Note: This incident occurred a while back, but I couldn’t get down to penning it down earlier. The following transcript of our online chat is not word-level accurate, but it aint fictitious either [I wish it was :)].
Acquaintance: I figured from a quick glance at your Facebook profile that Sejal is away for some months.
Me: Yes, she is.
Acquaintance: Good news? :)
Me: [Thinking to myself that Sejal's quitting an IT job to take on social change full time is good news alright (at least the way I look at it), but perhaps he is asking me from the perspective of coping with the separation] Yeah, it is! I do recognize how it’s gonna be challenging for both of us, though.
Acquaintance: Thrilled for you!
Me: [Pleasantly surprised at the acquaintance's suddenly heightened appreciation of change agents] Thanks!
Acquaintance: Wish Sejal well, esp. heathwise!
Me: [The mention of health jolted me out of my misconception!] Oh, no…no, no, hell no! By ‘good news’, I didn’t mean the kind that sends you scurrying for diapers or the one that makes all your female friends go “oh so cute” in unison! We are NOT having a baby! Sejal’s away because she has joined a fellowship on issues of healthcare/food security, for which her next few months will be spent in various (largely) rural places.
Acquaintance: (presumably red-faced in embarrassment): Oh!! Good news, still!
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Marriage .. Babies .. Synonymous !! :P
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Hehe… fun conversation :)
You cannot blame the acquaintance for this…8 out of 10 Indians..will have the same reaction..
That was quite good…had me smiling :-)
@Anonymous: No blame whatsoever. Pure humour!
@All: Glad you folks enjoyed reading!
@Anonymous, I think 99.99% of Indians would think the same way. I knew what it was by the time the ‘…?:)’ had registered in my head :D
lol….that was funny