They were a modern day couple. Same aged young people with equally ferocious personal ambitions but mismatched in temperaments in their approach to life and the drama that involves in the making of it...
They had tensions between them
Apparent stressors that were not solvable
They dragged their issues for days months and years...
Stayed under a single roof for heck of it...
Known devil was better they thought...
Their only problem was when it came to living with their family members for functions or festivals,
they feared their incoherence would set out open in front of them...
Lone time together was dreaded by them since they knew they had nothing to share except an occasional physical need of sexual gratification...
Then they went on to becoming strangers from bedroom partners to house mates...
She got a high by seeking emotional connection outside...
She thrived on making connections while he found solace in burying himself in corporate world and disconnecting from human contact unless and until it was absolutely inevitable...
He got a high by climbing up the ladders of commercial success...
She wanted to step out and break free...
She had almost made up her mind...
But their only daughter's face held her helplessly within the faint boundaries of a bond long broken...
She attended all functions with a bright fake smile and kept in touch with all folks from his side
He knew her as someone who was a perfect home maker and was confident of her attributes of making his house a home.
He knew that she was a wonderful mom to his daughter and a best friend to tons of people around who counted on her as their ultimate confiding mate.
He wondered as to why she could make wonderful connections all around and have a grand club of besties while he had not even a single good friend around...
He secretly feared that her free spirited attitude could surpass her domestic security and she would let go of him and their marriage in a jiffy...
She would share her utmost desires in front of him with no inhibitions...
She never feared to disclose her innermost crushes fantasies and feelings about anyone to him...
He felt proud of himself that he had been such a good husband that she could be comfortable in telling him everything...
She always believed that being honest was the best way to keep stress at bay...
He knew she had hoards of men who desired to be with her dearly...
He expressed his fears openly to her to which she replied with confidence...
It is the vibes that people get attracted with and not just the exhibitory parameters...
She believed in being open about her minutest feelings and was sensitive about how anything made her feel...
If it did not feel right she left the place or the situation or the person...
If someone desired her it is their free will, who are we to object or control it??? She said...
You chat with them and they get the wrong signals... They take your neutral stand as encouragement....he said....
To which she replied, if their desires are laced with any expectations so be it... Its their karma... Let them face it.... I have no role to play...
I will trust my gut feeling come what may...she said...
He pondered...of everything, it was just the marriage that she stuck on....
Did it feel right? He wondered...
Was she being spiritual or free spirited? He questioned...
Was she a risk to be attached to?
He asked himself...
He had many questions in mind...
She never bothered as to why he behaved in a way he did.
He kept being baffled by the mystery that she was...
She told him everything yet he felt that there was something more...
He never told her anything yet she felt she knew him enough...
He resorted to books to find the dynamics of relationships and kept living in fear
She resorted to experiences that life gave to find out the meaning of NOW and kept living in happiness
Both of them live together...
Both of them never complained...
But in spite of being together they are leading drastically different lives...
Just another urban tale of contemporary complexities...
#notsotinytales
- Prajakta Sathe.
They had tensions between them
Apparent stressors that were not solvable
They dragged their issues for days months and years...
Stayed under a single roof for heck of it...
Known devil was better they thought...
Their only problem was when it came to living with their family members for functions or festivals,
they feared their incoherence would set out open in front of them...
Lone time together was dreaded by them since they knew they had nothing to share except an occasional physical need of sexual gratification...
Then they went on to becoming strangers from bedroom partners to house mates...
She got a high by seeking emotional connection outside...
She thrived on making connections while he found solace in burying himself in corporate world and disconnecting from human contact unless and until it was absolutely inevitable...
He got a high by climbing up the ladders of commercial success...
She wanted to step out and break free...
She had almost made up her mind...
But their only daughter's face held her helplessly within the faint boundaries of a bond long broken...
She attended all functions with a bright fake smile and kept in touch with all folks from his side
He knew her as someone who was a perfect home maker and was confident of her attributes of making his house a home.
He knew that she was a wonderful mom to his daughter and a best friend to tons of people around who counted on her as their ultimate confiding mate.
He wondered as to why she could make wonderful connections all around and have a grand club of besties while he had not even a single good friend around...
He secretly feared that her free spirited attitude could surpass her domestic security and she would let go of him and their marriage in a jiffy...
She would share her utmost desires in front of him with no inhibitions...
She never feared to disclose her innermost crushes fantasies and feelings about anyone to him...
He felt proud of himself that he had been such a good husband that she could be comfortable in telling him everything...
She always believed that being honest was the best way to keep stress at bay...
He knew she had hoards of men who desired to be with her dearly...
He expressed his fears openly to her to which she replied with confidence...
It is the vibes that people get attracted with and not just the exhibitory parameters...
She believed in being open about her minutest feelings and was sensitive about how anything made her feel...
If it did not feel right she left the place or the situation or the person...
If someone desired her it is their free will, who are we to object or control it??? She said...
You chat with them and they get the wrong signals... They take your neutral stand as encouragement....he said....
To which she replied, if their desires are laced with any expectations so be it... Its their karma... Let them face it.... I have no role to play...
I will trust my gut feeling come what may...she said...
He pondered...of everything, it was just the marriage that she stuck on....
Did it feel right? He wondered...
Was she being spiritual or free spirited? He questioned...
Was she a risk to be attached to?
He asked himself...
He had many questions in mind...
She never bothered as to why he behaved in a way he did.
He kept being baffled by the mystery that she was...
She told him everything yet he felt that there was something more...
He never told her anything yet she felt she knew him enough...
He resorted to books to find the dynamics of relationships and kept living in fear
She resorted to experiences that life gave to find out the meaning of NOW and kept living in happiness
Both of them live together...
Both of them never complained...
But in spite of being together they are leading drastically different lives...
Just another urban tale of contemporary complexities...
#notsotinytales
- Prajakta Sathe.
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