Life chez Iyer Household is fine these days. Looking looking (that's english for dekhte dekhte in hindi), we are seven months into the marriage. Happy to report that both of us are surviving and doing pretty well. The going has been good so far, but I am not one to take things lightly and get complacent. No sir. I am very conscious about that. Just to exemplify, take for instance this below conversation from last week, while we were watching a movie (or some serial on TV).
Missus: Isn't that a pretty looking dress ?
Me: Hmm.. Do you like it ? Let's buy
Missus: Batao, where have we seen this before ?
Me: (thinking) ... We ?? Maa Kasam, ye to googly hai. soch beta jaldi soch.
Me: (giving up) Can't think, tum batao ?
Missus: Think na. Hint. It was in that movie we saw right after marriage
Me: (thinking) ... Shit! Which movie did we see ? Surely some horror flick ... Aatma, or Ek thi Dayan... Or no, it might be Bhaag Milkha Bhaag... Or was it Insidious 2. C'mon.. quickly !
Me: (giving up): Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ?
Missus: (also giving up ... on me that is) Nooo.... It was in Satyagraha ! Yaad hai ? In that scene just before interval, when they are travelling and there's a rickshaw that cross them. There's that lady in that rickshaw who's wearing a dress with a very similar pattern. Although that was in darker gradient and crisper material. This one's of course the same pattern on saree. Yaad aaya ?
Me: (thinking) ... Maa Kasam which is this movie, and when did I see this ? Why can't I recall it. Is this the one with Ranbir... No that's Raajneeti. Which is this movie.
Me: Oh Achha. Haan, Maybe ... I guess you are right.
Missus just threw a suspicious look, but I think I got off the hook there.
But there was yet another disaster that unfolded a few days back. Missus was back from her classes. I was in the midst of some office calls when she came home. We talked in actions and whispers for 5-10 mins and then she went inside and changed into comfortable homewear. I honestly don't remember how I managed to get myself into answering this question, but I did, and did so badly.
Missus: What did I wear for my classes today ?
Me: Eh ?
Missus: Batao na. I just came back 15 mins ago. What was I wearing when I came in ?
Me: Erm ... That pretty dress of yours ... Actually I notice just you, can't look beyond you at the dress
Missus: So Cheesy. Stop all that and tell me what was I wearing 15 mins back
Me: ......
Obviously, I wasn't so lucky that time and ended up getting a few earfuls and few pieces of missus' mind.
Thats why I say, I am treading on fine ice and cannot afford to be complacent. Here's hoping that I get my act together pretty soon, and exhibit glimpses of memory power before I am hauled up yet again !
Missus: Isn't that a pretty looking dress ?
Me: Hmm.. Do you like it ? Let's buy
Missus: Batao, where have we seen this before ?
Me: (thinking) ... We ?? Maa Kasam, ye to googly hai. soch beta jaldi soch.
Me: (giving up) Can't think, tum batao ?
Missus: Think na. Hint. It was in that movie we saw right after marriage
Me: (thinking) ... Shit! Which movie did we see ? Surely some horror flick ... Aatma, or Ek thi Dayan... Or no, it might be Bhaag Milkha Bhaag... Or was it Insidious 2. C'mon.. quickly !
Me: (giving up): Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ?
Missus: (also giving up ... on me that is) Nooo.... It was in Satyagraha ! Yaad hai ? In that scene just before interval, when they are travelling and there's a rickshaw that cross them. There's that lady in that rickshaw who's wearing a dress with a very similar pattern. Although that was in darker gradient and crisper material. This one's of course the same pattern on saree. Yaad aaya ?
Me: (thinking) ... Maa Kasam which is this movie, and when did I see this ? Why can't I recall it. Is this the one with Ranbir... No that's Raajneeti. Which is this movie.
Me: Oh Achha. Haan, Maybe ... I guess you are right.
Missus just threw a suspicious look, but I think I got off the hook there.
But there was yet another disaster that unfolded a few days back. Missus was back from her classes. I was in the midst of some office calls when she came home. We talked in actions and whispers for 5-10 mins and then she went inside and changed into comfortable homewear. I honestly don't remember how I managed to get myself into answering this question, but I did, and did so badly.
Missus: What did I wear for my classes today ?
Me: Eh ?
Missus: Batao na. I just came back 15 mins ago. What was I wearing when I came in ?
Me: Erm ... That pretty dress of yours ... Actually I notice just you, can't look beyond you at the dress
Missus: So Cheesy. Stop all that and tell me what was I wearing 15 mins back
Me: ......
Obviously, I wasn't so lucky that time and ended up getting a few earfuls and few pieces of missus' mind.
Thats why I say, I am treading on fine ice and cannot afford to be complacent. Here's hoping that I get my act together pretty soon, and exhibit glimpses of memory power before I am hauled up yet again !
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