Living With Adam…..

Adam drops the wet- heavy towel on the bed with the finality of job done ! With that the last traces of morning slumber vanishes from Eve’s sleep laden eyes. She could have shrieked in protest but it would have fallen on deaf ears. Adam had moved on to the wardrobe to select his shirt for the day. Eve drags her self to the kitchen to make breakfast for Adam. Her mental count down starts ,waiting for Adam’s crisis voice to bellow down to the kitchen. In clock work precision Adam calls out. Eve smiles,she had counted ten counts extra today ! Adam would be routinely missing at least one of the following items, his wallet, his grey socks ( the black will not do), his file ,his reading glasses, the pen drive or in the least the car keys. Eve loves this morning treasure hunt game, for her the smile on Adams face and the peck on the cheek is the real treasure. The wet towel is forgotten, the missing socks is forgotten when the key to bliss can be so simple.

 The master bed room may have been named so,keeping all the Adams in mind, but all his choices come to rest beyond this point. Adam knows that the queens bed is where he will rest at the end of a days toil. Eve tucks in the sheet,props up the pillows and looks at Adam with a dare glare. Adam does not understand Eve’s obsession with ‘no crease ‘ on bed sheet and Eve cannot accept Adam’s laid back habit of making the bed his work table and dining table. Thus the battle continues in the master bedroom over the queens bed ; all things in life is not a bed of roses ! 
The remote chance of an evening watching television in peace with Adam vanishes when the argument starts on remote control. Adam loves the television remote.His leisure is from playing arm chair football, tennis, to solving world political crisis with remote in hand ! He can watch the same politician answer the same questions on various tv channels over and over again. Eve prefers watching reality shows, talk shows or simple rom com. But nothing is simple, romantic or comic in the battle of the remote. Eve waits till the debating host on tele turns hoarse from shouting and her Adam dozes off in the middle of the debate, triumphantly she grabs the remote to switch Chanel. High definition remote power is all hers, albeit only after prime time.
Adams’ discomfort when Eve is behind the wheels cannot be hidden behind that stoic wooden face he wears each time Eve drives the car. His inherent desire to control makes him unsure of Eve’s ability. Adam strongly feels that his speed, maneuvering style are as good as a race car driver and his prized four wheeler is no less than a Ferrari . Eve knows the roads better, she glides the car better over road bumps,she parks the car perfectly in reverse gear. But Eve sits beside Adam as he drives along busy city roads, overtaking buses, changing lanes, using her feet on imaginary clutch and break. Sometimes in life it is easier to use the break in the mind to keep the drive smooth and enjoyable . Nothing moves on single wheel. Transcending the difference from a drive to a journey gives Eve the meaning to her life.
Eve gives Adam the look which weakens his will against all his will. It is shopping day for Eve and Adam has to come along in this retail therapy session .For Eve to get tempted by the world of fashion and glitter is in her nature. Temptation has always been her folly ! Why else would Satan choose her with temptations above Adam. Yet the question remains was it right for Adam to follow Eve blindly in biting the apple ? Once bitten, he has to savor the bite. Eve feels lost in the shopping paradise of merchandise, endless rows of indulgence keeps pulling her and Adam gets pulled along, half grudging, half smiling . 
Some like it hot and some like it cold. Thus when the steaming cup of coffee arrives Adam complaints that it has gone cold. Eve has to wait a while before she takes the first sip. They sit in amicable silence with two coffee mugs, one too cold, the other too hot. But the warmth of emotions they share surpasses all impediments . Living with Adam shall never be easy. The crumpled sheet, the lost socks, the bumpy roads, shall change to ill fitting dentures, the medicine doses, the walking stick, but living with Adam will always remain the most bitter sweet journey of Eves life. The Adams and Eves will change with time ,but living with each other, discovering more of each other will always be the first love of their life, their garden of Eden will always remain their destination extraordinaire !