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Saree no 27

Today this saree talks about friendship. First of all I would like to thank Ally Matthan and Anju Maudgal for #100 Saree Pact. I got to meet Lakshmi Narayanan, her adorable daughters and husband, her sister Radha and her family. Thank you so much Lakshmi Narayanan for a wonderful lunch. It was so much fun meeting another Saree Pact fellow. and she Welcomed me in Blue Saree.

We were in New Jersey for the weekend. Meeting some “OLD” friends. They were Ashish’s friends when Ashish was in his undergrads. To think of it when Ashish was his older son’s age, may be a year or two younger. They were his engineering classmates. But this post is not at all about them, it is about their wives..

Isn’t it funny how friendship depends exclusively on the lady of the house? We all go through that phase in life when we have some good friends, so close just like family and then we loose them along the way and they fade away just because ladies didn’t get along.

I met one of them the year I moved to USA, in 99. She is a darling and we just connected right away. She was the one who came to stay with me for a week when Anand was born. Our firstborns are a year apart, so they had fun too. The guys don’t talk much but we two never cared for husbands to initiate the conversation, we took upon us to remain friends. Sri, Please know how much I appreciate your friendship and love.

The other two – I met them in 2011 and every year after that. I wonder how strange it to have a package deal in friendship. Having a friendship with husband’s friends wives is a real bonus. Occasional phone conversations, some text messages, whats app jokes and then planning a trip its all on the queen of the house.

Now I am back home, sipping my tea missing those endless tea supplies and many more kind of drinks. But more than that I am missing the conversation that followed, the care, the not stop serving with perseverance.

How they accommodated so many things for Anand, how they took care of his needs, how they left him alone when he needed his space WITHOUT leaving him alone.

How I felt surrounded by love. , How I felt I am so at home..
Abha and Jeevana, I am so glad these guys found you…
It is just a feeling of thankfulness when you feel in debt. A debt of friendship…