Empty Seat

In a car, where four people can fit in comfortably and when only three people are travelling there will be an empty seat; that is common sense. When that very empty seat is a subject of discussion then it is nonsense. The three people in the car are me and my parents and the discussion is about my parents going to be daughter in law.

Usually I do not like my dad sitting in the front seat because he gets a little tensed with the way I drive. Personally, I believe that when you have a person who knows how to drive in the car, they just cannot handle the way the driver is handling the car. Be it me driving or my dad, it is like, the way I do it is the best way, until unless something goes wrong.

So the above being the situation, I at times ask him to sit back royally in the back seat and enjoy the ride. Now they (Mom & Dad) take up this situation to the best use and have their little fun of their own. Now as they know that I already have a “Daughter”, they start of saying “how many more years will you be a Single Dad”. Hello people I am enjoying it this way so far and let me be like this, cannot you people see me happy this way. Seriously the discussion does not stop with this, “Raghava neither you show us “Shrusti” nor get her “going to be mom” to meet us, how long are we supposed to carry on like this”. My usual response will be a simple smile and silence but they refuse to take that for an answer and I reply back saying… you people are already searching for the “going to be mom” and as far as “Shrusti” goes I have taught a game called “hide and seek” and she seems to like it, she is playing the same game with you guys, just keep searching. Till here it will be good clean family fun that goes on but the unexpected twist in tale comes when they start figuring how the going to be - daughter in law should be like.

Usually the comparisons start with how the girl should look like, aided with the never ending soap operas that are on telecast on Telugu channels they pick the best from whoever they feel are the best, right from looks, talking, behavior, eyes, smile and the list goes on. If by mistake the soap opera director changes her character and gives it some grey shades of a cunning female villain; this directly means she would be dropped from the consideration list next time. With all this going on, at times I feel blessed that my parents are not so much in the Hindi soap operas, if that were to be added we would have plethora of options for them to pick and choose from and for sure I will be going mad in that driver seat. So far the “empty seat” syndrome is going on well, with even few of my relatives also pitching in their efforts towards it.

Be Safe and Play Safe…

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