Friday, October 09, 2009

Email, which it had never been invented....

I was kind of angry with my lovely wife just the other day, and the story goes like this, it is her emails, and more emails and more emails of hers, nothing personal.

She came back late from work that day about 7.35 pm, so we decided to go out for dinner instead of cooking at home, we finished our dinner and i thought of taking my children to McD and loafed for a while, so i told my wife to go back first so that she could take her shower and wind down after a hard day's work. After loafing with the children at McD, three of us slowly walked home (McD is in very near vicinity to my house).

As soon as i opened the house door, my wife clad in her pyjamas was busy reading and replying her emails, not feeling so comfortable with the scene, sacartiscally i told her it would be nice if she could just build a sleeping room in her office, ( i knew i was rude) but i just could not contain the frustration at how email has been so intertwined with one's life and creeping into our own cocoon.

You know i really hate the part,(most probably you have seen it many times from the movies) where the lady dons the sexy lingerie, on the bed,looking very seducing, inviting, appealing, arousing, and really giving you the urge to "come on" and you go on the offensive, you attack, you charge forward, you fire your salvos, and suddenly you are floored, when she says something like this " Let me finish these emails first, they are very urgent, i got to prepare for tomorrow's meeting, my boss wants it the first thing in the morning, or i am already late for the date line , i got to prepare this emails for tomorrow's meeting, and worse still she doesnt even land her sight on you, her hands are not busy carressing you, but instead her sight is glued to the note book, her fingers are busy patting the keyboard instead of you, her mouth is not lip locking yours, but instead she is reading out or mumbling the contents of those emails,,,,,hahahahahaah

I know my lovely wife,working in the international company with offices scattered around the world, and with different time zones, and with that she is always being inundated non-stop with emails. Sometimes i just wonder, seriously, in my wife's instance, could we really not distant ourselves from emails, from business phone calls when we have given our solid working time to our organisation, and when it comes to private times, can we really make it our private time?


You know sometimes, i really think even if we miss out on something, life still goes on, if we miss replying some emails, life still goes on, if we miss that few business calls, life still goes on, if we miss certain messages, life still goes on but if we miss out today's togetherness, tomorrow 's togetherness might not be the same, if we miss out today's saying of " I Love You", tomorrow's "I Love You" may not be the same.



P/S : Enjoy Life, and enjoy self










14 comments:

  1. Super post. I always tell my better half, not to bring her work home as that would start a habit. Unfortunately, like your wife, she needs to be checking her e-mails, especially during this period as she's in charge of training and exam coordination of her gym.

    It's a tough call, but perhaps, we could introduce at least 1 to 2 days a week, as "alone time", without any form of technology getting in the way. It's a start. :-)

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  2. hard for me to comment...*scratch* *scratch* hahaha....no experience...but if my wife were like that, I would probably just accept it hahahah :)

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  3. Well...I don't check emails at home! But sometimes I did bring my paperwork back.:p Sometimes...my wife isn't that happy too. LOL :D

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  4. But no love lost of course! Must have lots of patience and understanding. :p

    Anyway I have just cared for you today bro. Have a nice day.

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  5. Eugene.. i m sure your wife doesnt find it fun to do emails during her evening time ,at the same time, i m sure you like your wife to be a responsible person too.. this is one of her many good points, i believe.. so.... so... be merciful la, my fren.. :)

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  6. take it easy..she knows what's best for herself..

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  7. eh.. what about your blogging ? perhaps she feels 'connected' buried in her emails ? I sometimes get very engrossed and ask my hubs to fetch my girl from babysitter so I can have 'me time' to bloghop. Isn't that terrible ?

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  8. Be thankful. My missus watches Chinese, Korean, Japanese...or whatever drama every night till very very late! Love is giving and taking, and perhaps...a lot more giving!!!

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  9. eugene, if given a choice, i'm sure ur wife will choose YOU instead of those darn emails.. chill dude.. chill..

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  10. no loh..
    =.="
    if u missed some important emails, u will get yourself fired [nah.. not that serious la]..
    but ppl will shooting u why din read email?
    what are u doing? important email like that also din see..
    =.="

    but after work is PERSONAL TIME, i dont give a damn about email, urgent ar.. wait tomorrow la..
    but if your wife is a manager or higher post, then no choice loh.. must follow after work also. heheheh...

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  11. die la me this..hahahahaa...computer + internet plays a big role in my line of work apart from being in the paintball field. uhuhuhuh....

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  12. Haha. Be cool, bro! Sometimes emails are really annoying. I also don't like that when people said to me first thing in the morning 'hey, why you didn't reply my email?' I was like, I checked my mails before I off from work and there is no mail. When ask when send out? Reply is' yesterday lah'. What time? '6 something lah'. You thought I only work for you and wait for your mail 7-24 ah? Really don't like that.

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  13. Not a choice when work come into the situation...So it is for you to be understanding. Unless she decides to resign from this job that is taking up her time with you and her family.

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  14. Can't deny that technology has changed lives and these days working life is more demanding with technological advancement. Like you said, your wife deals with people from different time zones, this adds more challenge and I'm sure she'd appreciate a spouse who understands the position she's in. Would she be upset if the roles were reversed? My two cents.

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