Chapter 19: chapter 19

Aman - That’s why I have three pants and shirts. I have two casual pants and two casual shirts for daily normal usage. And one new shirt and one new pant, I always keep intact for attending functions like marriage. Neha - Hehe! Very calculative. Azeez - But we can’t do that. I need a good variety of dresses at my home. I can’t even think of surviving with three dresses. Gagan - Aman, today, make me clear. And please tell me honestly. I am not going to ask you a question to insult you. I just want to know what you answer will be. I am very curious to know that. Aman - Yeah, sure. You can ask me anything frankly. And Gagan, you know me very well. I don’t mind anything. Gagan - Aman, are you a miser? I mean are you trying to save money by not purchasing more than three dresses? Aman - Hmm… The answer is no. But yeah, by doing that I am saving money also, that is also a fact and I like that. But the main motive behind not purchasing more than three dresses is not to save money. Vicky - Then what’s your motive bro? Aman - I want to make my life simpler in every way I can. Azeez - Your life is not going to be complex if you purchase a few more pants and shirts. Aman - I know my life is not going to be very complex by purchasing a few more pants and shirts. But it will add up to the present complexity of my life. Suppose, right now my life is 25 percent complex. By purchasing a few more pants and shirts, my life will become 26 percent complex. One percent complexity will be increased. “And even one percent matters to me a lot. I don’t want to increase the complexity of my life even one percent. In fact, I am always thinking of ways of decreasing the complexity of my life. If I find something by which I can decrease the complexity of my life even by one percent, say from twenty five percent to twenty four percent then that thing matters to me a lot. And if that is a materialistic thing, then I will definitely purchase that.”Neha - But one thing, I haven’t understood. How will more clothes increase the complexity of your life? Aman - Hmm.. okay. See, now I have a very small almirah in my house. And I can keep all the clothes I have very easily in my small almirah. And suppose I purchase five pants and five shirts from here. Then for keeping the clothes safe, I have to buy a new big almirah. Neha - Oh. Aman - Not only that, I have to take care of all the clothes. First, I was taking care of only six clothes. And after purchasing, I have to take care of sixteen clothes. Neha - Hmm…Aman - Not only that. It will affect me mentally too. Now, I have only two casual shirts. If I have to go somewhere, the choice is easy. Because one shirt will be dirty and one will be neat and tidy. Hehe! It happens more often with me. So, the choice is always very easy for me. I don’t need to think about what to wear and what not to wear. But if I purchase more pants and shirts from here, then I have to spend time on thinking too, which one to wear and which not to wear. Vicky and Gagan turned around and guffawed! Aman - Vicky, what happened? Vicky said, laughing, “Don’t ask us what happened! Haha!”Aman - Gagan, you tell me what happened? Gagan - Haha! Haha! Nothing happened, Aman, nothing. Haha!I felt a little ashamed. I felt as if they found funny what I had said very seriously. But I was not sure about that. Neha said to me, “Leave them, Aman. Let them laugh and enjoy. But I have understood what you want to say.”Aman - Oh, thanks, Neha. You understand me easily. Sanya whispered into Azeez’s ears, “Because Neha has become an expert in understanding a stupid person. Hehe!”Azeez whispered back in Sanya’s ear, “A person who is thinking so deeply just about buying clothes, how will he be able to manage his wife? He will definitely make the life of his wife a hell! Haha!”Azeez purchased fifteen dresses. Sanya purchased ten new dresses. Neha purchased five new dresses. Vicky and Gagan bought about ten pants and shirts. I purchased nothing. And we spent about five hours in the mall. I thought, “The full day has gone. They spent one full day of their precious life just buying clothes. I am not able to understand if they want clothes to live or they live to buy clothes.”We paid the bills and got out of the mall and reached our car. Azeez said, “I am very tired now.”Neha - Me also very tired. I also want to go back home and take a rest. Let’s give rest to Aman too. He must be also very tired of listening to us, being with us. Hehe!Gagan - Yeah! Hehe! Aman, are you tired?Aman - No, no, I am okay. If you want to stay with me for some time more, I am okay with that. I thought, “I can’t say the reality. I really want all of them to go back their homes. I really need a rest after wasting a long time so that I may read any good book in the night. Otherwise, what would I say to myself before sleeping? What did I do today? Nothing! Aman, you wasted your full day for nothing! Huh!” Fortunately, Azeez said, “Let’s go home now. Tomorrow, we will meet again.‘I thought, “Oh no! Tomorrow, again they will waste my day. I really don’t want their presence at my home. I am not saying that I hate them. But I want to be myself at my home. I want to restore the vibes of my home again.”Azeez - But not at Aman’s house. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment and please don't forget to follow me and become my superfan. You will be able to chat with me and my superfans directly.)