We were sitting outside a hospital where one of our relative was admitted in Emergency Ward. Until now we could not arrange our own boarding and that was the reason we were sitting under a tree in front of the hospital.
My daughter and her two daughters were also with us. Both were playing with me and ultimately both demanded milk. I went to my wife and demanded some money from her so that I could purchase two bottle of Verka milk from the shop functioning in the hospital itself. She gave me some money and I took both the girls to the shop.
When I returned and started talking to other people assembled there, the brother of the patient said, "I have noticed that you have got no money with you?"
"Yes, I do not keep money with me. All money is kept by my wife. She is the custodian of all cash in the house. I take just pocket money daily.
He was surprised to note that when I am the only breadwinner in the family, I should have kept money with me. But somehow he kept silence for some time. I wanted to know his reaction. "Is my way of functioning on the right path?"
"Yes, you are a wise man. Now I could understand as to why you both are happy and are having good health. On the other hand I and my wife are not happy and we both are not having good health too. She remains sad and I also always remain in worries we have made our life hell. I have learnt a lesson from you."
I was surprised to note as to what lesson he had learnt from my answer. I was fearing that he would utter some adverse remarks on me. He would call me henpacked husband or a slave before my wife. But he started saying,