| ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸ The house I currently live in, I had moved in almost a decade back. Everything has been fine except for one thing. Everyone has been good except for one being. Everyone is cultured and well-behaved except for one individual.
There is an extremely intrusive, extremely loud and extremely abusive person living in my floor. Unfortunately, she is a woman. Her behaviour is like that of the typical 'vamps' we see in hindi movies - the 'Manorama' types. She'll spread all kinds of nasty gossips about one another ( in the neighbourhood ), and instigate people against each other. Not to mention, use foul words as well, and that too in front of her adopted daughter; since the latter was a baby. As a result, the young child has grown up hearing dirtiest of abuses. Now this woman is not much educated, so, her thinking is that of a frog in a well. She do not understand that a woman can choose to live independently ( like me ). If I'm not married, I must be of loose character or there is something wrong with me - that's her mentality. A girl simply can't or has no right to live her life in her own terms, no matter even if they are earning on their own - so, she has been gossiping about me to the neighbours for ages now. I always wondered, why the other neighbours never discouraged this woman from speaking filth about others. It was then, another neighbour, who happens to be a single mother, informed me that the building people tolerated this woman's nuisance because she was a widow. I felt this reasoning a bit odd, because, her behaviour certainly didn't deserve sympathy at all. She was like a big bully of the entire building, whom nobody wanted to tackle or face.
Due to her 24x7 negativity blabbers about me, I decided one day enough is enough. I discussed with the other neighbour ( single mom ), but she advised me to let it go instead. I asked why to let it go. This vampish woman was making everyone's lives hell with negativity, she needed to be taught a firm lesson. Moreover, her conduct was spoiling not just the environment, but teaching dirty abuses to other kids in the building too. I asked this young mother if she was okay with her kids growing up in a negative atmosphere. She shook her head, though, was reluctant to take any steps forward and do anything about it. However, I was determined that it just had to stop. I had tolerated for almost a decade. But not anymore. So, one day after this woman spewed her usual venom, I headed straight to the police station to file a complaint. I requested the police to give her a stern warning, not to spread this kind of nuisance, as everyone wanted to live in peace and a healthy environment. The police came and the whole building was shocked at my action - of actually filing a complaint.
That evening, the other neighbour ( single mother ), came to my door and said she was with me too. I was bit surprised that she decided to support me atlast. She told me, she agreed with my views and inwardly many were fed-up with the bullish-type behaviour of that woman, including her. But it was high time to stand up for what is right, and make the housing society a more peaceful and better place, and not let this woman get away spreading filth about others anymore, round-the-clock. Her support was indeed a welcome one, because, most neighbours didn't want to get involved in what had become a police complaint. They wanted to keep a distance. But this lady, is standing by me today, because she has a daughter too. She doesn't want her kid to learn all those dirty things, this bully-of-a-woman's adopted daughter grew up learning. And being a divorcee, she herself has faced this nasty woman's stingy remarks on her personal life. While this incident may not impact the wider world as such, but still I feel, this woman ( single mom ) who took the courage to speak up is indeed a mom for a better world. With all her support and also the recent legal step-ins, the building is lot quieter and bickerings reduced.
This story is essentially of two mothers - one a foster mother, who was in the wrong, and the other a single mother, who decided alas to correct her, by supporting my stance and thus, making a considerable difference.
UPDATE : Apparently old habits die hard, so had to file another complaint ( within 2 months ) as her nuisance is still continuing. Will post more on it, stay tuned. ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸ |
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