Trip with my girl gang!

 Aaj hamare dil mei ajab yeh ulzan hai,

Likhne baithe blog prompt jiska 'Guilty' hai.....

Raaz ki baat batayein, Raaz ki baat batayein, Hum bhi Guilty feel karte hai,

Baat ho jab bacchonki mummy log darte hai!


Today, I am writing for the prompt 'Guilty', as you've already guessed.

Accepting that you feel guilty is not an easy task. And amending the things you feel guilty for, is way more difficult.


To maintain my sanity and also that of my family members, I decided to go on my first all ladies night out, of course with my girl gang. We all were excited. Ahem! Ahem! As the ritual goes, the paramount is to do the necessary shopping. All those atrangi dresses and shorts that you don't usually wear on a family holiday. You don't want to hear those, "Thoda length lamba chahiye tha na?" or "Mom yeh nai suit karta aap pe"...etc etc.




So, you know you are not gonna be judged on an all girls' trip, you pack all of those.


Family holidays are fun, but from packing for everyone, to replying to constant questions like "When will we reach?", to feeding them to waking them up, stopping them from fights in the middle of the road when everyone else is enjoying the scenery, and upon returning again unpacking for everyone, Ah! Is this even a holiday?

When it's a ladies night out/short trip, you just relax, lay on the bed then on the couch, dress up then go out and eat and drink and dance, go and take dip in the ocean/ swimming pool, sip some good wine and come back again to laze around in the room, cracking jokes, hot gossips on anything and everything. Basically do nothing productive or exerting or which involves your limbs to involuntarily move.


But when you are enjoying such a leisurely day and you get a phone call, "Mom where's my so-and-so book", or "What have you asked to cook for dinner?", or "Is the electricity bill paid?" and then "Mom, he fell from his bicycle".....You abruptly get up from the bed and this emotion which you were trying to refrain from experiencing starts to creep in, the 'Guilt'. "What if I hadn't come? He needs me beside him. Will his brother apply the right ointment? Will he bare the pain? Does he need my hug?"......

"Shhhushhhh!", Your friends try to console you. "Don't worry yaar. We all have left behind our kids and husbands at home. They will manage on their own. Bas 2 din ki hi toh baat hai!".




You nod in affirmation, your head agrees but your mind? The guilt is still lingering there, hovering like a drone, surveying, attempting to make you feel liable for your actions.


The 'What ifs' are very tricky, I must tell you. But then at the end of the day, you have to sometimes let go of certain things. You want your kids to be independent, to be able to handle to some degree, their difficulties, overcome the minor issues and deal, with their abilities.  For this, sometimes, they have to be left unattended, unaided.

So, ladies, forget the guilt trips and plan your girl gang trips asap. Don't miss on living your life! Such Manifestations should be accomplished.


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AUTHOR'S NOTE: 'Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do' ~ Voltaire.

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