The "Pati, Patni Aur Woh" Syndrome!

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So, these days, i get a good cup of coffee made by the man of the house! Before i have even taken the first sip, i'm asked enthusiastically, how it is! And i get to eat home cooked meals over the weekend, made by him with all the eagerness of a new husband to please me, his wife of 26/27 years! And frankly, since this is a first in 27 years...i quite like this change! I enjoy it and i can see through it! Come on...don't i know what this is all about! I know. But i play along, taking on the role of a pleasantly surprised and mightily pleased wife to the hilt! My heart whispers, let the good times continue!

I saw through it the first weekend, when he offered to make me his 'special' Maggie for dinner... well, i wasn't disappointed, after all, i didn't expect a MasterChef standard gourmet meal! And i'm not complaining! I'm just reminded of the Hindi movie "Pati, Patni aur Woh", starring the legendary Sanjeev Kumar, Parveen Babi, Dipti Naval in the lead roles with an ensemble cast! The hero, while flirting with his Secretary in the office woos his wife at home to get over the guilt...Well, i'm in a similar boat, though thankfully the Woh in our equation is Golf...!

Every weekend when my husband goes off to play Golf with his friends and i don't make a fuss or nag him...he is bitten by the Guilt bug. His friends too probably have a good word or two for me, because they are forced bachelors, living on their own in the city...and they are quite surprised that he gets to be there with them on many of the weekdays and all the weekends. They play Golf, have a breakfast-brunch sort of thing, probably a beer or two, which is conveniently omitted from the conversation...and i stay at home! Not that i don't get invited by him, albeit half-heartedly to join for the brunch, atleast...but i deliberately don't! For one, i don't want to be sitting there listening to the after game-discussion, the swings, the misses..et al! I would rather lounge at home, prepare a leisurely weekend meal reading the papers or a good book or just checking my Instagram feed for the latest cat videos and pics!

And maybe i stay back and i consciously don't nag...because i want to enjoy this "Guilt" phase of his...yeah, yeah, i know it's just a few coffees and maybe, just maybe, a couple of Special Maggie nights more...This Guilt, like many of my friends tell me, will wear off in no time...! But, for now, like the Delhi weather...i'm enjoying while the Sun shines!