The Break-Up

“We aren’t really heading anywhere, are we??” “I need some time”. “Its been eight years already. How much longer do I have to wait?” “They’ll take some time to come around”. “I’m tired of hearing that !” “I know”. We can’t carry on like this”. “Hmmm”. “You have to tell them today …..or…..or lets just [...]

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The Grumpy BF!

So I’m reading this big Agatha Christie book now that is actaully a compilation of four of her novels. Am done with the first two, am on the third now. So rivetting are the plots and the subsequent deductions that it is very hard (really hard) for me to put the book down. Needless to [...]

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Jab Baap Beti Raazi…..

I’m in the drawing room, enjoying a cup of tea with the newspapers, when I hear a loud scream from my bed-room. Dropping the cup and papers, I rush inside to find Lui sprawled on the bed with her father mock-gnawing at her arm. Lui is screaming in agony, thrashing her legs and the BF refuses to [...]

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You Know You’ve Been Married Too Long When…..

…….your Hubby knows you better than the back of his own hand Conversations which corroborate my above statements :- 1) The BF wants to hang up an extension box for my ironing convenience. I stand by, observing him going about this household task. The reason being, my hubby’s not much of a handyman. I mean, [...]

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Weekend Updates And Some Home Truths

Hello All, welcome to a new week, a week of schools reopening, diet regimes and exercise programs (the last two are strictly for me ). As usual, I had a hectic weekend, what with the usual weekend washings, cleaning, shopping, cooking and minding guests. As usual, its taken me the better half of Monday to accept the [...]

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Updates from the MomOfRS household

Hiya Peeps, Things have been rather busy at the home front these days and as a result I’m forever rushed at work too But like every silver lining to the black cloud, there’s some good coming out of all this mayhem Anyhow, coming to the latest updates, for all those of you who called/messaged/pinged and [...]

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Badal Gaya Insaan !!

I stay with my in-laws. Which is not at all a bad thing. I like their presence and am grateful that I have their complete support and cooperation in bringing up the twins. If not for them, I would have yanked off all the hair on my head and run away from home. Thankfully, that [...]

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Of Work, Worries, Woes and Wishes!

I started writing this post yesterday. Instead of Wordless Wednesday, I wanted to write about “W”s of the other kind (seeing that I’m flooded with them this season ) . There’s so much happening around me and so much that I’m into right now, that I’m losing track of everything miserably (total failure there !) [...]

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The Father-Daughter Act!

What is it about tiny little wriggly bundles wrapped in pink that send their fathers into bouts of rapturous insanity? What makes a strapping worldly-wise executive turn into puddle of mush when a tiny hand grips his pinky? What makes a little girl confident that the man she calls “Abba” will bend over backwards for her [...]

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The Nemesis

Me : ( returning from the kitchen, blowing on my right thumb) Oooh…this hurts BF : what happened? Me :  Got a  steam burn while I was making rotis. BF : Hmmm…it was obviously your carelessness. Me : Huh?? It could have happened to anyone!! BF : But not if you were a regular at making [...]

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