Short Story- Men in the House of in Laws

Posted by Law Article on July 16th, 2009 at 10:11am

Men in the house of in laws ?

Dalip Singh Wasan, Advocate.

I had some reading of mythology and I was surprised to note that a woman had been kept by five people as their common wife. I had also read that there was a time when there had been no institution of marriage and the children had been getting the name of their mother attached with their names and they were not having any knowledge about their fathers. That too was the most sorry state of affairs and I was happy that this concept of one man and one wife had been introduced and accepted.

I had been in school, in college and then in a training institute and had I wanted, I could have got some boy friends, but one thing was in my mind that I shall select one man and I shall marry that man so that only one man should be having approach to my body, to my heart and should be in my soul. And ultimately I could select a boy and I was lucky enough that my parents agreed for this match and we weremarried. My husband Abhishek was in the army and was a captain at the time of marriage. He was in the administrative wing and therefore, he was having family accommodation at the station of his posting. Most of my time had been spent with him, but at times he had been leaving me at his house with the joint family. Though we were posted far away from the joint house, but still the parents of my husband were managing all the affairs and therefore, our was a joint family.

In the army and the families attached thereto, we were living in an open society. We were often having joint dinners and we had been in those halls till mid-night. We had been having dances and often, I had been in arms of other men and my husband had been having another woman in his arms. The couples had been pressing each other and were having kisses as they like. I was not habitual to all these nor I had been expecting such gatherings, but now such things had become part of our life. We were in such gatherings at least once in a week and I had to be in the arms of other men. And this course had become part of our life, I had started choosing men of my likings and therefore, I had been crossing so many others and was reaching the man of my choice. I wanted that the man who is having me in his arms should be one which could be liked by me and through all these dancing and gatherings, I had been having some booster in life. In fact I had started waiting for the day of getting together.

I had in the arms of other people in social gatherings in the army, but I was still of the view that none other than my husband should be approaching me. I had been in arms of other men, but it was limited to those gatherings only and out of those gatherings, I never wanted or allowed a person to have approach to me and none was allowed to touch me. When I had been in the joint family, I noticed that all men though elders or younger were having an eye on me. I saw that the younger brothers of my husband were trying to come near me and have my hand and even the elder brother of my husband often took me in his arms and at the same time traced his right had over my head showing that he is blessing me and nothing more. Similar had been the position of my father in law. He too had been finding out an occasion when he could take me in his arms and press me and then trace his right hand over my head. I was not desiring all such meetings, but still I was tolerating all this. I knew that the man who shall be asked to remain at a distance shall stop liking me and shall be creating all types of troubles for me in the family. All were avoiding to have such touches in presence of others and my both younger brothers in law were trying to have separate meetings with me and they were trying to have nearness with me as had been traditional in the state of Punjab. In due course I had adopted this way of life too and I had noticed that all my sisters in laws were trying to keep their husbands away from me and similarly my mother in law was trying to keep my father in law out of my way and she was trying to avoid our meetings when we were all alone.

I had been keeping all these things secret with me. But once I disclosed all this to my friend Rashmi who had a laugh and then said, “ This is the life and we should adopt this life. All women in all ages had been accepting these challenges and they had been keeping all these relations secret. My mother in law had told me that her husband had two more brothers who could not have a marriage because they were not having enough land with them and she had to serve all the three as their common wife”. I am still living and I am still having all such occasions and therefore, I have become habitual to all these touches and loving words from the side of other men. These words full of love give me more satisfaction and happiness because such words are not uttered by the husband who has got easy access to the body of his wife. Men other than husband have got a separate dictionary with them and they choose such words which give a woman a pleasant occasion and I am still enjoying all such occasions in the army and when I am at my house and that is the reason all men in the house of my in laws are waiting for my return and when I return to the joint house, they all celebrate the occasion and give me warm welcome.

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