A newly married bride came to Mumbai to live with her husband in a two-room flat on the top of a high-rise building. Adjoining buildings were equally tall and windows had always to be kept closed.
From her window, the young bride could see her neighbor in the next building washing her clothes each morning and hanging them on the clothesline for drying.The girl always found these washed clothes looking dirty, and commented to her husband on the lack of effort by the neighbor.
Each morning, the bride would look out as soon as she got out of bed, and would variably comment upon the 'dirty' washing. Her husband got fed up with this indulgence of her wife in the neighbor's affairs. This went on for some days.
One morning, the bride got up and looked out as usual. She was pleasantly surprised to see that the clothes on the line are spotlessly clean. She remarked this to her husband, and added, "Perhaps my criticism reached her ears, and she used a better washing powder."
Calmly, her husband replied, " I was so fed up with your habit of criticizing the neighbor that today, while you were asleep, I got up early, and cleaned the glass of our window."
From her window, the young bride could see her neighbor in the next building washing her clothes each morning and hanging them on the clothesline for drying.The girl always found these washed clothes looking dirty, and commented to her husband on the lack of effort by the neighbor.
Each morning, the bride would look out as soon as she got out of bed, and would variably comment upon the 'dirty' washing. Her husband got fed up with this indulgence of her wife in the neighbor's affairs. This went on for some days.
One morning, the bride got up and looked out as usual. She was pleasantly surprised to see that the clothes on the line are spotlessly clean. She remarked this to her husband, and added, "Perhaps my criticism reached her ears, and she used a better washing powder."
Calmly, her husband replied, " I was so fed up with your habit of criticizing the neighbor that today, while you were asleep, I got up early, and cleaned the glass of our window."
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