I look at my parents getting old and to me it just does not look like they are growing old. Infact they are getting very young and restless. They travel more now. They get bored so soon. They are more open to trying new things and both know all the latest gossip of bollywood. This is not what i was preparing myself for. And i really fell off the chair when they announced they are planning to get a mid-segment luxury car post retirement. My father, a staunch believer of the wonders of of being thrifty wants to throw caution to the winds and do things to relax. It is such an unheard concept specially coming from my frugal dad. And then like a party-spoiler mom, i tell them repeatedly why thwy cannot go to kerala in monsoon or kashmir forverer or why my dad firat needs to get his eyes operated on before he plans to pick a new set of wheels. sometimes i do feel that i have more than one child. Most times i can actually feel which hair turned grey after a really gruelling phone conversation. But lately i have started to really enjoy these encounters. And when the husband says give me the latest gossip about your family, i actually do tell him about it.
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