Relative 1: hey long time, how r u?
me: fine aunty,how r u?
R1:so where r u now?howz every1 @ home?
me:good..m at so n so place..
R1:so,you work now?
me:yea...
R1:really,I thought you were not working.
me: smiles(in my mind,then y did u ask)
R1:so where do u work?
me:I work for a web portal
R1:huh?what is that?
me:I work as a content developer for a company
R1:huh?u r an engineer rite?
me:yea..but i m not working as one...
R1:oh,so u didn't get any placements?
me:no..i m working as a writer..something different from what I am trained for...
R1:yea...OK,OK...but you should have worked as an engineer...
me:I don't want to,I love my job..I love to write...
R1:they pay you for simply writing?
me:NO,I DO IT FOR CHARITY...
R1:really???
me:noo ..they do pay me for "SIMPLY WRITING?"
R1:hmm..ok..cant fight with fate...not everybody can get a good job..look at you poor thing..what all hopes we had,,one day we all thought you would become a BIG engineer...
me:and do what???build bridges n dams???
R1:noooo,y should engineers do that?contractors do that....We dreamed that you would become a big software engineer
me:I never studied to become a software engineer..my stream was completely different...
R1:oh...so,you didnt do engineering?n your mother told you were?
Me:I did do engineering......but my stream was Biochemical Engineering...
R1:huh...ok..but still you could have worked as an engineer for a good company...
Me:I work for a good company...
R1:but..you are not an engineer..you simply write stuff right?something like a private secretary??
me:Wht???huh???what are you....Oh,pleasee...(in my mind,where did this private secretary come from?)
R1:what all you could have been..a DOCTOR ,an ENGINEER....
anyways,nice to see you....but I tell you,writing and all... seriously....I don't know...
me:aunty,,if you don't know..then y comment??
R1:ah ohk..you were always like this...never did listen to anyone..anyways I gotta go now...
me:Ohk..byeee( thank GOD)
End Of Conversation!!!!!
Notes to self:
Never jump in front of these relatives....Never try to explain things to them....
Why to complicate stuff????
Let Ignoramuses be ignoramuses....:D
chitz....
On writing and getting published
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24 comments:
ha ha..nicely put.Does in any case her children are Engnrs/Doctors? These half educated relatives think S/W Engineer is the one and only profession on Earth!!
Hehe. I am familiar with this. People draw blank stares when I try to explain why I don't work in Java or .net even though I work in an IT company.
Haha Thats perfectly put! Hilarious.Auntiessssssss!!! I hate them to the core! I even wrote about them long back.
very true yaar!...so many think the being a software engineer is everythn..
@ Nive:no,but i guess she was playing the "since,advices are free,why not I give some out" game..:)
@ narayan: join the club friend..:)
@ aditya:i know,there are people who just can't get a good nights sleep without giving out some "gyaan"
@ divya: yea..you should know better..:)
he he he....u knw these are the relatives who have many problems with our comfort and comfort from our problems...and by the way hope eng and doc are not only 2 quality profession on this planet....by the way u do work...which is the best...writing...at least we can be true to this profession...wat say...
I should also write something similar. But here the context is different. My relatives keeps asking me why I am not going anywhere outside India (read gulf gulf) ? So gave up on explaining and now I skip marriages and functions ;-)
So what if you can't chose your relatives, at least you can chose your friends.
@niraj:i am happy.that i m doing something which i enjoy doing..no cribbing and complaining..:)
@ nibin:so i see noone is spared...thee should b a rule against these nosey gyaan giving relatives...
@purba: yea..should thank God for small mercies like that..:)
ha ha..
liked the conversation very much.. :D
New to your blog.. jumped here from Mr. Lemon's blog..
Nice blog you have.. :)
Will be back for more.. :)
@ arpit: Thanks..n welcom 2 my blog..:)
Hee!hee! Girl, that's audacious!
Aren't you glad you are not near them for long? ;)
Love the spirit.. don't u change! :)
:)
@ joe:i kno..imagine being wid thm thruout..
@ ranjit: :)
ha ha ha....hilarious....
lolz :D
thats relatives & their so called care :P
@ ASR:yea..life can sometimes be a big comedy...:)..welcom 2 my blog..:)
@ satish:i cud very well do without them..:)
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