and Ooty. It is my fate that I am running around over-crowded temples.’ *If he takes her to Kashmir:* ‘Instead of burning that money on pleasure trips, you could have got me that Necklace I was asking, ever since I married you.’ *If he becomes Apartment Complex Flat owners’ Association President:* ‘First do your house work. Hell with your Society work.’ *If he is calm at home:* ‘Look at our neighbour. He is our Association President. Everyone salutes his wife even. No one even looks at me’. *So men! Don’t boast and trumpet that you will do this & that after retirement.* *Wife’s Taunts & Torture are a part of Retired Life* JAYASALA 42