After you have a kid, things change so much on the marriage front. What used to be engaging banter is now discussion on a series of chores and everyday responsibilities regarding Eshaal. Your child becomes the nucleus around which your whole universe seems to be revolving. What you say, what you do, where you go, all such decisions are thought-through with the yardstick that is Eshaal’s moods/routine/behavior! It’s almost as if Asad and I don’t have lives of our own. Even our arguments have taken a funny turn. We used to argue about people, issues, the right and wrong. And now, we argue about Eshaal and Bubbles, Eshaal and Tv remotes, Eshaal and Kitchen limits, Eshaal and Psychology. This little being has taken over our lives! For the most part I love it. But things have changed...
I do miss our old lives where it was just Asad, I and the whole world full of opportunities. Now the ‘whole world full of opportunities’ is basically a bunch of symmetric differences with Eshaal’s world. The two cannot co-exist. But being very clear, it isn’t just Eshaal’s grand entry into this world that is responsible for this. Sometimes, a lil head of opportunity does pop up behind the door, but were too tired, lazy and uninspired to take hold of it. It’s almost as if we’ve settled for the daily ruts of life rather than making something of it! I, for one cannot settle for this! My life deserves bigger, better and more fun! I am taking charge now..
(Steamy thoughts! Hilarious..)
