Favorite meal went horribly wrong and so is the relationship.

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This is a story about a meal which went horribly wrong and so is the relationship…

Newly married couple has planned to spend their Sunday in the laziest possible way but obviously with a delicious meal. They went to the market together and bought everything required to make the best meal for that day.

They planned to have a good meal followed by a movie at home.

The girl was super excited to cook the meal for her partner and spend the weekend together.

This is her first week after wedding and she can’t wait to start her new life with the love of her life.

Things were perfect to the girl who was a darling as the youngest kid in her family but went through a lot in her young age soon after her college. She was diagnosed with Stage 3 of Cancer but thanks to the almighty who gave her a family to support her during those challenging and Unprecedented times.

She has to undergo the most painful treatment of her life time….

Chemotherapy….

She had sleepless nights with Body Pains which was more like pricking with needle.

Many a times she felt like leaving the house and go to a far off place where she never has to go for a blood Test, just to get her WBC count checked followed by Chemotherapy process through an IV…

But..

She Stayed back…

She did not give up…

She fought back…

The crucial age where she has to focus on other skills after her education went on hospital bed with Tests, Scan, Reports, Results and Treatment.

Support of her family, prayers of her Parents and Sisters were answered and the girl is healthy after a year.

Being the youngest in family and someone who has gone through a dreadful disease at a young age, she became more precious to everyone.

The girl loves cooking but being the youngest in the family…. She never experimented rather attempted. We can also say that probably she never got an opportunity.

She hates going to market, gets confused with ingredients but is extremely confident that she can cook meals when required.

Her argument was very simple… She impressed her father with her cooking skills at the age of 16, It was so naïve of her.

On a lighter note, father gets impressed with daughter even if she makes noodles by just boiling it in water for 2 minutes.

Her extreme confidence never let her turn back, think twice…

She decided what to cook on Sunday

She has got the required ingredients to make the utterly delicious meal and so is the smart phone to instruct her on how to make the dish...

Thanks to technology where a single click will help us by showing step by step process on how to cook your favorite dish.

She was diligently following every step in her you tube link.

Unfortunately, she has poured less water which burnt the curry very fast.

Now the favorite dish has turned into Coal fry…

One mistake can cost a life to a doctor, major financial setback to a business man, losing a job to an employee.

We do mistakes...We are humans.

We are not programmed to be perfect in everything we do.

If professionals can do mistake.is there a leverage for Beginners??

There is a famous saying that things may not happen as planned…Take a pause and go with the flow...

Are we all doing that?? Answer is No, We are not going with the flow…Our mind is still stuck with what was planned and anticipate the results as imagined.

It all depends on an individual on how to react.

In the situation where the girl is unable to cook the delicious meal….Man of the house may react differently

Few ignore… Swiggy / Zomato is just a click away on their phone.

Few will look for another option on how to fix the situation quickly …Cook another meal (Salad / Steam rice with lentil/ Soup)

Who will imagine that the Man of the house will start hitting the wife ruthlessly just for a meal.

Trust me.

It happened

We have individuals like that.

Poor girl arguments did not matter in that situation, not every man can be compared to Father.

It is just a dish is what she thought.

Practice makes us perfect.

We have seen this everywhere…. Art, Job, Task.

Running every day for an hour may help the person to go on marathon after (3/6 months).

Sports Men / Women practice every day before prepping up for the tournament.

Film stars rehearse multiple times before giving the final Shot.

We cannot expect best results on first or rather every attempt.

Was there an opportunity to go with the flow if things did not happen as planned.

There was an opportunity…. but the husband ignored any other Opportunity.

Relishing his favorite dish is what he anticipated which did not happen.

He was upset soon followed by Anger and the wife has become the victim.

Now, the wife silently thanks the meal which went horribly wrong.

She has seen him or rather known him properly with that one instance.

This single incident has helped her in taking right but tough decision in her life.

They did not have meal together on that day.

They did not spend the Sunday Lazily as planned.

She Cried the whole day.

Few thoughts pondered in her brain for a while.. If someone can be so ruthless for a simple instance of not able to cook the dish deliciously, how can he handle major setbacks in life.

Life is not about just how we planned, it is more about how we handle the situations.

It is more about how we react, how we fix it and move on.

Human Brains are always trained to handle success and we cannot control our emotions on how to handle when we face setbacks in life.

Favorite meal went horribly wrong and so is the relationship.

They are not together anymore ...

July 02, 2021 12:54

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