The seven year itch!

Well for those who don't know, here's the google(I wish!) .....funda being ..probab of married couples splitting up is highest when they have reached 7 ..the hallowed seven years of married life ... now how true is that ? ...



Hmmm ...for me the relationship has been rather up-and-down ......neah no better half ;) .. almost 7 yrs since i started working .. ...my pop had a very apt saying for this in assamese .. Confronted with my restlessness ...his brahmastra was ..."Tor Tikat kaint aase niki ?" ...that assamese ..Translation ..."Do you have thorns in your butt?" ...made me look..made me think ..yeah pops sometimes said G rated stuff out of frustration ...I've since learnt to forgive ;) ...Yesterday was talking to them and just had to ask my dad about this and if he felt something like that ......and mum too .. ...the topic totally changed from like work to romance .. I wasn't complaining .....Its strange when your parents open up to you ...and stop being parents ..and are just individuals ...my dad just let out a long sigh and says ..."im grateful for mrinali" ...and my mum ..." Its not a seven year itch ..Its a seventeen year itch (giggle) " ...and then she clarifies "the itch lasts for seventeen years " ..."So it was not a happy marriage ? " , i ask ...She totally gets defensive and asks me if they have failed in their duty as parents and a lot of stuff ... Im not going to get drawn in by that ... ...so i change the topic ..."What was your most romantic moment ?" ...my dad first ..." najanu .. prothomote moi jetiya taik ghori eta kini di-silu" ...*"Don't know ..The first time i bought her a watch" ...Mum next ... ..."Padrasan koi-se ..padasan koi-se ..padosan nai kua " laughs out crazy ...*"he said padrasan ..he said padasan ...he did not say padosan " ...this apparently was their first movie together ...."Shetu nohoi kintu" ...* "Not that though !"... " Moi aru teon biyar peesote english style photo eta loisilu" ...* "Me and him ..we took an english style photo immediately after marriage" ...i always carry that english style photu in my wallet ... ... Seven years ...they had both their kids and were struggling with the school fees ...that was an itch all right .....and i asked them about their favorite songs ..."ramaiyya vasta vaiya" - mum ..."Buku hum hum kore" ---dad -- this is like the ancient assamese version of the rudali song ......still found on musicindiaonline.com ( No i dont get paid for the shpiel ;) )... ...after seven years ...wanting to live on my own ...surprisingly ..finding my destiny in their footsteps .. the seven year itch was not all i had imagined it to be .. it was pleasant as i prepared for my own daughter's arrival .. ...i wanted to call her Nilanjana .. my parents did not agree ... they just wanted me to be exactly like them.. the first born cannot have a name starting with N ...but i wanted it ... just like that ...when she closes her eyes and opens them gently ...and then takes this world in ... in one giant stare ....she even has a frown :) ..just like her daddy :D ...I know what the seven year itch is now .....i know what it means when her ashen face smiles at me ... ...and the decision i did not take when faced with the doctor's Q "She'll bleed"...I said " i dont know ! " ...and she smiles at me with Nilu .. the seven year itch ??? ...Could any woman be more beautiful than nilu ? ...and every year when she asks me ...'"Papa what was mummy like ? " ...she was like the seven year itch nilu ... she was..and she wasnt ... more like the seventeen year itch :) .. im still biding my time............Hmmm creative !