Step 5 of Plan – “Swathi talking to Harini”
I’m Swathi back after long gap of few episodes where Vinod was explaining how he prepped Harini.
Today is my turn. I’m confident that with my excellent plan and sequence of steps. I can move the drama towards the climax to make Harini to accept it.
I rehearsed within my mind about what I should talk, and the possible questions from Harini and my “to be” responses to her.
I know this would be a lengthy day as I need to talk a lot to her and she will also show lot of emotions from her end. I know this is not easy cake walk, this will be bit difficult, but able to manage it.
Again the whole plan is laid in such a way that I’m not going to give up my dignity.
Plan is so thoughtful that it will never make me appear that I’m with lust on her husband.
Plan is spinning around situation so there is no room for her to shout against me.
I did average make up, I don’t want to show that I’m very normal. So I called Harini and said that I’ll come to her home today and want to casually meet her.
Since Vinod has prepped her that I may call her, she invited to come to her home. Without any further delay I knocked her door at 10 AM with my sad face.
Harini opened the door and greeted me and went to hall. After few minutes of casual “hi, how are you” formalities I slowly started “Harini., I’m not sure if you know anything that is happening between me and Rajesh currently. I’m not sure how much Rajesh would have told to Vinod about our issues and in turn Vinod told to you”
Harini replied “Swathi, I understand at very high level that there is some issue going on between you and Rajesh, better you itself tell me if you don’t have any concern”
I responded “Yes Harini, You are very close family level friend where we know each of us for past several months, so I don’t have any concern to talking to you”
I voluntarily praised that we both are close friends and I continued “Harini, I’m coming straight to the matter., Hope you are aware of the concept of swapping their wife/husband with other friend couple ?”
Harini agreed and responded “yes Swathi, recently I came to know from Vinod and I was terribly shocked”
I continued “Yes it is true, 8 of 10 Indian couple does it here and similarly Canadians also do this, I was also highly shocked when I came to know about this first time. I started digesting it and now I completely understand why they do and it started appearing to me normal for me.
Even though we know that many are doing this, Me or Rajesh never thought about this in our life. I never thought Rajesh will get this idea”
Harini started paying her sincere attention to me as I’m explaining and I responding with her “yes., oh ok., is it” so indicate me that she is really listening to me.
I continued “I don’t know when Rajesh started getting this idea, it seems lately he has grown desire on a Canadian girl named Nancy in his office and he has spoken to that girl and that girl also accepted for his proposal, so he wants to swap me with that girls husband named Francis.
He opened up this with me few days back. I was completely shocked to hear this from him.
I understood the situation and requested him to not to do this and stop thinking about this idea.”
Harini is paying her full attention with the female attitude of being curious to listen to others issues in depth and continuing encouraging me with her
“Oh yes, mm” I continued ” Even after my request, he is too adamant in his decision, today is Monday and he wants to start the swinging life from this Friday itself.
I begged him, requested him, cried to him, and fought with him. I tried all my weapons in my arsenal, he is not ready to give up”
When I said this I pretended that I’m crying a bit. Harini consoled me “Swathi, don’t weep. It will be alright, don’t worry” and she asked me the question exactly which I know that she will ask.
Harini asked “Ok Swathi, I understand your situation, but in such a situation where he is too adamant in his decision,
why you are requesting to him?
Why don’t you complain about him to your parents or his parents?
So that at family level they can scold him and correct him?”
I know she will ask this and I really want to convince her to the core that going to parent is not at all an option for this, so that she should not think of this option when her turn comes.
I responded “Harini, I got your point. I have considered that point, but I finally decided that is a useless option and also a dangerous option based on my personal experience.
See our parents are in old age (at this point I started using “our” so that it is applicable to her), they are in peaceful life believing that their daughter is leading a wonderful life abroad and happy. If they come to know this issue, what is the first thing will happen?”
Harini started thinking and started looking at me, I continued “they will lose their peace, and their happiness and belief on our life will be shattered first.
They will feel shame on the situation and they will feel helpless.
Bringing shocking news to such aged parents is not good at all, we don’t know what could be the consequences.
Taking such shock news to them will decrease their life span. If they are going to die in next 10 years instead they will die in next 5 years itself”