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Did you meet your U.S. returned cousin? Asked
my husband soon after I came back home.
Well, yes and what transformation, especially
at his age! It was unbelievable, I said.
You mean to say your cousin has developed an
American accent and began wearing shorts? He remarked.
No, nothing like that and you can’t expect a
person to talk like an American in just two months time, can
you? I observed.
Probably you are right .Then what was the
transformation that you noticed? He curiously asked.
I noticed there was a complete reversal of
roles being practiced in their house.
Your cousin has retired from service, hasn’t
he? My husband asked suddenly. Well yes, but he has got a new
job now, I replied.
Where and with whom? Inquired him.
In his own house .It appears he has
completely taken over the daily chores of cooking and washing
from his wife.
What! Exclaimed my husband shocked. I don’t
remember your cousin ever had any prowess in culinary art. I am
sure dish washing would be the last thing he would ever wish to
do in his life, quipped my husband.
Everything comes with a price, doesn’t it?
It’s the price he is paying for not taking his wife along with
him to the U.S. It appears his wife insisted that he continue to
engage himself the same way as he did during his stay with their
son and daughter-in-law in the U.S!!!
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