Assuming that it might be just those hormonal changes I tried to pacify her.
Me: Don’t worry! I shall take care of everything. You do not have to even get up from your place. I will manage. You be there like a queen. Ok? Just tell me and I will do everything.
She: Who will cook? Who will arrange things? You will not do anything, I know…. Just sweet talk. That is what you are good at. You fooled me and I married to you because of that. They are coming tomorrow evening at 7:30 flight. Better come early as you will have lot of work before we go to pick them up.
Me: Don’t worry….”Mein hu na” (I am here) I will be here by 5:30, we will sit and chat and have coffee till 6 and then by 6:30 we will head to the airport! Ok?
She: Ok. First fold the clothes that I have kept in the bed. I just took them out from laundry.
Me: That is easy… you close your eyes and relax and by the time you open it will be done.
I had just started sorting the dress by then she yelled.
She: Can you pour some Lysol in the toilet, let it soak while you fold?
She: Listen, while the toilet bowl is soaking, why don’t you clean the bath tub…. You are already inside, isn’t it?
Me: Man! How do you do all these yourself? I have just started and my back has started aching. Can you make me a coffee? I shall do it after the coffee.
She: Can you buy some of the grocery stuff? Here is the list. Can you take him too… he will not allow me to do to anything, please take him too.
Me: Taking care of him is too much for me. I can’t.
She: Aahhaa…. You have not even appreciated me once for taking care of him all day. I take him everywhere I go and I don’t complain. You can not do it for even one day.
Me: Who said I can not take care of him? I can take care of him through out my life… but you should go to your mother’s home.
She: I know you are waiting for that… don’t think I will let you enjoy.
By the time I came back from grocery, it was time to do rest of the activity – feeding child, cleaning and arranging, discarding old mails etc. etc.
After two hours when on bed.
She: O! my God! You did not fold the clothes.
Me: Its 11 now… I will do it first thing in the morning. Even before you wake up! You will wake-up to see the clothes all folded and clean… you will wonder if you are at our place or in a hotel…. It will be so nice.
Me: Look…. I have kept the alarm at 5:30.
She: Ok ok… don’t show all that… let me see what you will do and what I will see when I wake up.
Unfortunately the alarm did not work and I was just able to make it to work on time.
She woke up at 8:30 and did not notice the clothes were not folded.
10:30AM, she calls me up.
She: Somebody spoiled all clothes that you had folded in the morning.
Me: The alarm did not work. I think he changed the timing or something. But don’t worry…. I will come back and fold… you don’t touch it… don’t even go near it… it is my work and I will do it. I don’t like anybody doing my work. You know I was raised to be independent. So, don’t even think about the clothes anymore. Ok! You do your work. I will do mine. I will come home early just to fold the clothes and don’t give me tea or coffee until I do it. Ok! Deal?
She: If I keep waiting, it will remain there itself. I don’t trust you. You don’t realize how much work I am doing here. I gave you only one small work and you did not do it. The Lysol in the toilet is still there and it looks like a stain now since you did not clean it.
Me: O! my God. I forgot about the Lysol. Why didn’t you remind me? I hate blue liquids… it stains instead of cleaning. When I was a bachelor, I put the Regal Blue drops to my white shirt and it became blue… since then I hate the blue liquids. I hate blue Listerine mouth wash too…
She: I don’t want to talk to you anymore. Bye.
Evening, I was caught in some problem at work and then got stuck in the traffic and reached home only at 7 and had enough time to pick my wife and kid to the airport. At the airport, we could see her relatives walking out as we were entering. Seeing them coming, I walked slowly trying to tell them using my body language that we were here long before. Anyways, I and my wife avoided any direct talk amongst us all through the journey. When I reached home, I ran to the bed room to check the clothes and it was not there. She had folded them neatly and arranged in the shelf. Next I checked the toilet, which too was clean. I thanked God that everything was in order. Just then my wife came by…. and said, “I have not forgotten the clothes…. Wait until they go and I will show you!”, pointing her finger skyward.
Me: (Smiling…. ) ha ha… but you will forget it by the time they go…..!!!!!!
She: Smiling… you are good for only this – sweet talk.
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