Blurred Lines

Its been more than 20 years, there has never been a single moment when David could ever express his desire for  anything from his father. Whenever he did so, his father would give him a disgruntled look and say, “You have scored very poor this time in maths. How could you even think of that?”

This went on for years and had become an excuse for David’s father to keep him away from all the childhood desires. Intact, there has been many times when David asked his father for dresses or toys but like every time he was returned back with a vague assurance for a great payback. There have been very few instances when David would ultimately get a gift or something as a token of appreciation for his ‘good marks.’ The constant rejection from his father had ultimately put all his expectations under that sheet of dust which had transformed itself into a thick layer of mud. It would not remove now so easily.

David was now a 28 years old man married happily with a wonderful girl. Both of them, had a stupendous relationship with each other. When they used to get out in public no body could imagine thatthey are a married couple. With so many years after his childhood, unfortunately, David still couldn't establish a good relationship with his father.

The father son duo still had a transactional relationship unfortunately and over the years it had blurred. David's only concern was that the relationship should not evolve into a ‘ cease to exist' relationship. After David lost his mother, his father was the one with whom he had a formidable relationship in the family. Eternally, he never wanted to end this only left relationship especially after a year of his mother's death. His father was 58 now. With age, a man not only expects much from his children but sometimes forgets that his interference might become a cause of irritation for the one's living with him.

David had almost stopped communicating with his father now. There hardly used to be any communication between both of them.

“Why do our very own seem like nobody and why do the lines of relationships blur with a close family member like father?” thought David everyday.

May be it is due to the high expectations set by parents or is it a generation gap?

David is in still in quest of the answer and may be one day he will find it.