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03 Aug 2022 17:26

Joined:	23/09/2015
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Waiting for an inevitable volley of rebuke

Nowadays I am all alone in our residence. Really enjoying life king-size! My wife and our daughter have gone abroad for almost fifteen days. They will return to Delhi on 13th of this month. So, nobody is disturbing me nowadays before and after office hours. This is called solitude! Only in the morning, I generally video-call my wife and my daughter for 2-3 minutes and at night I report my sister that 'all is well' at the residence. In the morning, the cook and the housemaid come, cook food and clean the residence. Otherwise, I enjoy complete freedom.

But yesterday night I have noticed some issues of concern, which I am now going to share. In our residence, there are four rooms, kitchen and a dining space. My wife is a cleaning freak and she tries to clean something or other 24x7. At the time of going abroad, she warned me to keep the residence neat and clean. Immediately after their flight left Delhi, I closed almost all rooms except one to keep these rooms in perfect order. But, yesterday night I found that even after my honest and sincere efforts to keep all rooms neat and clean, everything is not well in those rooms. Some dusts have appeared here and there.

But, there was another very serious problem! Yesterday night, I tried to take out a glass from the cupboard. While doing so, two goblets fell on the floor and were instantly broken. These goblets are very costly and generally not easily available. Needless to say that, the set of six goblets has been disturbed when two goblets broke. I am earnestly trying to find replacement at short notice but till now I have been unsuccessful. I have also requested many colleagues and friends to help me to find replacement, but they cannot show me any ray of hope in this regard.

I hope everyone now understands my predicament. My better-half would be very angry when she would find that her precious set of six goblets has been disturbed. Not only that, she will also be able to understand why I opened the cupboard (which I generally don't).

I have lost my mental peace. Desperately trying to find replacements for two broken goblets or a plausible excuse (may be an earthquake of low intensity).

I am waiting for an inevitable volley of rebuke from my wife when she returns!

Competition entry: Topic-based Thread of the Week contest for July- topic- Inevitable

#762882

04 Aug 2022 07:52

Joined:	04/11/2014
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Wow Partha, you are one lucky soul. Got an excellent opportunity enjoying solitude for not one, not 2 but for 15 long days. Cannot help but envy you. It has been years since I enjoyed similar privileges. However, your apprehensions about facing some music, once your better half lands home and learns about the missing goblets is I fear quite correct. At the same time, have to agree, she is quite lucky to have a soulmate like you, who did his best to keep the house as neat as possible in her absence. You need not fear on that count, I hope, as you have done the most one can do in such trying circumstances. Best of luck for the goblets. Hope you find suitable replacements or some good excuse well in time.

Patience and perseverance pays

#762886

04 Aug 2022 09:42

Joined:	06/05/2015
Level:	Platinum
Points:	53014

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Your are brave, Partha. You can face all kinds of rebukes and reprimands. Don't forget you are a government employee and have survived so many years in the government system. Also, you are an ISCian, known to be brave to face different kinds of remarks and comments.

Just think that you cannot do anything now. It is your fate to receive dressing down thoroughly. Only luckier get a chance to get rebuked by their better half. It will ultimately end up in romantic compromises.

Let us encourage each other in sharing knowledge.

#762887

04 Aug 2022 11:56

Joined:	10/12/2016
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Points:	109183

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If we are not regularly involved in the household or kitchen works in our house then it is natural that if we open some cupboard or drawer then we would not be as careful as a housewife generally is. So, this type of incidents can take place in the absence of the housewife. Now it is inevitable that wife will ask some embarassing questions about it and one has to make a bold face and try to explain the situation as how and why such a thing took place. It would be advisable to report the loss before she spots it.
Different people will tackle this problem differently. In my view a polite acceptance of one's ignorance about the things arranged in the house especially in kitchen is to be acknowledged and one has to make an assurance that one would now take a note of those things so that one knows as how to handle the various materials delicately without damaging them. So if one makes these things clear in front of her without giving her a chance to react then her anger will be much subsided and by the time one offers her tea (one does not do that in normal times) she would be behaving normally. I think something like this would work fine to resolve the apprehension.

Knowledge is power.

#762896

04 Aug 2022 13:31

Joined:	12/10/2009
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Points:	254695

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I split into laughters after reading this post and I can understand the advantages and disadvantages being home alone. While the author must have been very happy that all through the day there is no disturbance from others and the life would be peaceful without wife and not nagging. But upkeeping the house and the things got broken need to be answered and I am sure rebuke of high order from his wife is about to happen and better brace up for the same. But what I think that getting rebuked for wrong and getting appreciation for right things done is the part of life and we need not reveal to anyone otherwise we would become the laughing figure. But appreciation to the author for the forthright admission of having broken the goblets which are costly and now he must brace up to replace the same with the new ones before his wife returns.

K Mohan
'Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum "
Even this challenging situation would ease

#762914

04 Aug 2022 15:46

Joined:	23/09/2015
Level:	Gold
Points:	63032

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I can't read the four responses received so far, because that 'POP SOAP' ad covers 50% of all the responses. I have noticed this problem in other Forum posts also. How to solve it?

(a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
(b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

Waiting for an inevitable volley of rebuke

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