Tiruppur Trip

Today, I and Appa started at 5 AM to get some dresses for Sarvesh from Tiruppur. Going out in Bangalore was a dream. Either Bala is hooked to his mobile or laptop or he will not be ready to travel more than 5 km radius on weekends(Exception being Chikka Tirupathi)

Boarded the train at 7 and called Bala from Appa's mobile. Due to reasons unknown, the call did not get connected. So called him from my mobile though it was in roaming. After sometime, he called my fathers mobile. I picked the call. He asked why dont you call from Appa's mobile. I told him I called but  the call did not go. He seemed dissatisfied with my response. I have seen him talking to his beloved brothers and sisters for 20-30 minutes while on roaming. If thats okay, why not calling from my mobile when there is a real need.

We reached Tiruppur. But to our dismay the shops were closed for observing Bandh. We made few rounds to see if we could see any open shops. But none of them were open. We returned home empty handed after getting scotched in the sun.

30 mins back, At 10:45 PM, my husband called again. Sarvesh had slept already. He asked what did you do in tiruppur as it was Bandh today. I told him "Yes. The shops were closed due to Bandh". His immediate response was " You should have watched TV News before going out". That was quite odd to me. I did not feel good on this response. Its common to see auspicious time in daily calendar before going out. But it is uncommon to see NEWS before going out. So wanted to check if he really meant it or he was kidding. So asked him when  should I have seen TV. He told you should seen it yesterday night ot today morning. Okay. Fair enough. So asked him " When did you watch the NEWS and learn about the Bandh". He told "I called my brother and he told me" Thats ridiculous. He did not get the news by watching TV. The news about Bandh came on his way. If his brother had been in Chennai, He also would not have known about the bandh.


I was pretty sure that this would not have been his response when his beloved brother or sister had gone to Tiruppur to see the closed shops. He would have definitely empathised with them. Of course Blood is thicker than water as far as my husband is concerned.  How can I be blamed for a trip that went in vain. I expected him to ask " Were there any shops open... Were you able to purchase something".. But he did not ask about how we managed. He just wanted to blame us . :-)

My husband is quite cautious while speaking to his brother/sister to make sure he does not hurt their feelings.  Reason being we always want people in life. but never thinks if something will hurt me. Though it hurts he is not bothered. Because I am taken for granted. :-(