As I stand at the cusp of an epoch making event, one that will be written in Golden letters in the books of history and be praised by scholars and historians all over the world, it is but necessary that I make a few observations about the subject of this epoch making event.
For the uninitiated lesser mortals like me, tomorrow I technically complete 3 months of remaining married. I am honestly surprised to see that I am still functional with all parts answering and performing their role as intended. Which means that the missus is being extremely adjusting and understanding and all other nice adjectives one can fish up in the latest version of the Oxford dictionary. Which essentially brings me to the topic of discussion here today. My dear reader, today we will be seeing some of the key personality traits which define the missus. Actually, coming to think of it, there might be so many that I could very well start a "Missus" Series here. But that's for a later day. I'll just start with a 101 here.
Missus the Gyaani
The missus loves to give gyaan. Not that she is aware of the fact usually. She is ... how do I put it ... sermonic ? The Sadhus at Kailash parbat would willingly offer her a seat for all her profound gyaans. The other day, I just casually asked her about a certain person she knows as to whether he should, in her opinion, go for an MS and PhD or rather pursue some job here. It would be an understatement to say that the next 30 mins were spent with her on a metaphorical pedestal, giving some ideal state gyaan. I wonder how come Philosophy was not a major study subject. But on second thoughts, I suppose she already knows a lot of Philo so it probably didn't make much academic sense to again pursue it. To top it all, I still don't have her opinion on that topic. But I know better than to ask for it again.
Missus the dancer
This is no hidden fact that the Missus is a very nice dancer. Across all forms - classical as well as non-classical (I hope the other form is indeed called non-classical. I am not the best person to write on dance, as my friends and well wishers would tell about me). That's awesome if you ask me. I am often witness to small, nice pieces of dances at home. That's not to say that the missus gives miniature performances at home. No sir, I didn't mean that. What I meant is, that the dance has been so deeply ingrained that it has become the natural reality (Kind of like Inception, where dream becomes the reality. Too much, I am going to be a scriptwriter now). She walks and it feels like a dance rhythm from some song. She gestures while talking and moves her hands, fingers and eyes like you would do at a Bharat Natyam recital. Well, between you and me, dear reader, truth be told I kind of stop listening at times when she does these kind of dances. It serves dual purpose - gives a visual delight while saving my auditory senses from the gyaan. But she knows that I am slow on the uptake and mostly repeats so that I understand (or till she feels I have understood).
Missus the super-listener
The word listener doesn't do justice to what the missus really does. It is like a super power she has. She just kind of attracts people towards her (No Asaram jokes please), and makes them want to pour out their hearts and lungs and kidneys to her. I simply don't know how she manages to do this. Take this case of my immediate neighbours. There are two ladies who have been staying together for the past 15 odd years. Within the first month the elder mallu lady had become a fan-girl of the missus and started sharing her most innermost secrets that probably the devil only would know. More recently, the other gujju lady has also followed suit. Given my position of advantage, I get privy to the information and I can tell you that they share some really personal stuff. Now, I don't mean to say that the super power is limited to only elder folks. It is on people across all age groups, gender, caste, race, species etc. What is it that you ask, dear reader? My Super power ? Aww..That's so nice of you to believe that I might have one. You will live for two more years for this question. My super power if I were to have any would definitely be - As Sheldon Cooper tells Leonard in The Big Bang Theory - "Brainwashing" given that I convinced the Missus to marry me.
More of the Missus' amazing personality traits to come up later. And till then you guys have a jolly good time. While I try and gather some goodwill with the missus for the 3 month thing.
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