Poet, Author and Lawyer
The three words above – Poet, Author and Lawyer sound like a lethal
combination! Well, I happened to meet one such guy. We were made to meet
through a family friend. Back then, I was smitten by people (men) who spoke the
Queen’s English, went to schools which were a dream to study in. So here we
were meeting for the first time, he was 10 years older than me (I was in the “age
is just a number” kind of phase). We met at a local restaurant near our
workplace and it being winters I wanted to have something nice and warm so I ordered
for Dimsums. The moment I picked up one piece with my hand, he said “lady, why don’t
you use a fork and a knife”? I gave him a look and said ,"I like it like this".
His next comment was, “lady I will refine you, don’t worry”. I did not know how
to react? Whether to laugh or to ignore the comment so I just smiled.
I reached home and he called me
to say that it’s a yes for him and he wanted to know my answer. I was amazed at
him. I said, we have just met for thirty minutes and I can’t decide so soon. So
I told him lets plan to meet again. While planning the next meeting I suggested
a coffee shop in one of the malls where he did not want to go. I suggested
another, and then he said, “lady, the decision should be bilateral and not unilateral”. I was stumped with this
statement and I couldn’t believe that this is how I will be spoken to every
single day, hour or minute if I married him. Each day would feel like as if I were
vetting a contract. I said, “Can you speak normal English? Who talks like this?”
I don’t think he got the sarcasm
as next morning I had a good morning message which was nothing less than a poem
from Shakespeare which read - thou art fair, O my beloved . It started with thou and
ended with thou and had thou and thou in every possible line.
I, as always, decided against the
proposal.
