'Vegetating' at home

We did not always go to four, or three, or even two, places, but, yes, we did party-hop, and when we weren't going out, friends were coming home

Several years ago, my wife and I came to an arrangement regarding her social life. As family care-giver and home-based entrepreneur, she wished to step out in the evenings to experience the city’s bright lights and fraternise with the rich and famous, no matter that their pecking order changed frequently. Dear reader, you will know me for my shy and retiring nature, while my wife craved the excessive hedonism of Delhi’s jet-set. I acquiesced for two reasons — a) as a loving husband I did not wish to deny her some excitement; b) and, because, why provoke marital discord?

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