we went and met our friends at Woody’s, restaurant near here; since it was raining, we took the Wagon R,and by coincidence, both of us took a key each.When we came out after dinner, I couldn’t find my key..and we had to come home and I was feeling bad that I had lost it. The next day, my friend came over for something and took out “her” car key to go out..and I told her it was mine. Her response was that I was obsessed with my car key and all remote keys made me think they were mine!It took 20 minutes of argument for me to convince her that she had remote locking on her Indigo and this was a Maruti key. But she was totally silenced when, at my suggestion, she fished in her handbag…and brought out her key as well! As soon as I had put it down on the restaurant table to eat my food the good housewife had automatically put the key into her handbag!If she had not come home the next day, AND if she had not taken out the car key in front of me instead of in the basement parking lot, I would have gone and made a new key and remote at a fairly high and unnecessary expense….

Day before yesterday, we went and met our friends at Woody’s, restaurant near here; since it was raining, we took the Wagon R,and by coincidence, both of us took a key each.When we came out after dinner, I couldn’t find my key..luckily, the other key was there, and we had to come home. I was feeling bad that I had lost it. The next day, my friend came over for something and took out “her” car key to go out..and I told her it was mine. Her reply was that I was obsessed with my car key and every remote key made me think it was mine! It took 20 minutes of argument for me to convince her that she had remote locking on her Indigo and this was a Maruti key. But she was totally silenced when, at my suggestion, she fished in her handbag…and brought out her key as well! As soon as I had put it down on the restaurant table to eat my food the good housewife had automatically put the key into her handbag…and not one of us had noticed! If she had not come home the next day, AND taken out the key right there instead of in the basement car park, I would have gone and got a new key and remote made at unnecessary expense….

Hai tu agar mera dilbar, Hai tu agar mera dilbar, To aaj ke lunch ka bill bhar

a comment by made me think...do women really attach more importance to dates (anniversaries, bdays) than men do? I come from a family where dates are not given much importance...so I can see both sides of the "remembering dates" things. I like wishing people for their birthdays and anniversaries if I can....and though it doesn't make much of a difference if no one remembers, it does feel nice to be wished!

A very close friend’s daughter has agreed to a particular alliance and everyone is in a tizzy about the engagement….made me realize how many complications this business of an arranged marriage can lead into, and how simple my child made it for us….I certainly would have hated being told to buy stainless steel vessels and cupboards and jewellery for my daughter!