(115) The foolish dentist/ Love is blind

There is a dentist who married a Sri Lankan maid. He is known around the neighborhood as the foolish dentist. He is a man of medium height and he is not bad to look at.

One day my child had tooth ache. We walked into his clinic around eleven thirty in the morning. The clinic nurse said doctor was out. I was a little taken aback. It was too early for lunch. Not willing to wait, I drove to another dentist.

A few weeks later, I met a patient of his. Through our conversation, I expressed my surprise at finding him out of his clinic at an odd hour. Apparently he drives his own children to school. On top of that he buys lunch for his wife and children.  I was surprised and asked what was his wife doing at home. It happened that his wife never learn to drive. Even though she was formerly a maid, she didn't like to cook. As a dentist's wife, she could easily hire a maid to cook for her family. Obviously he could afford one, but she preferred to do her own house work and chose to live in a low cost flat.

Nothing seemed to make sense until I tell myself that love is blind. It is wonderful that they are happy together.

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