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The Introduction

“Aise Kaun kaam karega”.. “aise baat kari hai aapne to koi kaise kaam kar sakta hai “ .. “ main nahi reh sakti Yaha” …

“ Suno xxxx tumhare Alawa to koi Yaha aata jaata hai nahi .. to bhaiyya ki ring to tumhe hi pata hai kaha hai …”

“ aise kaise bole ho Bhabhi … mujhe Yaha kaam nahi karna .. “

“Thik hai hum koi aur dhund lenge .. Kal Subah hisaab kar dungi .. tab chale jaana .. Abhi raat ke 12 baje hai .. hume sahi nahi lag raha Abhi jaane dena tumhe”

“ nahi main Yaha 1 min b nahi ruk sakti “ and WOH left ..

That was the first ever WOH I had hired on my own .. just after I moved to Bangkok post-wedding .

Though I had my fair share of experiences with this species at my home and the shared-flat I lived while working in Pune but it was Either my mom or my older roomies who were at the war-front.

From the last minute ‘Aaj main nahi aaungi ’ to ‘spoons-knives gayab hona’ and from ‘Wo mere nanad ki devrani ki … ki .. ki .. shant ho gayi .. to uske Kane jaana hai ‘ to weekly bai-association protests .. it wasn’t really me finding solutions until life happened !

And I am grateful to the (third-) world for giving me this first-hand experience for last 10 yrs of facing this interesting and essential (for-keeping-me-sane) element of my household. From newly-wed to career-and-health-centric and from Pregnant-with-twins to a full time mom … I have been lucky to either have met the nicest of WOHs or to have atleast had a good hearty laughter. My journey has been damn entertaining.

And that is why I thought to share some of the worthwhile moments from these indispensable encounters of my life so far.

Every individual is unique and so is his/her experience with each other. And this is my first attempt at portraying a genuine image of every individual presented here to the best of my understanding .. I will try make every effort to give the deserved respect to every story.

Hope u like my naive strive at writing.

See you along!

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