I had a fun Diwali week in Mumbai! Detailed post sometime soon. As part of my Diwali week celebrations, I caught up with one of my ‘couple friends’ over lunch. H ( guy buddy) & P (gal pal) have been with me in and since college where they met and fell in love. Subsequently they married and are proud of their little bundle P2.
We met after ages (read months) and the following conversation happened –
H –So how is married life? Adjusting well, I hope.
Me – Yeah sure!
H –I know your ‘fondness’ for cooking and all things domestic. *snigger snigger*. So how do you manage?
Me –Well, Sri usually wakes me up with the morning tea
P –(rushes into the room from the kitchen with the raita dripping ladle) SEE
Me –Then I make breakfast, lunch and dinner
H – SEE
Me -Simple stuff really! Nothing fancy during the week
P – SEE
Me –All supposedly fancy stuff happens over the weekend
H – SEE
Me – Sri does give me a hand most of the time
P – SEE
H – So, what exactly do you make?
Me –Well, idli or dosa for breakfast
P – SEE
Me – Rice, sambhar / rasam
P – SEE
Me –and 2 vegetables
H – SEE
By now I was thoroughly enjoying this
Me –All before leaving for work
H – (falls from the chair) SEE! I have to eat lunch at the office canteen
Me –Well, Sri does that too. He finds carrying lunch from home too cumbersome
H – Still! At least it’s all ready in the morning. He has an option of taking lunch from home. Unike me.
P –You eat too much veggies. What I made for my entire family previously, I have to make it for you alone. It takes ages to cut all those vegetables
Me –Oh! The maid cuts the veggies for me
P – SEE! So how much does the maid take?
Me – Rs. XYZ
H & P – What????
Me –Yeah! She brooms, swabs, hangs out clothes to dry, washes dishes and cuts those above mentioned veggies
H & P – (not convinced)
Me –She comes twice a day
H & P –SEE
Don’t know towards whom that one was intended! All in all an enjoyable conversation!
Disclaimer alert!
Hey H & P, I am sure you guys don’t mind me blogging about this. Actually, there is not much to worry considering you guys don’t know I blog. Nevertheless
Sri, you know my typing exaggerates my cooking and all things domestic..
Just realized this is my 50th post. Never thought I would last this long. Yipeeeee 😀