Thursday 15 February, 2007

That villain called a ‘husband’

Please don’t rush to conclusions. My husband is among the best products of this species. He is sensitive, responsible, warm, caring, affectionate and great fun.


That ‘villain’ bit refers to the scum of humanity that happens to have wedded my dear cousin.


My cousin is a tall, strikingly attractive, well-educated and a wonderful person. She also holds a lucrative job. As luck would have it, she has married a man who simply doesn’t deserve her. He abuses and tortures her at the slightest pretext. The very sight of him frightens their child, a smart girl of 10. She ignores him when he is at his best (read ‘sleeping/eating/off to office’), and shrivels when he becomes abusive. Certainly, this bum of a husband is far from being a gem of a father, as well.


What beats me is WHY my cousin is putting up with this fleet-of-trucks-load of bullshit. As I said before, she’s educated and employed. She’s smart enough to carry on in this world without a husband. For emotional security, she has doting parents and a nice kid. The child will never miss him, for his contribution in producing and bringing her up is NIL – yes, even the sperm is not his, for the child is adopted.


Why, then why, doesn’t Cousin Dear take a divorce? About the entire town and its aunt have advised her to approach the family court but my cousin is stoic in her refusal.


She doesn’t want the ‘divorcee’ tag. Is she right? I honestly don’t know.

2 comments:

Sun said...

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jaya's recipes said...

It is unfortunate that your cousin has a villan of a husband.she is willing to go through life long torture to avoid the divorcee tag!