A Little Faith
🙂 I was reading through some of my back posts recently and I realised I’ve been pretty harsh on men. I have lost faith. Yes, well, as a certain old acquaintance-turned friend pointed out,
Your opinions are coloured by the pain you have felt. But that’s no reason to tar all men with the same brush.
Heard and understood…and its time to issue public apology to all those men who do not fit the stereotypes I’ve been bashing. And now for a nice sweet real life example to illustrate…
SNC (oh phone): No, that’s impossible. Work is work, you know that. Yes, maybe Saturday too. What can I do about it? No choice.
5 minutes later….
SNC: I’m the world’s best actor!!!! I’ve successfully convinced Mrs.SNC that I am working late tomorrow and on Saturday too. She wanted to do something on this long weekend that’s coming up.
Me: Why, you evil man! Why are you lying to your wife? Hmph….men can be such…%$#@
SNC: You are totally alien to the concept of romantic surprises, aren’t you?
Me: Eh?
SNC: I’ve been planning this for a month. Tomorrow I’ll start out ‘for a short drive’ and then head towards Mahabaleshwar. Its a long weekend and I have plans. 🙂
Me: Ha! What if she believes you and goes to work on the weekend too?
SNC: *smirk smirk* I’ve enlisted her family’s help. Her sister has spoken to her and convinced her that she needs help with a project tomorrow so she has to be at home. And her parents have announced that they are visiting on Saturday so she’s got to be there to see them.
Me: ….
Well, what’s left for me to say?
A close friend is getting married this weekend on a sudden impulsive decision and I’ve been playing devil’s advocate since she announced it to me. Hmm…I guess I could do with a little faith.
The downside of this revelation is that I probably won’t have too much of masaaledaar, argument-inducing posts up here. Well…then again, people will continue to err and men…uh, some men will continue to be jerks. So I don’t worry too much.
