My previous posts have been a bit serious.......
At work we have this term called “manage expectations”. So first let me manage all your expectations:
- No I am not beautiful but I don’t think Aishwarya is beautiful either. During the Miss India days, I was in the camp of Sushmita Sen.
- No I am not a great fan of Abhishek (so this is not about jealousy) and when there were rumours going around of him getting married, I was hoping that it would be to Rani Mukherji.
- And finally, no I have not met Aishwarya Rai – ever.
Now let me get on with my story.
Ever since I landed in the UK, every Saturday or Sunday I have this ritual of dusting the stair carpet. This is the only place we have carpet. I hate to see dust and this carpet is I guess you could call bluish and shows dust really well. I clean each and every step, taking so much care to dig in to the corners, lest some dust escapes me. Who is in charge here? Me. It takes me 35 minutes to complete the job. There are 12 steps (guesstimate) in total – with a small landing in between. And every time I dust my stair I think of Aishwarya Rai. By the time I reach the sixth stair this is exactly what is going through my head:
“So you think you are a good house-wife? Yeah try dusting my stair. Bet you don’t even know what a broom is. You have a barrage of people just waiting to receive instructions from you. Hah, what do you know about house-work? How dare your father-in-law sings praises about your house work? What bull shit? I do so much of work at home and nobody sings praises of me. Why does DH not show that he is proud of my work? And by the way why isn’t DH helping me in house work? Why the hell is he with all his books? Oh my God, why the hell did I leave Dubai to come to this place to dust stairs? Why is it so cold in here? God why me, why me?....and then I cry.
The next thing you know – I have a grumpy looking face and don’t talk to DH. I tell you this -Aishwarya Rai is not good for me, not at all. She starts it all........and then I blame DH.
Can someone tell me why I think of Aishwarya Rai? Does anyone else think of any actresses while doing house work?
At work we have this term called “manage expectations”. So first let me manage all your expectations:
- No I am not beautiful but I don’t think Aishwarya is beautiful either. During the Miss India days, I was in the camp of Sushmita Sen.
- No I am not a great fan of Abhishek (so this is not about jealousy) and when there were rumours going around of him getting married, I was hoping that it would be to Rani Mukherji.
- And finally, no I have not met Aishwarya Rai – ever.
Now let me get on with my story.
Ever since I landed in the UK, every Saturday or Sunday I have this ritual of dusting the stair carpet. This is the only place we have carpet. I hate to see dust and this carpet is I guess you could call bluish and shows dust really well. I clean each and every step, taking so much care to dig in to the corners, lest some dust escapes me. Who is in charge here? Me. It takes me 35 minutes to complete the job. There are 12 steps (guesstimate) in total – with a small landing in between. And every time I dust my stair I think of Aishwarya Rai. By the time I reach the sixth stair this is exactly what is going through my head:
“So you think you are a good house-wife? Yeah try dusting my stair. Bet you don’t even know what a broom is. You have a barrage of people just waiting to receive instructions from you. Hah, what do you know about house-work? How dare your father-in-law sings praises about your house work? What bull shit? I do so much of work at home and nobody sings praises of me. Why does DH not show that he is proud of my work? And by the way why isn’t DH helping me in house work? Why the hell is he with all his books? Oh my God, why the hell did I leave Dubai to come to this place to dust stairs? Why is it so cold in here? God why me, why me?....and then I cry.
The next thing you know – I have a grumpy looking face and don’t talk to DH. I tell you this -Aishwarya Rai is not good for me, not at all. She starts it all........and then I blame DH.
Can someone tell me why I think of Aishwarya Rai? Does anyone else think of any actresses while doing house work?
4 comments:
This is so funny. I think you're hilarious, did you know that. I do that too except not while dusting(dusting is DH's business). I do it when I have to wait at the bus top in the frisking cold for my son or lug heavy groceries from the store or pick up my dog's poop(when DH is traveling!!)....I mutter to myself and say "The Aishwaryas of the world don't have to do this stuff and if they did even an iota of what I do they'd get deified for it! Hmph!"
Don't mean to pry but have you perhaps made a few women friends since you arrived in the U.K. or is it difficult with your work routine etc? I've realized over the years that it is pointless and a bit unfair too to except 100% companionship from one's husband.
Deepa
Hi Deepa - No I have not made any friends here in the UK. Not really sure why 'cause I am usually the friendly sort and pretty non-judgemental by nature. Maybe I do it on purpose, not keep friends, because I know if I open my mouth I might just bitch about Southall or DH!! Chinty
I don't understand why anyone would think Aishwarya has an easy life. Yeah, probably she doesn't have to do all the chores at home.. but neither do any of the rich people. Yeah, Sushmita Sen neither. She has had to deal with worse things like domestic abuse, being called names and various accusations for no fault of hers. So everyone has shit to deal with in life. It all boils down to how we deal with it. Cos life is too short to be depressed.
P.S. During Miss India days, I was on Team Sushmita Sen too... not because I loved her or something, but just because I envied Aishwarya.
Hi Anonymous - agreed everyone has to deal with shit in their lives. But bet it helps to have beauty, brains, money and a completely planned out life like Miss A has. Chinty.
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