The times they are a changing
19 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
in Confused, Experiences, Its a pain, Life, Married Tags: Married
I was postponing it for as long as I can remember.
Making excuses for not going ahead with it … silly incoherent excuses.
I felt so strongly against it that after a point of time people believed them in my excuses.
Though I had this nagging feeling in my head, that said – “You know better”
It troubled me to think that my life would include such a thing. Some might say it is practical and thats all that should matter.
But for me it signified something completely else.
The ‘it’ here being refered to here is the Steel Utensils Hanger, a huge one for that.
Which is supposedly very useful in the kitchen as it serves the dual purpose of having utensils being stacked neatly and their drying process after the wash.
‘That’ thing still pisses me off, I try not to look at it when I enter the kitchen, I avoid contact.
But it is there in my face with its hugeness and steel practicality.
I still don’t know why I got it hung, maybe i will get used to liking it.
But as of now, its an eye sore for me and all it reminds me of is the practicality of domestication. The various nuances that Indian women adopt to make life easier for themselves.
After I got it hung up, I felt like a “true” Indian housewife.
For the year plus that I have been married, I felt there was that something that is missing, something that truly truly makes me a wife. And the huge steel utensils hanger pretty much was it.
Stopping myself from tearing it off and throwing it down the 7th floor.
Stop … just breathe! … Its allright.
