Trusting Relationship

I used to think that women these days don't trust their husbands much. But an incident today made me rethink.

I have a friend who copies my song lists, copies the way I travel, copies whatever I do. She, needless to say, is a snob. She comes from a wealthy family and  has never seen the interior of a 2nd class sleeper compartment. I think I am exaggerating a little here, I think she has  been inside of one in the year 1983. And then of course she has seen it in movies or on TV.

Today she said she had booked the return ticket by sleeper class from her home town (she was going to visit her parents). And I was reminded of an old dialog from the movie "Dilwale Dulhaniya Leh Jayenge". This is when Kajol (the heroine) leaves London for Punjab (India) and Shah Rukh Khan aka SRK (the hero) follows her and meets her there. He asks her "Do you trust me?" and she replies coyly "khud se zyada" ("more than I trust myself").

I realized this friend and her husband shared such a special relationship. And she had implicit trust in him that he would force her to cancel the second sleeper class tickets. So she went ahead and booked 2nd class, trying to prove a point. I explained to her that I am envious of her beautiful relationship with her husband. I thought she would blush sweetly.

I was dumbstruck to see her being furious at me. I still don't understand her reaction. Nevertheless it's nice to see such a trusting relationship.