Peter and the missus #8

Halloween!

The missus had a Halloween party at work towards the end of that week. The discussions at home went on and on but she could not decide on the costume.

That night after she was fast asleep, Peter woke up to apply weird make up on her face. He succeeded in doing it without waking her up and he was cheekily proud the work he had done. The missus was going to be frightened when she looked into the mirror – after all the years, what a chance that would be!

He was awake and ready earlier than ever to heartily witness it. When the missus woke up he was waiting. He controlled his laughter as she walked around the house unaware of the haunted look she wore. He was waiting for the moment.

Unlike the other days when she went straight to the mirror in the morning, the missus just continued from where she left the conversation the previous night. Peter’s patience was wearing off. And when the missus asked, "What do you think I should do?" he pounced on the opportunity

"You don’t have to do anything extra! Just look into the mirror." Peter said without thinking it through.

"How dare you say that?!" the missus asked – well, shrieked!

"Ermmm…" Peter stammered. It was a little too late when realized his poor choice of words.

Though there are different versions of what happened next, Peter still maintains that there was no violence involved. But his colleagues at work say he has difficulty hearing things when spoken to from his right.



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Peter and the missus #7

Run fast! Run far!

Peter loved movies – any movie for that matter would keep him interested. Over the years of married life, the missus had gotten the hang of it. But both of them had had a bad outing that day. The movie was one of the worst they had seen, the burger they had was bad and they were having a tough time getting the bus back home. They were truly annoyed.

About two blocks from home, it got worse. Out of nowhere a guy in a hood sprang on to the street and pulled a knife out. There were being mugged.

Everyone had a dark side. Heroes did, super heroes did and though he was neither, Peter did too. He had always had the urge to fight crime. This was a chance to use his good old skills in martial arts. If he got his moves right, he could get out of trouble and as a perk he would be able to instill some fear in the mind of the missus.

Just when he was going to get into the act, without a hint, the missus roared at the mugger like a hungry lioness, ‘Get out of my way, you fool! The mood I am in, I swear, I will punch your nose, break your hand and make your head turn the other way!!’

Peter was startled a little – he had had many previous encounters with the alter-ego. But the poor mugger was frightened to death. He shot a bewildered look at Peter who nodded, ‘You bet! She will do what she said! Run fast! Run far!’.

The mugger ran for his life – literally sprinted as if he had seen the devil. Peter almost laughed. It was so funny when it happened to others.

‘Lucky guy’, Peter said. ‘He at least had a chance to run away!’

‘What do you mean by that?!’ the missus roared again.

‘Damn!’ Peter gasped. It was happening to him again.

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Peter and the missus #6

The most beautiful couple..

Peter had had a rough ride back from office and was pretty upset with the never-ending train delays.

'Today is a very important day!', the missus said when Peter sank into the couch.

'Oh, not now!', he thought. But afraid of the consequences he smiled and enthusiastically asked, 'Really? Why?'

'Today is the day when the most beautiful couple in the world met for the first time!', she said with an weirdly happy tone.

'The most beautiful couple in the world' - Peter had read the article recently in one of the newspapers. He thought hard to remember if it was 'Brad and Angelina' or 'William and Kate'. The missus liked Brad Pitt but hated Angelina Jolie. If she was bringing the topic up for discussion, it had to be 'William and Kate'.

'William and Kate?!' Peter confidently asked.

First her expression changed.

Then her voice changed.

And the look in her eyes changed as she said, 'You.. and.. me!'

After that.. Everything changed.


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Peter and the missus #5

Happily Married Men

"Did you know that Albert Einstein, Socrates and many great people had troubled marriages?" Peter asked as he cleaned the dishes.

"What do you think the happily married men do?" the missus was curious. 

Peter sighed, "Clean the dishes" as he scrubbed the plates "and do the laundry" and glanced sadly at the laundry basket.

The missus spontaneously said, "Oh, that reminds me. You need to steam the carpet this week."

"The Carpet - Really?! That's what you understood?!" Peter asked - to himself of course.

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