Child Talk

She had been visiting the park for years now, to watch the children play. So many years, that now some of the ‘children’ could be seen with toddlers oftheir own. And in the last couple of years, she’d made a new friend. A young girl, who also loved to watch the children play.
There was something she wished to ask her new friend, she thought today would be a good day. So, after she came and they had dispensed with their usual small talk, she asked the girl about her plans to have children, now that it had been a few years since her marriage.
“Well, tell me your story and I’ll tell you mine. Why didn’t you have any kids” asked the girl
“My husband and i began seeing each other quite late, and by the time we married, we were too old to have children. So you see, we met too late. And that’s why i asked you, to advise you to not put it off for too long”, she said
“Hmm, well, as you know, we met when we both were not even twenty. So its as though we have known each other forever, and know each other inside out. Perhaps that is the problem. You see, we’ve already started our divorce proceedings. Maybe we met too early”

until next time, not just a matter of time

6 thoughts on “Child Talk

  1. I met my husband at the right time I think. Actually, I worked my marriage backwards. I decided the year I wanted to be married and eliminated the guys who would take a lot of time to know or adjust to. 🙂

    By the way, this is my URL http://arunima.blogspot.com/ I am sure you have forgotten 🙂

  2. epiphany: aaj kal ke bachon ke maa baap!! 🙂

    arunima: wah, kya planning hain.. o, auntie, kabhie kabhie apne comments check kiya karo!!! 🙂

  3. because of b, pallavi: well, i think any time is right so long as one understands the implications and is willing to live with it 🙂

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