HAVING AN AFFAIR

One leads the other follows, one calls the other listens, one attracts and the other gets attracted, one allures the other gets allured. Closeness begets a bonding, closeness begets a relationship that goes on and on for the whole life.

It is a call from within, making distances disappear and closeness creep in. With the heat of closeness comes forgetfulness and legalization of this closeness gets forgotten. People say “He as an affair”, “She has an affair”. Affairs are always alluring and particular in its infancy. These alluring affairs are excellent stuff for cooking up gossip stories. If the affair continues and lasts long people say it as “live in relationship”, a term widely used now a day.

Affair! When they happen, how they happen, and why they happen nobody knows.They are unpredictable. I too fell prey to it. It happened very early in life. Once in love, always in love. Particularly the first love is easy to digest but hard to forget. In life we come across people, I came across a lady and got married to her legally. That old affair still continues, it does not complain about me getting married. It continues to be calm and patient; it demands nothing but donates a lot. It gives me pleasure that could be felt by nobody else but me. The only thing I need to do it is give it some time. Life continues to be a joyful, blissful, wonderful and a graceful experience. Two decades later, I had a third affair. This one has a different name but has the same nature as my first affair. Let me tell you I didn’t forget to legalize it.

Many people are prone to infection. They easily get infected. I started doubting myself to be prone to infection. Not prone to viral infection but prone to affair infection. One cannot control virus and even more difficult is to control getting infected by an affair. Better for me is to give up, I have decided not to resist but to succumb and live blissfully forever. I would not be surprised if another affair is waiting to infect me.

I am really thankful to my wife for she never bothers about affairs in my life, since they keep me busy and don’t give me a chance to bother her.

Of the 3 ladies in my life one occupies physical space while the other two occupy mental space.

These fertile ladies have produced babies.

The second lady has given me a boy (Vinayak) and a girl (Bhumika)

The first lady (English Language) and the third lady (French Language) have helped me produce boys(articles) and girls(poems)

After getting retired I intend to get a graduation in English literature and legalize my life long affair with English lady (English language). Till then none of us are in a hurry.