A Love Story – 2023
Him: Hey…
Her: Hey…
Him: Sorry…I am late for dinner today…I was interviewing someone at the office…
Her: It’s okay…how did the interview go…are you thinking to hire him?
Him: Actually, the Interviewee was a she…
Her: Ah… okay. Was she beautiful?
Him: WHAT?… What kind of questions is that? No one asks such kind of questions. And, you being a woman you are asking me?
Her: I just wanted to see your reaction…silly (smiling)
Him: Oh…so you wanted to read my mind, feelings, and emotions…?
Her: Please don’t shout at me…you know I am stupid sometimes… (smiling)
Him: Yeah…I know that… (mumbling)
Her: You know I prepared your favorite pachadi (chutney) today?
Him: Which one?
Her: You don’t know what is your favorite chutney?
Him: I have a list of many favorite chutneys…that you prepare
Her: The most favorite one…
Him: Which one?
Her: Hmm…ivy gourd/scarlet gourd (Coccinia grandis)
Him: Hmm…yummy, I can’t wait to have that dinner…feeling too hungry now
Her: You know what…today I am celebrating my husband’s day…
Him: Whoa…what is that supposed to be? You are sometimes so…naughty, you keep inventing things…now tell me what is husband’s day and what do I have to do? (smiling)
Her: You don’t have to do anything silly. Just eat all your favorite dishes I’ve prepared for you.
Him: Umm…what else did you cook?
Her: I cooked gongura pappu ( Roselle leaves/Hibiscus sabdariff ) with lentils and Potato fry…
Him: Oh…wow…my mouth is watering…
Her: You know…
Him: Now what?
Her: I asked my boss today that I want to leave early…usually he doesn’t ask why? But because tomorrow is a busy day for us…so he asked me why do you want to leave early…I said I want to surprise my husband. I want to celebrate this day as my husband’s day…
You know what he said grinningly…he said that… I am high-spirited woman…
Him: Haha… Maybe he is right…but my only worry is this …now you will ask me to celebrate my wife’s day…
Her: Hey…silly, don’t worry…I won’t ask you… I am doing it for you out of love silly…
Him: Oh…that means if I don’t celebrate wife’s day…I don’t love you?
Her: Lo…I just did something nice for you and you started to fight with me…is this fair…? (with tears-filled eyes)
Him: Hey…hey…I am sorry. (holding her in arms) You know sometimes I feel anxiety inside me thinking that if you do something for me I have to do something in return for you…
Her: Why do you think in that way? You prepare coffee every morning for me and I feel like a Queen drinking that coffee…I don’t have any guilt trips in my mind. I think that you love me so much…
But here you are thinking on the negative side…rather than looking at the positive side that she loves me so much…why don’t you see on that side…
Him: Hey…(kissing her on the forehead)…I know that you love me…now let’s have that pompous dinner. Let me feel like King… (laughing)
Her: Now…you are making fun of me?
Him: Hey…silly, look at me…I learn so many things from you every day. And, you know what…your boss is right…you are a highly spirited human being…I agree with him.
Now, let us have dinner. Those dishes look inviting. Later, I have a question for you…
Her: About what?
Him: Let me enjoy this food first…
(After a few minutes)
Her: What is the question?
Him: Hmm…Which one is more important the journey or destination? I’ve asked this question today in the interview process…
Her: What did she say?
Him: She asked, do I need to select either one of these or can I choose both?
I said you can answer however you want to answer. If you think you need a new word or words you can add them too…
She said, in her opinion journey is important more than the destination or anything else.
I asked her, why do you think so?
She said because we might or might not reach the destination…however, the hardship, the endurance one has to go through for that destination gives us more experience…whether the destination is reached or not…
Her: Were you satisfied with that answer?
Him: She was right…however, I feel that good company is necessary during the process to reach the goal or destination.
Her: What do you mean by good company?
Him: Good company and good company…both.
Her: Hmm…agree with her and your answer too…
Him: You want to input anything on that?
Her: My answer to that would have been…all three are important.
Knowing the destination is equally important…so that we can tag along with the right people who want to reach that destination…otherwise, we don’t want other destination people who are not interested in our destination ship.
That way the company, the journey will be pleasant and the chances of winning becomes 80/20 rather than 50/50.
Him: Hmm…everyone says it’s always about the journey and it’s not about the destination though…
Her: Well, all three are interconnected. And, all three are important to reach the destination. Yes, the journey is important. Yes, the company is important. Yes, the destination is important.
Without defining a destination there is no journey.
But to fulfill that journey one needs to be on the right track with the right people (company)…otherwise, you are not going to reach the destination.
Him: wow…impressed…
Her: Hey…you want Mango pudding?
Him: Hmm…there is dessert too…
Her: Aha…totally at my husband’s service today…(smiling)
Him: You are making me too happy today…is there any reason behind this?
Her: Haha…hmm…you know what…as all husbands out there you have a suspicious mind always running at the back of your head…I don’t have any agenda behind all this…I just wanted to make you happy.
Him: Hmm…you are awesome. Hey…silly, do you want to join my company?
Her: WHAT? Maybe your happiness is making you talk delusional talk…with all that food and dessert…
Him: Hey…I am asking you seriously…
Her: Why would I want to join your company? On top of it…you know I like my boss…
Him: WHAT?
Her: Oye Silly…My boss is nice. He understands me well. He appreciates me. I am comfortable with him…you know…I don’t want to leave where I am working…
Him: You mean to say…that your boss is much better than me…
Her: Hey…I didn’t say that…why did I come early and cook for you silly…? Because I love you.
You are my hero. He is my boss. There is a difference. Please don’t compare yourself to someone else…
Him: Then what is stopping you from working for me?
Her: You asked just a moment ago, now…let me think about it…
Him: Okay…fine.
After a few minutes)
Him: Hey, I will pay you triple the salary…from what you are getting now…
Her: What happened to you Silly? Is it your ego that is hurting you…because I said “No” to your job offer?
Him: No… it’s not about my ego. You are worth that much. To me and for my company. Instead of working for some other person’s dream. Why can’t we work together to fulfill our dreams…
When you said destination is also important, that’s what I fell for. Yours and my destination are the same…then why cannot we work together…? I mean why not?
I am regretting now….that why did I overlook this…
Her: Hey…silly, this might look like a romantic love office enclave for a few days…but then office romance will fizzle out…
Him: Haha…this is the reason I want you in my office very badly. I can trust you. You talk the truth no matter what. You know me inside and outside. I know you are hardworking. I know about you. You know about me.
Her: Silly…I am still apprehensive… (pouting)
Him: Hey…if you want I can raise the salary to 4x times…
Her: Hey…silly, now…do I look like I want to extract money from my husband…?
Him: I know…silly, you are much more than that…to me you are the most beautiful and the most adorable woman in the world. And, I am enjoying every moment with you…
Her: Hey Silly…me too. I feel the same as you. You are awesome. And I am grateful to have you…
Him: Hmm…I think we’ve praised too much of ourselves…now tell me when are you starting then?
Her: Hmm…I didn’t say I will join your company…
Him: Why Silly? Please Silly… please Silly…
Her: If nothing works out…we start begging…
Him: Hmm…I am not getting the right candidate and I feel that you are the right candidate for the job…So why not beg for the right candidate…instead of begging for the wrong candidate and paying the pay…
Her: Hmm…you see me at home…you see me at the office…don’t you think it is a bit of too much for us…
Him: It is better than tagging along with someone whose destination is different…
Her: Hmm…still I feel for my boss?
Him: I am getting angry now…you feel for your boss but not for me? Why?
Her: Because I don’t want our relationship to end…fighting all day because of the business or something from the office…I want peace…
And, about my boss…he is like my brother. So you need not worry about anything spicy there…
Him: Hmm…what is about you…you make all men your brother and you tell me that all women are my sisters…? Is it something Indianness in that…? I don’t understand this…when I am angry this irritates me even more…
Her: Haha…can’t stop laughing…my silly, silly…Where I come from every relationship is defined. So that we don’t fall into twisted relations.
It gives a sense of boundary…where we don’t step into insincere bonds. And, that we respect our relationship with that person, also to say that I respect his wife and I respect my husband.
And, also if we address someone as brother…the feeling, the emotions, and the behavior that is associated with that word will be different. Our respect, responses, and reactions towards that person will in particular linked to that word.
There won’t be any relationship or attraction between the both…because that person is addressed as brother…
I am not saying it is infallible or foolproof…but it depends on how much we value or respect those boundaries…
Now smile silly…
Him: Hmm…I don’t know…don’t make every woman my sister though…
Her: Okay…as you wish silly… And, no one will be my brother anymore from this moment onwards…I promise (smiling)
Him: Haha…silly…you are cunningly cute…
Her: Hey…are we going to sleep or not…you know, I am tired…
Him: Let’s go…
(Laying on the bed)
Him: You didn’t answer me…are you joining or not?
Her: Silly…do you want this? You and I in every room together…in the bedroom, board room, office room… and whatnot…I don’t know silly…I cannot imagine…in the end, we will divorce each other of boredom…I don’t want that to happen silly…
To me, your and my love story is like sweet music. And, I don’t want that music to stop.
And, silly…I love you silly…(pouted)
Him: Exactly…for that same reason I want you to be in my office…no one loves me as you do. Moreover, I like your and my music to play everywhere…
You know what…give me those hands, show me your palms…
Her: Why…silly? (smiling)
Him: Show me…
Her: Here…
Him: Let me kiss them with all my love…
Her: Whoa that is so romantic…you love me so much silly…
Him: You are my everything…sometimes I think that I cannot live without you…you grant me, unconditional love, from your heart…it’s overwhelming sometimes…
Her: Hey…give me your palms too…
Him: No…
Her: why?
Him: I am not worth…for that…
Her: Hey…silly…why do you say that?
Him: I cannot match with you…silly…And, that’s how I want to tell you that you are so special to me…
Her: Umm…you are making me cry now…
Him: Let me kiss you…(XXX) you said you are tired…now…sleep baby…I love you…
Her: So when do you want me to join your company?
Him: How about, next week?
Her: Okay…
(After a few minutes)
Her: Silly…I still feel for my boss…silly
Him: Oh…will you shut up now…
Her: (Giggling)…
Him: Sometimes…I wonder why can’t you be serious? I just cannot control you…
Her: Oh…you want to control me silly?
Him: I meant…sometimes you are overly zealous…
Her: Silly…you know…I am happy always because of you. I used to be a blue baby before I met you…You make me happy silly…I will tell you how much advantage that has in this world…
If I am happy, you are happy
If your heart is happy
You make all your employees happy
If employees are happy
Their innovation levels increase
If they are happy at every level
The Company makes profits
You will be happy
We will be happy
Your employees will be happy
All your employee’s families will be happy
If I am happy, my parents are happy
All my siblings will be happy
If I am happy, your mother will be happy
So that I won’t complain to you
She is this…She is that
Finally, you will be happy
Because no complaints from
Any of your siblings or family members…
The loop iteration continues…
If I am happy, my boss is happy
If my boss is happy
All the employees are happy
If all the employees are happy
Their innovation levels increase
If they are happy at every level
The company makes profits
The boss will be happy
His family will be happy
All the employee’s families will be happy
The loop iteration continues…
See one person can make a lot of difference silly…
Him: Whoa. Sometimes I feel like I married a grandmother…
Her: What…Silly…I am not talking to you anymore…(hitting on his chest) and you are begging this grandmother to join your company…I am not joining and I am not talking to you…
What I’ve said might be invisible and subjective that cannot be measured…but it is the truth that cannot be quantified.
Him: Haha…silly my silly…look at me…Being grandmother is sexy…I respect them. They have a lot of knowledge. I love my grandmother. Besides, I said sometimes not always…sometimes you act like a kid too…sometimes you are wild…so it’s okay sometimes if you are a grandmother…
Sometimes I might look like your grand father…for you…
Her: Hey…still…you want me to be in your office? You know…there is still time…before I tell my boss…
Him: Hey…silly, I want you…wherever I am…
Her: Umm…I love you silly…
Him: Me too…now shut your mouth…
Her: As you say silly…Good night. (smiling)
Him: Umm…come closer…let me hold you tight…Good night.
(After a few seconds)
Her: Silly…
Him: Now what is it…?
Her: I know you don’t like this…but can we go to the beach this weekend. I am missing the beach, beach Ice-cream, and the beach coconut water…
Him: Umm…Sure. I’ll be at your service on the weekend…now sleep in peace…
Her: xxx (kissing)
Him: This is the reason I said…sometimes you are kiddo…
Her: Umm…I am happy silly… You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought. Do you know who said that?
Him: Umm…Conan Doyle…I am impressed you can recollect this quote at this midnight…
Her: Silly…I am impressed too that you remembered who said that quote…
Him: That’s because you keep quoting that often…now will you please sleep…
Her: Umm…I am already half asleep…zzzzz
❤️ Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. – Franklin P. Jones ❤️
