Monday, November 21, 2011

Relationships - logical or illogical?

Human relationships have been a fascinating aspect of study and countless treatises have been written on the subject and will continue to be written as long as human beings walk upon this earth. Being an ardent and curious student myself, I've tried to analyse a few cases and I shall cite one here that defies logic by my reckoning!

The protagonist is in the legal profession. She's married, but the couple unfortunately has no children. In fact, quite a few years back she'd spoken out in a popular magazine that siring children could become a hindrance to an individual's professional growth. The family was aghast but she stood her ground. Knowing her, she still stands strongly by that conviction of her's but is actively involved into a lot of philanthropic activities concerning destitute children.

A few years back, she'd added a boy to her extended family. Actually, the boy happened to come in search of her as he felt an affinity after hearing his dad's story. His dad was her first husband but the marriage didn't last beyond a couple of months, thanks to an absence of compatibility between the two and a cantankerous mother-in-law who carried tales about the young bride succeeding in breaking the relationship, ultimately! The guy went on to marry again and this boy happens to be the son from that marriage. Over the years, he'd realised the injustice meted out to his first wife and in one weak moment, blurted out his story to his son asking him to be a source of support to her from then on. The lad found out his 'foster' mother and the rest is history. Incidentally, even the mother-in-law is repenting about her past deeds!

The subject of our story dotes on the young man and to the query as to what she expects from the relationship, her answer is strangely lacking in logic which is - "his father has realised his mistake and sincerely feels bad about it. I see in the boy, a younger version of his dad that I was head over heals with, years ago. And that's that".

Now, what do you say to that?

Tailpiece.

Is it that a part of her self still lingers in the virtual world of her first marriage and sees this boy as her son that could have been? A nice illusion, perhaps?
   

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