"My pretty doll - how pretty u look today" laughed Rajeev as Pia twirled around in the new range
of "Princess" skirts they had bought over the weekend. "Be my
little gal always"…
No sooner did Rajeev step out to
office, Pia rushed into their bedroom
and stripped her Salmon-Pink Skirt! The gaudy "Love" sign splashed
all over the skirt filled her with distaste. But Pia knew as long as she acted
the clueless pretty girl who was helpless without Rajeev, he would be the
perfect husband…..
Only if somebody had told her every marriage was built on “Conditional Love(s)”….
"Conditional Love" is the prompt for 100 word fiction at Write Tribe.
Linking this to AtoZ challenge - L is for Love.......
Ah... the conniving wife, no less. Liked the way you took on the prompt, Meena :)
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oh!! dat was such a big twist!! cunning wife indeed!
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I think more than cunning the wife is trapped. And this might be the true story of many women who are stuck in a loveless-conditional marriage. Loved the story :)
ReplyDeleteOh my God! That was cunning...and as Prasanna says it could be true...
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I thought she was a little girl, interesting and creative writing...fabulous.
ReplyDelete:O The wife :O damn... very interesting!
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O, that's too sad. It is not even conditional love....it is even worse.
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conditional love is surely not the purest love.. hope she was accepted as she was and given the freedom to be whatever she wishes to be!
ReplyDeleteThe Biwi was acting like a TV eh in front of the husband.. All dumb.. Hmmmmmmm
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its is really sad, and difficult to continue in a relationship which is not equal... unfortunate
ReplyDeleteKind of sad to be in a marriage like that. ♥
ReplyDeleteoh.. that's just sad. that's not a marriage at all.. poor Pia.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad but a fact...
ReplyDeleteGood story.. sad situation though.. wonder how long this love will last...
ReplyDeleteInteresting little tale Meena :) Reminds me of Bernard shaw's Candida.
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ReplyDeleteWell written - and depressing. I've spent a number of years in a third world country and have seen that it's the women as much as the men who continue the traditions of women being subservient. I hope this will change in the next 50 years with the prevalence of the internet and western culture.
ReplyDeleteIn some cultures it is completely normal. 3 out of 4 marriages in our culture end in divorce so weird as it seems we can't judge. Cool story. Shawn from Laughing at Life 2
ReplyDeleteI'm unconvinced by the characterisation in this piece - if she's that clever and independent, why would a man like that ever be her idea of a perfect husband? Perhaps that's just my own preferences showing...
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Interesting write!!! Great one from you, Meena :)
ReplyDeleteIt is a pity that she is choosing to stay like this, wearing a mask...great write Meena!
ReplyDeleteI wish she was accepted for what she was and not just for what she wore ! It is difficult to be in a relationship like that !! Well penned, Meena :)
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