Marriage & Rekha
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Men who can talk and move their ‘life goals’ make the best husbands
August 11, 2026
If you have read me enough, you will know that before meeting me, Rekha’s dream was to marry a tall Malayali man with a thick moustache and a Royal Enfield. Basically, she wanted a man who could ride through the Western Ghats, stop near a tea shop in Wayanad, remove his helmet in slow motion,
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Golden rule of marriage remains unbroken
This Friday Rekha read my blog after a long time and as expected wasn`t impressed with the way I had been projecting her to the World. After leaving damaging comments … Read more
Taj Mahal – the untold story
Sucking up to your boss can take you places. But it can`t take your mom places too…so when my mother wanted to see the Taj Mahal, I had to plan … Read more
Love and hate relationships with wives
It has been ages since I updated you on how my married life with Rekha has been progressing. Let me break the streak and come up with a post on … Read more
When Ram suspected Sita
Sometime back I had written that after Rhea`s birth (my two year old daughter), Rekha (my God-knows how old wife) and I had started fighting for different reasons. If you … Read more
How to have rice, curd and pickle for dinner
Before you even think of having a sumptuous dinner of rice, curd & pickle dinner…you have to make sure that your wife isn`t in town. If she is around, and … Read more
Investment lessons from my wife
The best thing about marriage is that you are never short of reasons to dive into a fight. I foresee Rekha and me being toothless, all wrinkled up like a … Read more
My wife has started complaining. Again.
It was early 2005 and each day I was discovering something new about my newly wedded wife. We had married each other on 8 September, 2004…or was it 10 September, … Read more
Saga of the Little Finger
What Mel Brooks once said is so true. A few decades back he had said that slightest of an issue with us is a tragedy and the biggest of issues … Read more
Chance pe Dance
I have been dancing since I was just 3 years old. I started off dancing to the tune of my mother, and by 10 when I got beyond her control…I … Read more
Being a born-again bachelor is fun & funny
There is nothing like sipping white wine in the afternoon, content in the thought that the previous day`s pizza which is now in the refrigerator….is next in line. Any other … Read more
Complimenting & complicating your life
When a man makes a woman his wife….it is the highest compliment he can pay her. In 95% of the cases it is the last compliment. In the other 5% … Read more
Mobiles – still an enigma for most
A month back Rekha gifted her father a mobile and asked him to start using it right away. He had always depended on a landline that would stop working because … Read more
Guess what we bought this weekend
My great grand father used to roam around the grass lands of Tamil Nadu with his 1000+ goats and sheep – exactly like the protagonist in Paulo Coelho`s book ‘The … Read more
Becoming Gym-body Jumbulingam
If you remember, sometime back I had said that I was aiming for a Shah Rukh Khan like six-pack. Well, the girl colleague for whom I was working out quit … Read more
Age old wisdom on marriage
A good friend of mine shared these words of wisdom on what marriage is (and can be – that is, if you are newly married). Thought I should share it … Read more
Sleep while you can
For the last four days I have been coming from office at 12 midnight. Thank heavens my wife Rekha is in Kerala. I topped this performance last night (or today … Read more
Humor in everyday life – a sample
You are going to read a Yahoo! Messenger conversation between a husband and wife. The husband works for an Internet major called www.ibibo.com and wife used to be with Cognizant … Read more
Dangers of Short Messaging Service (SMS)
Here is a series of SMS exchanged between Rekha and me in January, 2004 – way before we got married. I have tried to give you the date and time … Read more
How Indian wives take their husbands for a ride
When Indian wives want to take their husbands for a ride, they take them for shopping. I don`t know about the NRI wives, but the Indian wives definitely are a … Read more
Television – my new friend, philosopher & guide
Don`t you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There`s one marked “Brightness” but it doesn`t work. – Gallagher Today (29th May), my daughter … Read more
Rekha is no longer my better half!
I hate to tell you but Rekha stops being my better half from today. Yes, I am serious. Ouchmytoe will continue to write about her and give you the latest … Read more