Are marriages made in heaven ???

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OCT 18th 2010 :
Marriages are made in heaven so goes the saying.. I never thought that would happen to me literally :P .

I normally hate flight journey especially when I have to travel alone which has been the case 99% of the time. I guess its the same for others as well.But this time when I boarded the flight I was in for a surprise. I still remember i was on call when I was walking inside the aircraft trying to find my seat. Luckily I found to my surprise that its a aisle seat and actually very close to the place where they have a provision for baby cradle hook. I somehow managed to stuff my bag inside the overhead compartment and to my surprise I found a cute little guy sitting next to me along with his mother. The sight of a kid to play around with actually made me happy and infect I said the same thing to my friend who was on call as well. Then after the takeoff I had a gr8 time playing with the kid and he was actually getting comfortable with me. For some time I was baby sitting for that guy and one of the air stewards came to my place and asked me whether she can take the cradle off if its hook if its not in use. I replied her back that she will have to ask that guys mom about it. She stared at me for a moment and then asked me back as to whether am I not the dad.
For a few minutes I did not how to react.
Should I feel disappointed that I look so old ?
Should I feel embarrassed ?
and infect many more thoughts crossed my mind.


I composed myself and gave her a embarrassed smile and replied back nope thats not the case. To add to it she replied back saying that actually this is the place where relationships are made/broken . I replied her back with a smile.


But at the end of the journey the lady thanked me for making the journey comfortable for the kid. I thought to myself actually that it was the other way round.And she asked me about whether I have been to frankfurt airport before. I replied back in the affirmative. After she was about to ask me something but she kept it to herself. I greeted her and left immediately. But there was a thought lingering across my mind as to why there was a strange reaction from her after asking me about the Frankfurt airport. Being a slow grasper in these things I did not understand that all she wanted was a helping hand in finding the right terminal and the correct gate. She felt a bit embarrassing to ask and so she did not. Maybe I should have figured it out and helped her out. I actually felt bad for that.


Nothing eventful happened in the frankfurt airport. But again when I boarded the flight there was one old tamil lady sitting nearby and since she did not understand a word in English I helped him out whenever he interacted with the airhostess. Then after landing I went directy to the immigration. There since I was very sleepy I did not hear the question properly and therefore answered completely out of context for a few. But looking at the reaction of the officer i regained my composure and then everything after went on smoothly. When the officer was about to stamp all of a sudden the old lady jumped the queue and came directly to me when I was in conversation with the immigration officer and asked me to wait so that I can help her out in finding the correct connecting flight for her. The guy got pissed off and he asked me about the conversation and then thought for a while. I for a moment thought that I would be heading back. More than that, the thought of taking a long journey back home scared the hell out of me. But he stamped my passport and then gave it to me.


But this whole incident made me think. In the first incident the person wanted to ask for help but did not ask for it. In the second one the person reached out for help but at times even crossed the limit unintentionally (ofcourse with due respect to her she was not aware of the process at all )
This same is applicable even in our day to day life. At times we don't really reach out for help. But at occasions we may expect a bit too much out of others either intentionally or unintentionally.

Ok let this not be a overdose of philosophy.