Blunder on Anniversary

Tring, Tring
Dad: Hello !!
Me: Hi Dad.. How are you ?
Dad: Harsh, you are not audible as I am travelling. I will call you after I reach office.
Me: Ok, Dad. Bye !!

Tring, Tring
Mom: Hello Harsh
Me: Hi Mom, How are you ?
Mom: Yeah, I am fine.
Me: Congratulations !!! Its your anniversary today…
Mom(burst into laughter): Same to you, son…
Me(bit confused): Same to you ??? Mom, why are you laughing ?
Mom: Son, its yours and not mine….(again laughing ). You got engaged the same day. Mine is a month later…
My Brain - (Harsh, How could you!!! you idiot)..
Me: Oh, I am sorry Mom. I forgot the date(both yours and mine)…
Mom: That’s Ok, Congratulations again… (smiling)… Bye and take care

Tring, Tring
Shivangi(My wife): Tell me, Dear
Me: Happy Anniversary… See I remembered :)
Shivangi: ummmm…. thank you so much and wish you the same…. (some romantic lines….. censored here) :)
Me: How could you forget, dear ?
Shivangi: Ha, Ha, Ha… I am sure someone has reminded you also. You are not the one to remember important dates…
Me(smiling): I expected that….
Shivangi: see you in the evening, bye
Me: Bye

Tring, Tring
Me: Hello
Dad: Hi, you called me son.
Me(hiding my fault): Yeah, just like that. Its been 2 days since we talked.
Dad: Congrtulations, its your engagement anniversary today
Me: Thanks dad. (Shall I say wish you the same like Mom did??)…
Dad: God bless you… Bye and take care
Me: Bye Dad….

Tring, Tring
Me: Hello
Shivangi: You liar, idiot…
Me(realising parents called her to wish): What happened ??
Shivangi: so you remembered the date, haan !!
Me: Yeah, any doubts
Shivangi: Dad, just called me to wish me.
Me: (damn, I am caught).. Hello.. your voice is not audible…. I will talk to you later…
Shivangi: Yeah, I know.. This is the right time for the phone companies to disrupt the service…. especially our call…
Me: Ok, ok.. I admit…but I am the first one to wish you
Shivangi:hmmn… ok see you in the evening….. bye and take care..

I Miss....

1. the bicycle ride to school
2. the school time summer vacations and playing in the afternoons
3. the lunch box packed by my mother while going to school
4. the geometry box, those 2 pencils, an eraser and a sharpner
5. the morning prayer time at school
6. the Re. 1 coin which my mother used to give for spending in the canteen, though I hardly spend it.
7. the homework that was hardly done
8. the playground where every sports possible was played
9. the snacks that was eaten after playing and without washing my hands.
10. those orange candies especially the ones available at all the bus stations
11. my friends Yudhvir, Raju, Sonu with whom I used to stand at the front gate of my house and chat for a long long time in the evening.

12. those audio cassettes which we used to barter
13. my parents scoldings for not doing homework, for breaking the things and for coming home late
14. those excuses made to escape their scoldings….
15. the excitement on passing the exams and getting into a new class
16. the new books, neatly covered(though for a short time) and neatly packed on first day of school every year.
17. those stomache-in-head, headache-in-stomach and other lame excuses for not going to school.
18. those strange sounds which used to come from MBBS(members of back benchers society), while the teacher is teaching in the class.
19. the pranks played at friends and their reactions…

I miss my childhood…..