After the “Men in Pink” post I thought guys should get a break! So here goes…
A friend of mine cited the indiscreet comments made by Jaya Bachchan as a perfect example of how wives can put their husbands in a spot. He wondered about the kind of dressing down (pun absolutely unintended) Big B would have given her following the ruckus created by her comments. Now you know how this post was born!
Wife in a metro I hear is so very different from the girlfriend in a metro. When you are her boyfriend all she does about you is brag, brag, brag but once a wife its goes nag, nag, nag. I find this phenomenon extremely contradictory. On the one hand, by marrying you she trusts you with her entire life but on the other she doesn’t trust you to do even the smallest of tasks. When her husband embarks upon any task the first reaction of the wife in a metro will be to presume it will not be done properly. If this makes you think she is a pessimist, think again. Women are much smarter than guys give them credit for. This is no back handed compliment it’s just that she knows the secret joys of pessimism which I recently read. It said “The nice part of being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proved right or pleasantly surprised.”
The grammar change is another intriguing side to the wife in a metro. She always talks in future tense before marriage but post marriage the ‘wife speak’ suddenly changes to past tense. The husband is constantly reminded of all that transpired in the past. Helplessly grappling to deal with all of this the husband ‘bechara’ mentally gets rid of the past and the future and just gets tense!
Though there are many more things which change dramatically after marriage there is one affliction that remains with a woman all her life. These are the two biggest problems every woman has. One, no place in the cupboard and two, nothing to wear!
Despite all of this I have extreme gratitude to all the married women. If it was not for them my married male friends would have never envied the 'single' me as much as they do now ! So here’s a big 'Muchas Gracias' to all you married women out there. To show my gratitude I’ll throw in a helpful tip as well. Remember what Ching Chow says “ The faults a man finds in his wife is probably the reason why she couldn't find a better husband”!
A friend of mine cited the indiscreet comments made by Jaya Bachchan as a perfect example of how wives can put their husbands in a spot. He wondered about the kind of dressing down (pun absolutely unintended) Big B would have given her following the ruckus created by her comments. Now you know how this post was born!
Wife in a metro I hear is so very different from the girlfriend in a metro. When you are her boyfriend all she does about you is brag, brag, brag but once a wife its goes nag, nag, nag. I find this phenomenon extremely contradictory. On the one hand, by marrying you she trusts you with her entire life but on the other she doesn’t trust you to do even the smallest of tasks. When her husband embarks upon any task the first reaction of the wife in a metro will be to presume it will not be done properly. If this makes you think she is a pessimist, think again. Women are much smarter than guys give them credit for. This is no back handed compliment it’s just that she knows the secret joys of pessimism which I recently read. It said “The nice part of being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proved right or pleasantly surprised.”
The grammar change is another intriguing side to the wife in a metro. She always talks in future tense before marriage but post marriage the ‘wife speak’ suddenly changes to past tense. The husband is constantly reminded of all that transpired in the past. Helplessly grappling to deal with all of this the husband ‘bechara’ mentally gets rid of the past and the future and just gets tense!
Though there are many more things which change dramatically after marriage there is one affliction that remains with a woman all her life. These are the two biggest problems every woman has. One, no place in the cupboard and two, nothing to wear!
Despite all of this I have extreme gratitude to all the married women. If it was not for them my married male friends would have never envied the 'single' me as much as they do now ! So here’s a big 'Muchas Gracias' to all you married women out there. To show my gratitude I’ll throw in a helpful tip as well. Remember what Ching Chow says “ The faults a man finds in his wife is probably the reason why she couldn't find a better husband”!
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Pretty insightful coming from a bachelor. Am sure all married men can relate to bits and pieces or (god forbid!) all of what you have written
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