Pillow Talk: Conversation between husband and wife

"We should be able to afford a child by next year….right? What do you think? Can we survive on one income from next year?"

"Yes..!"

"Having a child is a huge responsibility…. We ARE emotionally mature enough to handle this … hai na? It shouldn’t be such a big deal.. well, my parents managed. Though, am not too happy with their parenting products. But, we do have a much more mature marriage.. it should be a cake walk for us. What do you say?"

"Yeah..!"

" What was that? Did you hear something? I believe I heard someone at the balcony. Did you?"

"No..!"

" What the hell? What do we pay those guards for? And when would we get our power back …it’s getting warmer without the AC…should I open the windows?"

"Ahmm..!"

"Sometimes, I really feel pathetic for the kind of world we are getting our child into.. Power cuts, humidity, break in’s, terrorist threats…would he ever get to play with mud/climb trees/make kites/catch and mutilate butterflies. It’s really pathetic, na?

"Hmm..!"

"There IS something on the balcony ..let me just go and check on the doors" and I tried entangling myself from the web of hands and legs. "I believe, that was the call centre guy next door going for his night shift. Feel sorry for those kids. What absurd life, na? "

"Tch.. snort!"

"I think we should start saving for our kid’s education, right away so that he doesn’t end up working nights. Makes sense, na? You listening?

"Hmm.. snore..snort!

"And once he gets out of college and we marry him off, then we would retire and take a world cruise. We would just keep traveling, filling in for the quality time together that we would have had missed by then… it would be so much fun, na?

" Snore, snore..!"