Had an extraordinary conversation yesterday. I know that there are better men out there. Posting a very short transcript of the latter part of the conversation for the benefit of women folk. It was a shocking revelation and took me a while to calm myself and pen it down verbatim.
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Guy - "I do not want any dowry. I am totally against it. But I absolutely want a working wife."
Me - "Thats big of you but why the insistence on a working wife?"
Guy - "So she can pay for her own food and board. After all if you actually look at the genesis of the dowry system, it was meant to help a husband take care of his wife. But today with all this women's empowerment, that is an outdated concept."
Me - "Wow! Interesting! So tell me why not get yourself a paying guest instead of a wife?"
Guy - "Well! Don't get me wrong. I am not an unfeeling guy. I will give my wife pocket money too for all the work she does at home."
Me - "Oh so you mean you'll pay her for her services"
Guy - "God, your words are ....veryyyy...harsh"
Me - "Dude, what you are trying to say is that I have hit the nail on the head. And what you really need is a paying guest, a maid and regular visits to kalighat."
Guy - "Oh you are rude"
Me - "Oh you are lucky, you are on the other side of a telephone!"
End of conversation.
I would not consider myself disillusioned but is it perhaps time we just stopped reading fairy tales to our daughters?
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Guy - "I do not want any dowry. I am totally against it. But I absolutely want a working wife."
Me - "Thats big of you but why the insistence on a working wife?"
Guy - "So she can pay for her own food and board. After all if you actually look at the genesis of the dowry system, it was meant to help a husband take care of his wife. But today with all this women's empowerment, that is an outdated concept."
Me - "Wow! Interesting! So tell me why not get yourself a paying guest instead of a wife?"
Guy - "Well! Don't get me wrong. I am not an unfeeling guy. I will give my wife pocket money too for all the work she does at home."
Me - "Oh so you mean you'll pay her for her services"
Guy - "God, your words are ....veryyyy...harsh"
Me - "Dude, what you are trying to say is that I have hit the nail on the head. And what you really need is a paying guest, a maid and regular visits to kalighat."
Guy - "Oh you are rude"
Me - "Oh you are lucky, you are on the other side of a telephone!"
End of conversation.
I would not consider myself disillusioned but is it perhaps time we just stopped reading fairy tales to our daughters?
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