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How many heads have rolled this time during
your tête-à-tête, said my husband, seeing my close friend depart
even as he entered the house.
You seem to think we only gossip, I retorted
not too pleased at his assumption.
Then what was the topic of your conversation?
Is it something that would interest me, he asked.
Well, it was very thought-provoking and we
discussed the issue threadbare, I said.
What was the issue? I hope you didn't convert
something trivial, blowing it up out of proportion and making it
an issue, he observed.
See, again you are jumping to conclusions,
which, as usual with you men, are wrong, I accused.
O.K, why don't you tell me what was the issue
and its pros and cons you seem to have discussed, he asked
evincing interest.
Well, the issue was the problems arising due
to adoption, I said.
Oh yes, I remember your friend is a child
counseller. Anyway, what did she have to say about adoption. Was
she for or against it, he said.
Well, it's for the couple to decide after
weighing the pros and cons, she had said in the end.
Everyone knows that, you don't need a
professional like her to say that, do you, he said.
I know that but when I heard the cases she
related taking me into confidence, I was quite shocked, I said.
What was so shocking, he asked and I could
see that he wanted to probe.
It appears some couples are regretting their
decision because the "children" are either turning into rifrafs
or avaricious, in spite of their best efforts to bring them up
in a disciplined manner. They feel helpless because they can't
return them to the adoption centres even if they want to, I
said.
But I have decided to adopt, I said.
Noticing my assertiveness, my husband asked
anxiously, "What? You are prepared to take the risk even after
hearing so much about the negative side of adoption?
No, there is no risk at all, because I am
going to adopt a pet, I said laying his fears at rest.
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