It was suggested that I write something on my B' day, well at 39 you almost want to forget that you were born, but any way still I had a party at my place on the 21st of this month.
I am pretty social person but lately I have seen that I am not so much of a people's person any more.
So there was this party held to celebrate my son's and my B'day all together to cut cost and also to celebrate the festive season.Our friends and some relatives were invited. So the whole day we were busy with all the party arrangements, the cooking, the decorations the serving etc, etc,my mom did most of the cooking while I did all the "Mise en place".
Then the guests arrived, and here are some snippets of conversation from that party.
My cousin sister arrived with her family and was quite insistent that I had reached 40 instead of 39,
my good friend's wife seemed thoroughly bored through out and just when I was feeling guilty about not being able to entertain her as she would have liked she jokingly accused me of having an affair with him when we both were not married. The unpleasantness of the whole thing was avoided as I tried to convince her that though I did not have an affair then, I was so much willing to have one now after 12 years of long marraige. She said that yes that would be easier and we shook hands on that.
My other friends arrived late and minus their child were both gleeful and a little bitter about one of our commonfriend going through a troublesome divorce, I reminded them the marraige too was troublesome, but then who does not have a troubled marraige these days.
Finally one of my good friend's husband arrived, he was pretty wasted, and tried to have conversations that did not have any endings, it would start and then fizz out somewhere, he also recited some of his instantly composed poems to my mother that did not make any sense to most of us but still we cheered him on.
So what was so great about this party, maybe all these not so funny yet quirky incidents may someday become good anecdotes when I become 50.
By then hopefully we would have forgiven but mostly forgotten all this due to slow brain function. My friend's husband would not be in that great health to get wasted and my good friend's wife would just be greatful if her husband did have an affair and left her alone.
Most of us by then would be celebrating long marraiges and quick divorces.
So till then lets just go on with whatever it is that we are going on with.