Dear Biwi,
One must wonder how it started; everyone does - now and
then. Everyone asks “what-if” now and then. I imagine, however, that married
men do wander less in ‘now’ than ‘then’.
Marriage for a man, and I say this with a biased sample size
of one, is a leap of faith. And a big one at that. Therefore it’s natural that
years down the line when he is completely changed, he asks those ‘what-if’
questions. I do too, and gladly none of those ‘what-if’s are better than
‘what-is’. If parallel Universes are a
thing, then I pity all the other Vaibhavs who did not end up with their Ranus.
I found mine and that’s what made this Universe more worthy for Vaibhav to live
in.
I can never absorb in entirety that it’s been five years
since that shy
boy married a simple & complex girl. Five years of Joys and sorrows,
laughs and tears, smiles and frowns, hugs and fights, triumphs and debacles,
with you were just the beginning of the journey. People strive for better
times; I simply hope that next fifty will just be the same.
Happy Anniversary Dear!
Pati
P.S. Sincere thoughts (above) are always stalked by
notorious ones. As you begin to read
other light-hearted perspectives below, remember that these notorious ones just
followed me – I didn’t create them J
A Consultant’s
Perspective
Dear Wife Inc.
I am happy to pronounce to our stakeholders that in FY’14 our
partnership has completed five years of mutually benefitting engagement. During
these extremely enriching and prosperous years, we have leveraged our pragmatic
solutions to ensure a dynamic and yet stable co-existence. The synergies of
this joint venture, I trust, have brought quantifiable value to each other’s
organizations.
Additionally, we have (you have) restructured a lot of
malpractices in the said organization with a willing (unwilling) participation.
I am happy to report that TOFI1 has reduced from 93% to almost zero
in these five years, while enhancing our CWAC2 to almost 100%. These
two numbers are testimony to the new strategic direction we embarked upon five
years ago under the eminent leadership of Wife Inc.
1 Towel On the Floor Index
2 Consent Without Agreement Coefficient
I am delighted to highlight that we have managed to stay
ahead of the curve while showcasing significant reconciliation abilities. I encourage you to take a look at the graph
below for a comprehensive view of our market position.
Lastly, I want to conclude by saying that next few years
will be crucial to the partnership as we enter into a growth phase and any
remnant malpractices of Husband Inc. are taken care of.
I still remember that evening. A crescent moon shone
high in the sky, drenching the city of Gurgaon in its milky light. The
nocturnal hubbub of the millennium city gave way to soothing melodies of hindi
classics played out on old radio of the chowkidaar. The pleasant late evening breeze adorned us
as if celebrating our togetherness. The lines of shrubs on either side of the
brick road shuddered against the breeze with a harmonious chirp. With some
hesitation, looking into my eyes, you uttered those three magical words which
marked the uncharted and unknown for me. Three simple words, which on their own
carried little meaning but when spoken together ushered a powerful paradigm changing message. The
fact that they were solely meant for me, aided immensely to its power.
“Gas Tanki Khatam” still resonate in my mind as if it was
just yesterday. My heart skipped a beat and I gulped as hard as Rahul Gandhi
would have, had he been asked to operate an electric toaster.
I had nodded, I remember, and continued to do so to your
further utterances while I tried to figure the firsts which were yet to come. I
began to realize the meaning of my own words “You rock my world,” which I used
to throw around half sincerely. It was
as if my subconscious mind was prescient enough to push those words out of me
in anticipation of that alien smell of detergent from clothes, earmarked
shoe-spaces and dining with Victorian etiquettes.
I have learned so much from you. The point is that, perhaps,
I’ve unlearnt even more. Let me just
conclude by saying that a Juliet for a Romeo is what I wanted, but it was a
Jane for a Tarzan that I really needed. Thank You “Jane” for everything.
