I was just about to settle into my mushy bed holding a BT magazine in my hand when all of a sudden I heard my mom asking me to get ready. It had been a relatively tiring day since I hadn’t slept in any of my college classes. So I got up rather wearily and just got dressed up. I came to know that it would be a 30 minutes small shopping adventure that I had to go out with my mom. So I agreed readily thinking of having a nice outing .
And how much I regretted my decision later.
First of all, she got into a saree shop just to have a look at the latest designs that were going to pretty much necessary as she had to gift them away(never understood why she was taking so much pain selecting present for others).The wait was endless there .I felt like I was thrown into an endless abyss with time ticking like a non-terminating decimal .A few pretty girls here and there is what I saw in an otherwise boring wait outside that humongous and intimidating showroom. Minutes turned into hours and finally mama came out with the whole shop along with her!!!! I now remembered why papa was so tensed up when the topic of shopping came in my mom’s usage of words.
Next stoppage was to be a rather nonmalignant looking shoe store. The salesmen were running for cover at the sight of us. I wondered whether I looked so ugly or was it their general behaviour. And the search began for those perfect pair of shoes. The stock seemed exhausted till mama liked one and finally the salesmen looked a relieved lot . My nerve wracking encounter was pretty much lightened up by two small kids who reminded me of some pretty and lovely lady( really looked like somebody) . Those innocent yet so beautiful kids were really like my angels in my time of distress!!!!
We finally arrived home with those 30 minutes being extended to a rather unflattering 4 hours. Papa was pretty right when he said nature and women while shopping are the world’s most unstoppable force .I think he was pretty much on target .i wish I could be a good enough son .I wish I could take my mom and all my family members on such countless trips .My mom is my biggest strength and my biggest weakness. I wish I could bring the world at her doorstep. I wish I could be good enough human being about whom she can be proud of .But Mom on her shopping spree is my and my dad’s biggest nightmare too. God made women because he thought too much happiness could kill a man .god is really selfish you know .
This is FIDUS ACHATES SIGNING OFF.........