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This is a thread from yesterday which I am re-posting cuz it caused difficulty namely cuz of my name ok
Hi,
This is my story.Its a lesson to every nice guy around.This is the story of a guy betrayed after he was faithful.
I'd like to share this with you all.
Hope you all have the paitence to read it, the pain & hurt I feel cannot be explained.Never let a nice guy down ever.
Anyone feel like writing to me pls do.
Struggling after doing a part-time job and working for 4 ½ years, I joined BDA in June 1999. Somewhere in September 1999, I got an anonymous phone call from someone under the named doris. The caller spoke of how her friend liked me. This continued for a few days, meanwhile with the help of my friends I managed to trace the call to BDE, and realised it was hz that made the call. I told hz I was not interested in her friend. There after hz used to call up often from her work place talking to me about her problems with her boyfriend valey, she used to suspect him a lot. We also used to talk about casual things around every day. Soon we started communicating on the company E-mail.
Hz and valey had a lot of differences between them, they used to constantly argue and raise hands on each other. Hz used to meet valey after work and spend the time out or at his place in Mahim. She used to tell her folks that she was working late as they did not like valey and he did not like them, this problems continued for a few months until they split. Hz had a habit of suicidal tendencies, often talking of taking sleeping tablets /drugs/cutting hands, getting ultra emotional etc. This she used to convey to me on phone that she would do if valey left her. I used to try and make her understand and not get suspicious. Hz way of reading people was very suspicious and one could not understand why.
Hz worked in HR department of BDE, and had access to all confidential information of all employees, including their personal particulars and salary.
During her affair with valey, her parents and relatives collected one day at her place and confronted her about him and asked her to stay away from him, there was a huge scene at her place, verbally and physically, they even slapped her and told her to die. Hz used to tell me that even her own mother and brother never supported her, this sentence she repeats even today when depressed. To escape this she got a transfer to Ahmedabad and left home. I still communicated with her through the company E-mail frequently. According to her I was the only link she had there. Although I was doing night shifts, I used to visit the office in the day just to communicate to her on E-mail. She was very happy that there was someone to talk to and used to be very thankful to me.
Soon her relationship with Valey broke off. She kept saying no one would marry her, She started behaving very depressed, mentioning that her own folks did not care etc .I tried my best to communicate with her on E-mail and phone hoping at least I could be there in her time of need.
I tried to be there always, After a year on May 1st 2000,I asked her if we could go out, feeling that the person was a homily person and likes kids, someone that would respect my mom and all elder persons too, someone I could trust to respect my mother and build a big family. I told hz if things worked we could go ahead with marriage in due time else we could still be good friends, which she agreed. Hz returned to Bombay and got a job.
Thereafter I used to be with her every day talking on phone or meeting her, trying to get her out of her depression. I used to wait for her for 2 hours, drop her at her place, after she has a bath she would come out for a drive to Joggers park/ Carter road, then I would talk to her for hours, leave her home and go back to my place and then return to work, as I work at nights. Although I wanted to leave her home at 9pm, she refused and wanted to stay out till 1030pm to talk, saying that at her place no one bothered, as long as she was working and no one cared about her etc. she also said she trusted and felt safe with me. In case I used to force her to go home early, she would behave stubbornly and walk away from her house and because I felt responsible for her I used to tolerate it and thought I’d get her to improve one day .
Even if one day I could not meet her, she would act very stubborn like a small child and frantically call up at my place on phone insisting on going out to talk. At times she used to shout, raise her hands on me, slap and scratch me and pull my hair when annoyed at something and then apologise for it as if nothing happened, stating reasons like it was because she was depressed because of her previous relationship and that she needed time. .I decided to believe her although something told me that this was a built in habit of hers, even her friends and relatives have mentioned it before. I never once raised my hand on her although I could.
Such was her possessiveness that she used to hardly spend time with her Mom and brother at home, her dad was in the Gulf at that time. She used to say things that were wrong with her and no one liked her etc. she mentioned that her mother and brother used to not care for her and all they needed was her money and when she could not provide them the money they needed, they used to ill-treat her and not feed her and used to criticise her She also used to say that she had no one to talk to and if I left her for someone else she’d do drastic things to herself. I thought probably this person loves me a lot that’s why she spoke this way.
Everytime I wanted to leave her at her home on time she insisted on wanting to stay longer. In case I did not listen she would refuse to go home and walk in the other direction. Initially I used to think that it was her love for me that was doing all this. In case I refused to listen she would walk away and not talk for days, threaten to do all things to herself and try for sympathy from me. Hz was a very possessive person who could not tolerate me talking to anyone else, even a movie could cause her to suspect me, blame me and then later after many hours/days, she would say that she realised her stupidity at suspecting me and apoligize, & call up to talk franatically. I was faithful and there was no fault that could be found, still she always felt I’d leave her for someone else. Which I never understood why. Even if I spoke to her of some friend of mine, her reaction was of extreme jealously. Which initially I mistook for love. When I used to introduce her to my friends, later she used to behave depressed.
I used to buy her small presents not expensive, like table pieces, write letters, cards. I used to get a lot of letters and cards too. I have a very big collection of the same at home. I believed these small surprises at odd times would generate a lot of love from her. My innocent ways of presenting something, although kiddish would make her realise what true love is. I wanted money never to be an issue. I’ve been through hard days, studying and working part time, without a father all alone to reach where I’m today. I wanted that true love in my family to overcome all difficulties. I believed that if there was love, faith and sincerity, then there would always be happiness.
Every letter of hers spoke of how much she loved me and how her own people never cared and how only I was understanding, How much I was there for her, and how much value I had.
Every month on the 1st we celebrate our monthly anniversary by cutting a small piece of cake and blowing a candle, this is since we started together on 1st of May 2000. Till date we have never missed an occasion apart from 2 times once when she was working late and once when she was behaving stubborn and wanted to go home late which I refused the previous day.
I took very good care of her all that time, spoke to her, exchanged stories, planned for the future. I explained to her that I was not well off, I had my Dad’s loans to be repaid and I was struggling. She supported me and said that she understands and used words that she does not want anything but my support and my mom was like hers and my family was like hers too etc. I felt like a king. I felt that at last I could prove that true love exists and money is not an issue.
In November 2000 my father expired, the entire responsibility of the house was on my shoulders more so. I used to feel very sad about losing my father, but before dying He promised me not to cry over him and instead look after the people he left behind. He said he’ll be around always, which till today I believe he is.
Hz used to say that she always wanted to study more but could not concentrate, and there was no one at her place that could understand, she wanted to finish her MCom for her dad’s happiness, so I encouraged Hz to do correspondence MCom, and supported her daily until she succeeded. She used to tell me that it was thanks to me that she’s back on track, I felt happy I could do something for someone. But soon as time past, I found hz ambitions changed fast and hz got disinterested very quickly with small things. .
My sister had yet to get married, but she was not interested, as she spend her entire life working to get food in the house until I could finish my education, as my Father retired in 1983, my sister gave her entire youth to give me the minimum time required for me to succeed. This I’ll will remember forever. After my Father died, my mom & sas were very depressed. I used to try to make everyone happy, hiding my tears and I got them out of it in a year. I thought In case I brought home a homily wife that respected my mom, then my mom would be happy too and my dream of a small home with me, my wife, my kids and mom would all be eating together, talking together and there would be a lot of love and affection. On discussing this dream of mine with Hz, she agreed, promising a lot of things, which I really believed at that time. I started bringing hz to see my folks, and she used to visit home often.
Hz’s father returned home in Sept 2001 after he lost his job and he decided he was too old to work, Initially he refused to allow hz to see me, except on weekends which I did not mind, but hz had an argument at home and convinced him otherwise. I noticed hz was behaving very stubborn at times in her place like a small child would, and not a woman of her age.
My mother was admitted in the hospital in December , but thank God, miraculously she recovered, thereafter I felt the need of bringing a homily , faithful and trusty wife home that would respect others.
We decided to get married in 2002. Initially she wanted me to sponsor everything, meaning pay for everything like all the expenses for the wedding, to which I said I could not. That’s when the trouble actually all started.. Then her folks came over to talk. They insisted that hz continues to work as they need all her earnings, as her 20 year old brother does not want to work. He’s always with his gang on the road eve teasing and playing childish games or attending dance parties. If anyone tell her son to work her mom would flare up and create a scene. The same happened that day too. They also at times hinted that I should buy my own accommodation , which I said I cannot afford in a place like Bombay and I have to stay in my Dad’s house to look after my old mother. Then they wanted me to purchase her wedding gown of over Rs 20,000/-, which I could not afford, Finally we decided that both parties spend on their own sides as required and a joint sharing of 50% each which was the most fair decision. In addition, I agreed to buy the 2 wedding rings and an engagement ring for her. They agreed, but I noticed the tone of voice of the mother started changing. She even commented sarcastically at our place that day, that their expenses was going to be more than ours. I realised as long as I could do things I was nice, and in case I could not their true colours would be exposed. Thinking I had to live with Hz and not her mother, I ignored it. Little did I know until later that things were discussed between them regularly.
I told them I started working part time when I was 16 years old and all boys have to manage. They said her brother would soon, saying if he was pressurised, he threatened to do drastic things to himself. At that point I wondered if it was in the family that each one threatens to do drastic things to themselves just to get their way. But they insisted on us agreeing that she should be allowed to give her entire salary to them until he starts working or else they’ll starve, so we said OK, although I was aware that her father had been working in the gulf for all these many years and they have not spend any money to buy a flat as my father did for his children. Earlier during our conversations, Hz mentioned that her father owed around a lakh to relatives and friends and hence it was difficult for them to contribute to the expenditure. To this, I suggested that we should go in for a small wedding in church and no reception, since that would be ideal. Amazingly, the next day Hz tells me that her father told her that all loans had been paid and he had told them about it, and he could spend a bit. This made me realise how easily she and her family could tell lies just for their own conveniences.
On the wedding day comments were passed by their guests to us as “we pity you for marrying her” and “you have got yourself into a trap by this family”, etc. and that the reactions of hz and her folks were of extreme tension. A few days later after the wedding, we were informed that there was a scene at her place on the wedding day because the wedding car arrived a little late. Initially we thought the guests may be jealous of them. But time was to prove us wrong.
On the day of the wedding reception hz mom ridiculed my sister by pointing to an old man and telling my sister sarcastically that here is an eligible bachelor for my sister and she laughed in front of many guests, who came up and consoled my sister telling her why did she say that. My unmarried sister felt very bad and kept a smile on just for the sake of my wedding. What right had a person to ridicule someone about marriage teasing a person on the day her daughter just got married. Its like rubbing salt in someone else’s wounds.
I sponsored the marriage holiday of 3 days in a hotel, where we enjoyed ourselves. I spent on buying gifts for few friends and relatives too. Although hz said she did not like excessive expenditure, it was practically evident that she was a spend thrift especially when it came to spending someone else’s money other than her own or her family’s. It seemed later that hz used to agree just to convince a person that she did not like extravagant spending, but experience showed otherwise.
After marriage within 4 days hz began missing her mom, that’s when I realised something was wrong. Her mother wanted her to call up at her place at a particular time and tell her the entire day’s story of what happened the full day. I never objected. Every 5th day she wanted to spend a night at her folks place I never objected. Sometimes suddenly her mom would call her home at late evening, pretending she was very sick and was going to have a heart attack, or had hemoglobin problems or quoting illness, which used to disappear after she went home.
I realised that hz was a very pampered child. Her mother used to give her everything in bed including her toothbrush and washbasin. Food was provided, clothes were washed, even her hair was combed and her feet were pressed too by her mother everyday. It was very comfortable there.
In our place, although we never asked her to do any house work, she would cook a meal on Sundays the rest of the time my mom used to work along with my sister in washing clothes, sweeping and swabbing the floor and cleaning things, cooking, etc, thinking that since she was new to our place would get used to it in due course.
My mother treated her more like a daughter than a daughter-in- law. Every morning she would take my mothers blessings before going to work , my mom would stay at the window waving bye till she went and be there to see her when she came back in the evening.
Contrary to this, her mom never used to talk to me nicely, it was as if I was an enemy that took her daughter away. This attitude started after I told them about my principle and lifestyle, which denounced extravagant expenses. After all, I was earning my money very great difficulty, working double shifts and doing overtime to save a bit.
Whenever hz was not around, I use to get insulted by her folks. At that time although hz and I had decided whatever happens between us we would discuss between ourselves as solve our own problems, so I never mentioned the numerous insults I faced with her family, and even when I did I was never believed.
Apart from a small argument at our place ,weeks ago, common everywhere, there was no occasion of trouble. That too, a couple of hours later things were normal, I really felt I had the worlds happiest home. I used to show of to my friends about what a wonderful family I have. But the frequency of visits overnight at her place and the duration of phone calls increased, soon hz stopped calling from home and called from her office and outside to her mom. I never suspected the topic of conversation because I trusted her and never thought she would be talking personal husband-wife matters and what is happening everyday in our family and other personal and intimate things pertaining to our family, to her mom.
Once there was a scene at Hz place prior to marriage when hz mother was distributing the wedding cards in the neighborhood. When her mom had an argument with a neighbor, she came up and created a noisy tantrum and started to roll and scream and bang her hands and head on the wall, and only after hz swore on the Bible that she would not leave her mother, after marriage and would not forget them ,did it end. It was as if they wanted everything for themselves, hz, the money she earned and was worried I would take her away. It was so crazy to think like that. We even suggested to them that we’d wait for a couple of years but they insisted that hz gets married immediately, inspite of knowing that her brother was not working and hz would have to work to feed them, although her father had worked in the gulf all these years.
One day after 2 months she went out with my mother to Carter road and they ate at a snack joint, in the confusion that day hz forgot to call her mother at 5 pm and it was 8 pm when she called. The response she got was that she was now forgetting her mother, just because she called up 3 hrs late and went out with another person who was her own mother-in-law. That night hz cried and told me that she does not know what to do -- If she goes home we’ll be disappointed, if she does not, her mom will blame her.
I told her, “we’ll understand, you go there” and in fact I personally dropped her at her moms place. The next day she thanked me a lot for helping her decide and being understanding. I told her it was not required but just reduce the frequency of overnight visits as we were married.
After that day things got worse. When she returned she used to demand outside food, ice creams, visits to expensive restaurants which I could not afford all the time. In case I could not afford to spend the kind of money she wanted me to spend on her, I was taunted by her. She started eating outside and refused or ate very little at home with us or ate outside and said she was not eating because she had no appetite or was feeling ill. She used to leave the table before others finish their food. On asking hz why the change hz used to just deny it. Hz was hiding something.
Since I used to go for night duties she used to sleep with the rest of the family. Thereafter she started to sleep alone, but then she started to complain that she saw ghosts and heard footsteps and sounds, something I and my Mom and sister and the whole of the building people have never heard in the last 28 years. She used to talk of seeing ghosts in the night, hearing sounds at night and having haunted dreams, she used to talk about blackmagic and ghosts she seen at her place, but no one else had seen these things. When we tried to convince her that it was only her imagination, she used to start her tantrums.
And if she was asked to sleep with the rest of the family the excuse was that she could not sleep. Soon she started taking sleeping tablets quietly. This we realised when my folks told me that she used to close and lock the door for 30 minutes and longer soon after I left for work, and even after asking her to unlock the door, she would pretend not to hear. Even when I used to return from duty in the morning, hz had this drugged and dazed look. She had this habit of taking medicines a lot earlier, reasons of some allergy or sickness was always given , I believed her at the time, but she promised me that she’d not and would read a book instead, I believed her.
One day she goes to her house and has an overdose of drugs and is admitted in the hospital. Inspite of not having done anything to her and she doing the wrong in her house we were blamed, Her mom starts blaming us that we harassed her, and that we treated her badly, But why blame us when they don’t realise how well we took care of her, we were surprised when we never did any harm why were we being blamed, hands were raised on me inspite of me trying to help out, I was being blamed for what I could not understand.
That’s when her mother told me hz tells everything that happens at our place home from the day she got married to me and even when she was friendly with me, every thing that happened between me and her was always discussed with her mother. . I asked hz later if what her mother said was true, but she denied that she told her mother everything and yet her mother insisted that she told her everything. Every time I ask hz she says she did not say these things, then what is the reason that the mother keeps telling lies for,or is hz telling lies for sympathy, this is what has to be investigated into. Hz even tells us about things her father and mother did wrong to her, she used to talk of her fathers drunken state and him fallen on the road drunk and her mothers attempts of suicide and their anger towards her when she was going around with valey. I began to realise that hz was playing a dirty game where she was criticising A to B and criticising B to A, which we have now come to believe is her way of getting sympathy. What is she gaining by doing this? I began to suspect something weird in her behavior. Her behavior and way of thinking mainly times did not seem normal.
Hz has a habit of telling small white lies just to get a little sympathy, This she used to do not realising
one day she’ll be called a liar .Her friends had mentioned her character to me but I thought they were jealous or just wanted to make trouble between us. I had often told her not to tell things outside the house, because gossip leads to problems, she agreed and promised that was never done, which I believed until I later realised it was one of her many lies When I casually chatted with people. Hz always seemed to be victimised by people around, she never seemed to be happy with anyone, and next moment it was a contrast. She seemed to have a change of moods every few minutes and one would not know what mood she would be in at whatever moment, for no fault of mine.
After recovering and going home her folks demanded that I hand over her clothes, as her father wanted to take her to Goa for a month’s holiday. I asked her if that was true and she said yes. I took all her clothes and bags back home like a coolie. Then they demanded all the jewelry, she agreed that she wanted her jewellery, too. That shocked me What was money, love was supposed to be more valuable. I carried her heavy bags up the staircases to avoid her old father from lifting this heavy weight at his age. Inspite of doing that, hz mother began to yell and shout at me, accusing me of the most unbelievable things which I could never understand. Why?. What shocked me was my own mother never behaved like her at any time in my life. At that time I never realised it was hz that was telling them lies to gain sympathy and talking nicely to me and my mom and sister on our face. This was hypocrisy and deception I could not understand. Why would a wife do such things? Especially when her full salary cheque was given to her home and her every expenses was borne gracefully by me and my family . Why did hz not tell them about all the happiness and respect and importance she was always given by the three of us in our place. Why were these lies told instead? What was she gaining behaving like this with us?
Feeling very sad, I returned the gold too, including the mangalsutra I had brought for her. According to her mother Hz started telling people at her place that we harassed her and that she never got any privacy. When the fact was that every time I went out I took only hz with me, and not my mother and sister. And when she and I were together, we were alone in our room, that according me me is maximum privacy. But closing the bedroom door and taking drugs when she was alone is wrong according to me. We gave her own brand new cupboard and later I discovered empty packets of tablets was lying in it. If I did not allow this privacy this would have been discovered earlier. That’s when we realised something was wrong with hz mentally, which even her own parents knew about but kept from us, this was not right.
We took so much care of her, yet we were blamed. God above is watching this and he must be crying.
The biggest disappointment to me was one day hz told me she was pregnant on the 10th of May, I was so happy, I smiled and shouted out loud in happiness. After all I was going to be a father, a dad, I knew I’d be a great dad because I love kids. . She was happy too. She wanted to inform her folks. I told her tell them later, But she insisted .After she spoke to them, she was disappointed at their responses. Her brother snubbed her while her mom ridiculed her quoting that it may be something she ate, Hz was very disappointed with their responses and told me even if others are not happy, as long as we are who cares. I was very happy hearing this from her and the support she was giving me, thinking that after all what matters is her and my happiness regarding her pregnancy.
Hi,
This is my story.Its a lesson to every nice guy around.This is the story of a guy betrayed after he was faithful.
I'd like to share this with you all.
Hope you all have the paitence to read it, the pain & hurt I feel cannot be explained.Never let a nice guy down ever.
Anyone feel like writing to me pls do.
Struggling after doing a part-time job and working for 4 ½ years, I joined BDA in June 1999. Somewhere in September 1999, I got an anonymous phone call from someone under the named doris. The caller spoke of how her friend liked me. This continued for a few days, meanwhile with the help of my friends I managed to trace the call to BDE, and realised it was hz that made the call. I told hz I was not interested in her friend. There after hz used to call up often from her work place talking to me about her problems with her boyfriend valey, she used to suspect him a lot. We also used to talk about casual things around every day. Soon we started communicating on the company E-mail.
Hz and valey had a lot of differences between them, they used to constantly argue and raise hands on each other. Hz used to meet valey after work and spend the time out or at his place in Mahim. She used to tell her folks that she was working late as they did not like valey and he did not like them, this problems continued for a few months until they split. Hz had a habit of suicidal tendencies, often talking of taking sleeping tablets /drugs/cutting hands, getting ultra emotional etc. This she used to convey to me on phone that she would do if valey left her. I used to try and make her understand and not get suspicious. Hz way of reading people was very suspicious and one could not understand why.
Hz worked in HR department of BDE, and had access to all confidential information of all employees, including their personal particulars and salary.
During her affair with valey, her parents and relatives collected one day at her place and confronted her about him and asked her to stay away from him, there was a huge scene at her place, verbally and physically, they even slapped her and told her to die. Hz used to tell me that even her own mother and brother never supported her, this sentence she repeats even today when depressed. To escape this she got a transfer to Ahmedabad and left home. I still communicated with her through the company E-mail frequently. According to her I was the only link she had there. Although I was doing night shifts, I used to visit the office in the day just to communicate to her on E-mail. She was very happy that there was someone to talk to and used to be very thankful to me.
Soon her relationship with Valey broke off. She kept saying no one would marry her, She started behaving very depressed, mentioning that her own folks did not care etc .I tried my best to communicate with her on E-mail and phone hoping at least I could be there in her time of need.
I tried to be there always, After a year on May 1st 2000,I asked her if we could go out, feeling that the person was a homily person and likes kids, someone that would respect my mom and all elder persons too, someone I could trust to respect my mother and build a big family. I told hz if things worked we could go ahead with marriage in due time else we could still be good friends, which she agreed. Hz returned to Bombay and got a job.
Thereafter I used to be with her every day talking on phone or meeting her, trying to get her out of her depression. I used to wait for her for 2 hours, drop her at her place, after she has a bath she would come out for a drive to Joggers park/ Carter road, then I would talk to her for hours, leave her home and go back to my place and then return to work, as I work at nights. Although I wanted to leave her home at 9pm, she refused and wanted to stay out till 1030pm to talk, saying that at her place no one bothered, as long as she was working and no one cared about her etc. she also said she trusted and felt safe with me. In case I used to force her to go home early, she would behave stubbornly and walk away from her house and because I felt responsible for her I used to tolerate it and thought I’d get her to improve one day .
Even if one day I could not meet her, she would act very stubborn like a small child and frantically call up at my place on phone insisting on going out to talk. At times she used to shout, raise her hands on me, slap and scratch me and pull my hair when annoyed at something and then apologise for it as if nothing happened, stating reasons like it was because she was depressed because of her previous relationship and that she needed time. .I decided to believe her although something told me that this was a built in habit of hers, even her friends and relatives have mentioned it before. I never once raised my hand on her although I could.
Such was her possessiveness that she used to hardly spend time with her Mom and brother at home, her dad was in the Gulf at that time. She used to say things that were wrong with her and no one liked her etc. she mentioned that her mother and brother used to not care for her and all they needed was her money and when she could not provide them the money they needed, they used to ill-treat her and not feed her and used to criticise her She also used to say that she had no one to talk to and if I left her for someone else she’d do drastic things to herself. I thought probably this person loves me a lot that’s why she spoke this way.
Everytime I wanted to leave her at her home on time she insisted on wanting to stay longer. In case I did not listen she would refuse to go home and walk in the other direction. Initially I used to think that it was her love for me that was doing all this. In case I refused to listen she would walk away and not talk for days, threaten to do all things to herself and try for sympathy from me. Hz was a very possessive person who could not tolerate me talking to anyone else, even a movie could cause her to suspect me, blame me and then later after many hours/days, she would say that she realised her stupidity at suspecting me and apoligize, & call up to talk franatically. I was faithful and there was no fault that could be found, still she always felt I’d leave her for someone else. Which I never understood why. Even if I spoke to her of some friend of mine, her reaction was of extreme jealously. Which initially I mistook for love. When I used to introduce her to my friends, later she used to behave depressed.
I used to buy her small presents not expensive, like table pieces, write letters, cards. I used to get a lot of letters and cards too. I have a very big collection of the same at home. I believed these small surprises at odd times would generate a lot of love from her. My innocent ways of presenting something, although kiddish would make her realise what true love is. I wanted money never to be an issue. I’ve been through hard days, studying and working part time, without a father all alone to reach where I’m today. I wanted that true love in my family to overcome all difficulties. I believed that if there was love, faith and sincerity, then there would always be happiness.
Every letter of hers spoke of how much she loved me and how her own people never cared and how only I was understanding, How much I was there for her, and how much value I had.
Every month on the 1st we celebrate our monthly anniversary by cutting a small piece of cake and blowing a candle, this is since we started together on 1st of May 2000. Till date we have never missed an occasion apart from 2 times once when she was working late and once when she was behaving stubborn and wanted to go home late which I refused the previous day.
I took very good care of her all that time, spoke to her, exchanged stories, planned for the future. I explained to her that I was not well off, I had my Dad’s loans to be repaid and I was struggling. She supported me and said that she understands and used words that she does not want anything but my support and my mom was like hers and my family was like hers too etc. I felt like a king. I felt that at last I could prove that true love exists and money is not an issue.
In November 2000 my father expired, the entire responsibility of the house was on my shoulders more so. I used to feel very sad about losing my father, but before dying He promised me not to cry over him and instead look after the people he left behind. He said he’ll be around always, which till today I believe he is.
Hz used to say that she always wanted to study more but could not concentrate, and there was no one at her place that could understand, she wanted to finish her MCom for her dad’s happiness, so I encouraged Hz to do correspondence MCom, and supported her daily until she succeeded. She used to tell me that it was thanks to me that she’s back on track, I felt happy I could do something for someone. But soon as time past, I found hz ambitions changed fast and hz got disinterested very quickly with small things. .
My sister had yet to get married, but she was not interested, as she spend her entire life working to get food in the house until I could finish my education, as my Father retired in 1983, my sister gave her entire youth to give me the minimum time required for me to succeed. This I’ll will remember forever. After my Father died, my mom & sas were very depressed. I used to try to make everyone happy, hiding my tears and I got them out of it in a year. I thought In case I brought home a homily wife that respected my mom, then my mom would be happy too and my dream of a small home with me, my wife, my kids and mom would all be eating together, talking together and there would be a lot of love and affection. On discussing this dream of mine with Hz, she agreed, promising a lot of things, which I really believed at that time. I started bringing hz to see my folks, and she used to visit home often.
Hz’s father returned home in Sept 2001 after he lost his job and he decided he was too old to work, Initially he refused to allow hz to see me, except on weekends which I did not mind, but hz had an argument at home and convinced him otherwise. I noticed hz was behaving very stubborn at times in her place like a small child would, and not a woman of her age.
My mother was admitted in the hospital in December , but thank God, miraculously she recovered, thereafter I felt the need of bringing a homily , faithful and trusty wife home that would respect others.
We decided to get married in 2002. Initially she wanted me to sponsor everything, meaning pay for everything like all the expenses for the wedding, to which I said I could not. That’s when the trouble actually all started.. Then her folks came over to talk. They insisted that hz continues to work as they need all her earnings, as her 20 year old brother does not want to work. He’s always with his gang on the road eve teasing and playing childish games or attending dance parties. If anyone tell her son to work her mom would flare up and create a scene. The same happened that day too. They also at times hinted that I should buy my own accommodation , which I said I cannot afford in a place like Bombay and I have to stay in my Dad’s house to look after my old mother. Then they wanted me to purchase her wedding gown of over Rs 20,000/-, which I could not afford, Finally we decided that both parties spend on their own sides as required and a joint sharing of 50% each which was the most fair decision. In addition, I agreed to buy the 2 wedding rings and an engagement ring for her. They agreed, but I noticed the tone of voice of the mother started changing. She even commented sarcastically at our place that day, that their expenses was going to be more than ours. I realised as long as I could do things I was nice, and in case I could not their true colours would be exposed. Thinking I had to live with Hz and not her mother, I ignored it. Little did I know until later that things were discussed between them regularly.
I told them I started working part time when I was 16 years old and all boys have to manage. They said her brother would soon, saying if he was pressurised, he threatened to do drastic things to himself. At that point I wondered if it was in the family that each one threatens to do drastic things to themselves just to get their way. But they insisted on us agreeing that she should be allowed to give her entire salary to them until he starts working or else they’ll starve, so we said OK, although I was aware that her father had been working in the gulf for all these many years and they have not spend any money to buy a flat as my father did for his children. Earlier during our conversations, Hz mentioned that her father owed around a lakh to relatives and friends and hence it was difficult for them to contribute to the expenditure. To this, I suggested that we should go in for a small wedding in church and no reception, since that would be ideal. Amazingly, the next day Hz tells me that her father told her that all loans had been paid and he had told them about it, and he could spend a bit. This made me realise how easily she and her family could tell lies just for their own conveniences.
On the wedding day comments were passed by their guests to us as “we pity you for marrying her” and “you have got yourself into a trap by this family”, etc. and that the reactions of hz and her folks were of extreme tension. A few days later after the wedding, we were informed that there was a scene at her place on the wedding day because the wedding car arrived a little late. Initially we thought the guests may be jealous of them. But time was to prove us wrong.
On the day of the wedding reception hz mom ridiculed my sister by pointing to an old man and telling my sister sarcastically that here is an eligible bachelor for my sister and she laughed in front of many guests, who came up and consoled my sister telling her why did she say that. My unmarried sister felt very bad and kept a smile on just for the sake of my wedding. What right had a person to ridicule someone about marriage teasing a person on the day her daughter just got married. Its like rubbing salt in someone else’s wounds.
I sponsored the marriage holiday of 3 days in a hotel, where we enjoyed ourselves. I spent on buying gifts for few friends and relatives too. Although hz said she did not like excessive expenditure, it was practically evident that she was a spend thrift especially when it came to spending someone else’s money other than her own or her family’s. It seemed later that hz used to agree just to convince a person that she did not like extravagant spending, but experience showed otherwise.
After marriage within 4 days hz began missing her mom, that’s when I realised something was wrong. Her mother wanted her to call up at her place at a particular time and tell her the entire day’s story of what happened the full day. I never objected. Every 5th day she wanted to spend a night at her folks place I never objected. Sometimes suddenly her mom would call her home at late evening, pretending she was very sick and was going to have a heart attack, or had hemoglobin problems or quoting illness, which used to disappear after she went home.
I realised that hz was a very pampered child. Her mother used to give her everything in bed including her toothbrush and washbasin. Food was provided, clothes were washed, even her hair was combed and her feet were pressed too by her mother everyday. It was very comfortable there.
In our place, although we never asked her to do any house work, she would cook a meal on Sundays the rest of the time my mom used to work along with my sister in washing clothes, sweeping and swabbing the floor and cleaning things, cooking, etc, thinking that since she was new to our place would get used to it in due course.
My mother treated her more like a daughter than a daughter-in- law. Every morning she would take my mothers blessings before going to work , my mom would stay at the window waving bye till she went and be there to see her when she came back in the evening.
Contrary to this, her mom never used to talk to me nicely, it was as if I was an enemy that took her daughter away. This attitude started after I told them about my principle and lifestyle, which denounced extravagant expenses. After all, I was earning my money very great difficulty, working double shifts and doing overtime to save a bit.
Whenever hz was not around, I use to get insulted by her folks. At that time although hz and I had decided whatever happens between us we would discuss between ourselves as solve our own problems, so I never mentioned the numerous insults I faced with her family, and even when I did I was never believed.
Apart from a small argument at our place ,weeks ago, common everywhere, there was no occasion of trouble. That too, a couple of hours later things were normal, I really felt I had the worlds happiest home. I used to show of to my friends about what a wonderful family I have. But the frequency of visits overnight at her place and the duration of phone calls increased, soon hz stopped calling from home and called from her office and outside to her mom. I never suspected the topic of conversation because I trusted her and never thought she would be talking personal husband-wife matters and what is happening everyday in our family and other personal and intimate things pertaining to our family, to her mom.
Once there was a scene at Hz place prior to marriage when hz mother was distributing the wedding cards in the neighborhood. When her mom had an argument with a neighbor, she came up and created a noisy tantrum and started to roll and scream and bang her hands and head on the wall, and only after hz swore on the Bible that she would not leave her mother, after marriage and would not forget them ,did it end. It was as if they wanted everything for themselves, hz, the money she earned and was worried I would take her away. It was so crazy to think like that. We even suggested to them that we’d wait for a couple of years but they insisted that hz gets married immediately, inspite of knowing that her brother was not working and hz would have to work to feed them, although her father had worked in the gulf all these years.
One day after 2 months she went out with my mother to Carter road and they ate at a snack joint, in the confusion that day hz forgot to call her mother at 5 pm and it was 8 pm when she called. The response she got was that she was now forgetting her mother, just because she called up 3 hrs late and went out with another person who was her own mother-in-law. That night hz cried and told me that she does not know what to do -- If she goes home we’ll be disappointed, if she does not, her mom will blame her.
I told her, “we’ll understand, you go there” and in fact I personally dropped her at her moms place. The next day she thanked me a lot for helping her decide and being understanding. I told her it was not required but just reduce the frequency of overnight visits as we were married.
After that day things got worse. When she returned she used to demand outside food, ice creams, visits to expensive restaurants which I could not afford all the time. In case I could not afford to spend the kind of money she wanted me to spend on her, I was taunted by her. She started eating outside and refused or ate very little at home with us or ate outside and said she was not eating because she had no appetite or was feeling ill. She used to leave the table before others finish their food. On asking hz why the change hz used to just deny it. Hz was hiding something.
Since I used to go for night duties she used to sleep with the rest of the family. Thereafter she started to sleep alone, but then she started to complain that she saw ghosts and heard footsteps and sounds, something I and my Mom and sister and the whole of the building people have never heard in the last 28 years. She used to talk of seeing ghosts in the night, hearing sounds at night and having haunted dreams, she used to talk about blackmagic and ghosts she seen at her place, but no one else had seen these things. When we tried to convince her that it was only her imagination, she used to start her tantrums.
And if she was asked to sleep with the rest of the family the excuse was that she could not sleep. Soon she started taking sleeping tablets quietly. This we realised when my folks told me that she used to close and lock the door for 30 minutes and longer soon after I left for work, and even after asking her to unlock the door, she would pretend not to hear. Even when I used to return from duty in the morning, hz had this drugged and dazed look. She had this habit of taking medicines a lot earlier, reasons of some allergy or sickness was always given , I believed her at the time, but she promised me that she’d not and would read a book instead, I believed her.
One day she goes to her house and has an overdose of drugs and is admitted in the hospital. Inspite of not having done anything to her and she doing the wrong in her house we were blamed, Her mom starts blaming us that we harassed her, and that we treated her badly, But why blame us when they don’t realise how well we took care of her, we were surprised when we never did any harm why were we being blamed, hands were raised on me inspite of me trying to help out, I was being blamed for what I could not understand.
That’s when her mother told me hz tells everything that happens at our place home from the day she got married to me and even when she was friendly with me, every thing that happened between me and her was always discussed with her mother. . I asked hz later if what her mother said was true, but she denied that she told her mother everything and yet her mother insisted that she told her everything. Every time I ask hz she says she did not say these things, then what is the reason that the mother keeps telling lies for,or is hz telling lies for sympathy, this is what has to be investigated into. Hz even tells us about things her father and mother did wrong to her, she used to talk of her fathers drunken state and him fallen on the road drunk and her mothers attempts of suicide and their anger towards her when she was going around with valey. I began to realise that hz was playing a dirty game where she was criticising A to B and criticising B to A, which we have now come to believe is her way of getting sympathy. What is she gaining by doing this? I began to suspect something weird in her behavior. Her behavior and way of thinking mainly times did not seem normal.
Hz has a habit of telling small white lies just to get a little sympathy, This she used to do not realising
one day she’ll be called a liar .Her friends had mentioned her character to me but I thought they were jealous or just wanted to make trouble between us. I had often told her not to tell things outside the house, because gossip leads to problems, she agreed and promised that was never done, which I believed until I later realised it was one of her many lies When I casually chatted with people. Hz always seemed to be victimised by people around, she never seemed to be happy with anyone, and next moment it was a contrast. She seemed to have a change of moods every few minutes and one would not know what mood she would be in at whatever moment, for no fault of mine.
After recovering and going home her folks demanded that I hand over her clothes, as her father wanted to take her to Goa for a month’s holiday. I asked her if that was true and she said yes. I took all her clothes and bags back home like a coolie. Then they demanded all the jewelry, she agreed that she wanted her jewellery, too. That shocked me What was money, love was supposed to be more valuable. I carried her heavy bags up the staircases to avoid her old father from lifting this heavy weight at his age. Inspite of doing that, hz mother began to yell and shout at me, accusing me of the most unbelievable things which I could never understand. Why?. What shocked me was my own mother never behaved like her at any time in my life. At that time I never realised it was hz that was telling them lies to gain sympathy and talking nicely to me and my mom and sister on our face. This was hypocrisy and deception I could not understand. Why would a wife do such things? Especially when her full salary cheque was given to her home and her every expenses was borne gracefully by me and my family . Why did hz not tell them about all the happiness and respect and importance she was always given by the three of us in our place. Why were these lies told instead? What was she gaining behaving like this with us?
Feeling very sad, I returned the gold too, including the mangalsutra I had brought for her. According to her mother Hz started telling people at her place that we harassed her and that she never got any privacy. When the fact was that every time I went out I took only hz with me, and not my mother and sister. And when she and I were together, we were alone in our room, that according me me is maximum privacy. But closing the bedroom door and taking drugs when she was alone is wrong according to me. We gave her own brand new cupboard and later I discovered empty packets of tablets was lying in it. If I did not allow this privacy this would have been discovered earlier. That’s when we realised something was wrong with hz mentally, which even her own parents knew about but kept from us, this was not right.
We took so much care of her, yet we were blamed. God above is watching this and he must be crying.
The biggest disappointment to me was one day hz told me she was pregnant on the 10th of May, I was so happy, I smiled and shouted out loud in happiness. After all I was going to be a father, a dad, I knew I’d be a great dad because I love kids. . She was happy too. She wanted to inform her folks. I told her tell them later, But she insisted .After she spoke to them, she was disappointed at their responses. Her brother snubbed her while her mom ridiculed her quoting that it may be something she ate, Hz was very disappointed with their responses and told me even if others are not happy, as long as we are who cares. I was very happy hearing this from her and the support she was giving me, thinking that after all what matters is her and my happiness regarding her pregnancy.