Love and Relationships

100 Words On Saturday – Week 10

Introduced in February 2013 – an invitation, a prompt, a linky. Write exactly a 100 words on the prompt and publish it on your blog – a story, a poem, a mini-essay. The linky will be open right up to next Friday, after which I will have a new prompt and a fresh linky.

100 Words On Saturday 10 Prompt: DARK SECRET/S

 

 

The Art of Secret Keeping (44/52)

She was bubbly and outgoing – the perfect colleague – hardworking, helpful and fun. Then, she excitedly announced she was getting married. Her husband-to-be was a Captain in the Merchant Navy. We were not invited to the wedding. Although that was somewhat unusual, no one minded.

Post wedding, and back at work, she glowed with happiness. However, we saw no wedding photographs.

She invited us all over to her home, only when her husband was at sea. Curious, we wondered at her secrecy.

Until one day, a colleague saw them together. Her ‘dark secret’ was revealed – hubby dear was bald!

I wish I could tell you that this is all fiction. It isn’t. Imagine marrying someone, being happy with them and yet being embarrassed by their looks. It’s amazing how superficial some people can be. As you can imagine, it was very hard for me to respect her after this.



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Corinne Rodrigues, a writer, coach, and blogger from Secunderabad, India, shares insights on life, creativity, and wellness through her blogs Everyday Gyaan and The Frangipani Creative.

72 Comments on “100 Words On Saturday – Week 10

  1. Oh, such horrors! I was looking for a topic, so I guess I’ll have to spill out 100 words for this one. Be right back.

      1. Visiting others, I just realized I’d misread the prompt. I took it as a picture prompt of secrets from a bride. Sorry. I guess that means I stole your photo. 😮

  2. Interesting! well, some people do get embarrassed by their partners’ looks…I have observed that too .

  3. I haven’t encountered such incident, thanks God 🙂 I thought the wedding was cut off… what a twist… lol! I couldn’t imagine such things happening in real life…lol!

  4. That is just so sad, why would she hide her husband just because of the way he looks. Beauty, after all, is not going to stay forever. I agree with you Corinne, how can you respect someone entirely who cannot respect and accept her own better half.

  5. You had me hanging on to every word. Quite sad though that looks become so important. And some bald men are very sexy! Will have to ponder over this prompt for my submission.

  6. That made me laugh and yet a bit sad to know how there are people who give looks more importance than the beauty within.

    Love your play of words Corinne!

  7. haha! i’m afraid i made have made the opposite mistake in my youth and married people i only wanted to be seen in public with because they were so handsome and charming — when we were alone they often treated me terribly…

  8. That is just so sad, Corinne. I can understand why you lost respect for her. This is below shallow :(.

  9. If you are ashamed of anything then it is absolutely not LOVE……
    she is being perfidious towards him…..

  10. I had a friend who did similar thing. No invitations, no photos
    I didnt feel the looks were even that bad ! good or bad ! They decided to marry which is a bful moment !
    I couldnt respect her after that

      1. He was dark – that was her dark secret and may be bald too. I didnt observe much 🙂 but it didnt meet the level of a “Dark Secret”
        That was my point !

  11. I was a bit confused rather than surprised there. More men are going bald now, not because they have no choice but precisely because they chose to. And I think they look even more attractive 🙂

    1. This was several years ago, Anne. But the issue is not so much his baldness as her being embarrassed by his psychical appearance to the point of not introducing him to her friends, and yet marrying him!

  12. Putting him down to this extent was not right. It’s really surprising how she even married him, if she was so conscious of him being bald.

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  14. People are capable of such meanness. Imagine how he/she will feel when he/she finds out! It is called living in a make believe world, I guess.

  15. My man is bald and beautiful 🙂 Feel sorry for this lady, lovely post Corinne.

  16. And this made me really sad …how can you love someone and be embarrassed by him or her ?:(

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