http://pakpayne.blogspot.com/2008/05/meeting-mat-sabu.html

And, what goes on inside the mind of a wife left alone?
I know of a certain wife who feels lonely and insecure whenever her beau pulls his trolley bag out the door. Any out of ordinary action is viewed with suspicion. Why is he not in business suit as usual, but instead in Jeans and sneakers, and why is he changing to a different after-shave? Why doesn't he tell which hotel he will be staying, and why does he bring home fresh flowers the morning before he departs for his business trip? There have been far too many stories glorifying business trips and linking them to sordid affairs.
I know of a certain husband who feels lonely and insecure whenever he pulls his trolley bag out the door. He wonders why was his wife looking chirpy and her cheeks glowing as he waves goodbye? Would she be too lonely and seeks company outside of their house? And whenever he calls, why does she speak as if she has company? In the distance he hears the sound of flushing of a toilet. His heart misses a beat. Who is flushing the toilet if she is talking on the phone?
Do you know anyone who fits the above descriptions? - I do.
For people who has to do it regularly, travelling on business can be very mechanical, routine and a point-to-point thing. Home to airport-to-hotel-to meeting-to hotel-to airport-to-home! And yes, along the way - there are many distractions, attractions and temptations. There are things which are normally forbidden at home but widely available away from home. Of course, the saying that absence makes a heart grows fonder can be true too - the only thing is, the heart may grow fonder of something that is forbidden. The other saying tht grass always look greener on te other side - brings curiosity to try it out. And here, it works both way - for the one who is travelling and the one left behind!

I was once on a business trip to Manila with a friend. That was my tenth times and his first. As soon as we checked in, he knocked on my door. His curiousity about what goes on in Manila reached a point of no stopping. I obliged and agreed to take him out for a city tour. Just before we left the hotel he told me he needed to make a phone call to his wife. He moved away to the end of the hallway but from where I was, I could hear his side of the conversation. Below I illustrated what he said although not in verbatim, I captured the gist of his intention in making that call.
"Hello darling......"
"Yes, I have checked in.....and now it is raining cats and dogs"
"No...Pakpayne and I decided to just stay in the hotel and have dinner here. We have to sleep early because of early meeting tomorrow."
"I miss you already!"
"Bye....kiss boy for me."
And as soon as he said, bye bye to his wife, he punched the air, and said, "Yesss!! now we can go!"
Do you know anyone similar to the above character? - I do!
I also know of a friend who travels very frequently, until his wife became suspicious. She made it a point to send him off to the KLIA airport, and reassured herself that her husband was indeed travelling overseas for business. What she did not know was the husband never took the airport train to international departure, but instead has been taking flights to KB where he has another wife with a young child.
On the flip side, a close friend of mine was shocked when he returned home earlier than planned to find his wife fast asleep in the arms of his best friends - in their marital bed! Their marriage failed to withstand the test of separation. He has been faithful and not once fallen off track. She has found a perfect replacement to fill in the gaps. Tragic!
I know I am not being fair by painting only one side of the story - the black and gloomy side. Of course there are couples who live separately for months at a stretch and their love grew stronger! They got to know themselves better, and became closer to God - for His love fills any spaces available in their hearts.
Bila suami keluar rumah.....eluklah isteri yang ditinggalkan di temani olih muhrim jika anak2 sendiri masih kecil dan belum mengerti. Ada hikmahnya!
Bila suami keluar rumah.....eluklah suami tadi keluar dalam keadaan berbaik2 dan penuh kasih sayang. Cubalah elakkan dari meninggalkan rumah dalam keadaan marah-marah dan bermasam muka.
Bila suami keluar rumah....eluklah isteri menganggap dirinya dalam keadaan "iddah", kurangkan dari berhias atau bersosial.
Bila suami keluar rumah.....salinglah berhubung melalui telefon dan ucapkan kata-kata rindu.
Bila suami pulang dari merantau......isteri harus sambut lah dia dengan kegembiraan! Sediakan makan minum kegemarannya, dan berhiaslah diri se umpama itulah kali pertama bertemu! Lebih afdal, jika anak-anak di pastikan tidur awal...hehehehe
Suami yang pulang....harus membawa buah tangan tanda ingatan....dan se eluknya, bukan yang di beli dalam pesawat semasa penerbangan pulang! Berilah sedikit perhatian mengenai apa yang isteri suka dan berusaha mendapatkannya.
Bila suami keluar rumah.....Syaitan masuk bersama puak-puak mereka! Pagarilah diri dengan Solat dan AlQuran.
Suami yang merantau akan selalu mendapat bisikan dari para Syaitan juga.....waspadalah! Setidak-tidaknya, bentanglah sejadah di dalam bilik hotel penginapan.....percayalah, ianya akan menjauhkan maksiat dari memasuki ruang yang sama.
senang aje, tepuk dada tanya iman. kalo xnak tepuk gak, isteri/suami kena ikut partner masing2 laa gi outstation..bwahahahaha!!
ReplyDeleteyou make me feel like flying there now. tolong tenguk2kan ya tapi jauhkan!
ReplyDeletehmmm..
ReplyDeleteBetul jugak kata Qimy. Tepuk dada tanya iman.
Besides trust and berbaik sangka, no doubt both suami and isteri kena kuatkan diri dan DOA dijauhkan daripada yg tak elok!
Hanya Allah yang Maha Mengetahui dan hanya Allah juga yg Maha Melihat segalanya..
Hanyalah untuk memperingatkan diri saya juga.
manusia penuh dengan drama mo
ReplyDeleteSo far, I have not tested with the situation - suami yang selalu berpergian. Maka, tak adalah pengalaman sendiri nak share. Anyhow, either husband selalu outstation or not, sometimes yang kerja satu office pun kalau dah "lupa diri" anything can happened.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who worked in the same office with the husband and later on menjalin cinta terlarang dgn officemate jugak. In the end, husband kawen orang tu and dia diceraikan. They just bought the house at that time and had 2 small children.
Same goes with the wives/ladies...
Like you said, kalau ada iman sebagai benteng, insya-Allah tak jadilah yang bukan-bukan.
There are ayat2 from Al-quran to be recited as doa and hopefully as pendinding sambil yakin pada Allah bahawa Allah akan melindungi kita dari godaan syaitan - antaranya surah Yusuf ayat 4.
ada satu lagi I kena check balik ayat apa - sambil2 baca tu celup jari kelingking dalam minuman suami baru bagi suami minum (with clean finger, of course! :))
Hemm, what if she's the one flushing the toilet while talking on the phone?...he he he
ReplyDeleteqimy...hehehe...
ReplyDeleteaha ikut jer la kan...macam orang tu...*wink*
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ummi 365 :-)
ayah ok tu...lapangkan dada! bila nak datang tu...bagitau ye.
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pakpayne
rd...:-)\
ReplyDeletesaya tulis tu pun untuk ingatkan diri sendiri juga hehehehe
saya ni memang selalu pelupa..:-)
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pb...:-)
drama korea paling saya suka...:-)
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Pakpayne
onde onde...:-)
ReplyDeletepetua celup jari tu, saya nak belajar tu...hehehe....
khasiatnya apa ek?
surah yusuf, memang bagus di amal untuk kasih sayang rumah tangga.
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shirin..:-)
huh, if she was the one flushing the toilet...it means she had an arm which was 5 meters long...hehehe
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Pakpayne
kehkehkeh...ini kes kalo x ikut, bukan tepuk dada, kena tepuk dahi daaa....
ReplyDeleteI remember once, quite sometime back, we had an informal office dinner function which invitations were also extended to spouse.
ReplyDeleteSo I invited Ayah to tag along, and we sat side by side. And then came the boss and a few others who joined our table. We ate, talked, joked & teased each other over nothing. I was being my usual self ( which was? err... hu ha, hu ha, giggles, sometimes laughed out loud, openly mutually kutuk mengutuk the other colleagues for fun, etc).
Then at one point somebody told one stupid joke which made us all laughed and I of course laughed my heart out too. I must have laughed out louder than the other ladies because suddenly somebody remarked, "Eh Ibu! Jgn gelak too much. You must behave well in front of your hubby you know?!"
I was stunned! WHAT?!!
Quick thinking on my feet, I asked him back, "Does that mean you are not well behaved as you are at this table had your wife not join us today?" (I know the wife quite well, so no offence!).
The whole gang the table had another round of good laugh, this time at that guy who by then jovially covered up his face as a sign of surrender!
I don't see a point of putting up such stupid acts. With Ayah & me, what you see is what you get.
But I would of course 'behave well' if it was Ayah's boss at the table. That would be different wouldn't it?
wah, bagus entri ni pak! chek suke kat part "bila suami pulang dr merantau, sambutlah dia dgn kegembiraan, jamulah dia ngan makan minum segala..."
ReplyDeletetapi chek buat lebih dr itu...maklum ler dah berhari2 bantal peluk takde...hehehe
ok, sometimes it is understandable that one can be lonely in such a circumstance but it all goes down to one thing - if you love yr spouse dearly and sincerely, you wouldn't do such thing. and i couldn't agree more with all the suggestions you mentioned.
tak kira macam mana, setiap kali akan berjauhan, memang hati ini sedih sekali. Biasanya akan diiringi dengan air mata... belum lagi lah diiringi dengan senyuman penuh makna tu.. hehehe..
ReplyDeletetapi, bila dah berjauhan dan selalu call call, kerapkali je selisih faham... sebabnya.. ada syaitan yang merasuk.. bisikan yang bukan bukan..
ujian tu kan... semoga tak diuji macam tu lagi... insyaallah..
qimy...:-)
ReplyDeletenow dah ikut boleh selalu main tepuk2 ...hehehe
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IBU...:-)
Amongst our own office colleagues, we are at more liberty to laugh at ourselves.....and of course when in the presence of our spouses office colleagues, we play second fiddle la kan...
I can imagine the laughter at the table...!!
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Pakpayne
kc....:-)\
ReplyDeletebuat lebih dari itu na.....tolong habaq detail sikit...hehehe..
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Neeza :-)
aha, jika call call masih ada selisih faham tu, ada la tu yang dok berbisik tu...
but we ll lean from our mistakes....
neeza dah habis cuti2 malaysia ka nie?
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Pakpayne
uuuwwaaaa... cuti2 malaysia dah habis..
ReplyDeleteni balik bertapa di gua saudiii...
panas dan berpasir... hilang semua kehijauan malaysia..
sedih laaaa...
Isteri mesti cakap goodbye dengan muka ceria, sebab tak mahu suami risau tinggalkan family di rumah.
ReplyDeleteNanti tak sedap hati dia nak travel jauh-jauh, tak boleh buat kerja dengan tenang.
Tak juga lupa SMS goodnight dan ucapan2 rindu dan kasih sayang to remind each other ;)
neeza ibu shahmey ...:-)
ReplyDeleteone of the 'pleasure' we malaysian living abroad dapat ialah - kegembiraan bercuti di malaysia!
serious, we become more appreciative of our country....kehijauan, hujan, makanan, semua menjadi seronok belaka!
cuma cuma...errrr....gementar dengan keselamatan diri!
pakpayne
elisa...:-)
ReplyDeleteterimakasih di atas tambahan tips ...
dan 100% tepat tu...isteri yang melambai suami goodbye dengan muka berseri dan senyuman serta ciuman sayang - membekalkan semangat tak ternilai sebenarnya.
saya galakkan pembaca lain juga untuk tambah2 la tips!
pakpayne
Syabaz, entri yg bagus, my dear abg ippin...utk kita renung² bersama...sbagai tauladan suami isteri yg sering berjauhan.
ReplyDeletewassalam
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