He was the regular postman in the area where he delivered mail, house to house. Very cheerful, smiling and immaculate in his bright clothes and a hat, he barely saw the names on the addresses. He focussed on the house numbers while dropping mail in the mail boxes. He hardly observed the residents who mostly were out to work in any case. But he was seen unknown to him by a few who were indoors, from the kitchen or study windows who thought he was very likeable, even handsome. It was an upscale locality and he could not care less as they say!
Our this postman met and befriended a woman in the park in the small town a few miles away where he lived with his two small kids. He had lost his wife recently, so his kids, a boy and a girl would always accompany him. The woman liked him for his openness and his cheery disposition. And he was handsome too! She found him very attractive and a nice person. At the same time, she rarely shared any details about herself. She was pretty secretive for reasons best known to her. He too did not probe too much. He found her rather serious in nature and guessed that she had sad memories. But he had gathered this much that she was unattached.
As their friendship grew, he started liking her more and more. He suspected that she was a cut above him in social status. But she was very nice to him. He knew that he was falling in love with her. One fine evening, he gathered courage and proposed to her. Will she marry him? She took it rather sportingly and to his utter joy, she agreed. But only on one condition, she said, which was that they marry in another city after a month or so. Accordingly, after about a month, he took a week's leave. He married his girl friend in another city, had their honeymoon and then he returned with his new wife to the middle class locality of the town where he had his home.
He joined his duty In a few days in the same upscale area where he had his beat. One day while on his round of distributing mail, he found a new family moving into one of the houses. He casually enquired and came to know that the previous owner had sold her property about a month back. None of his business, rich people did it all the time, he thought! But he could not help overhearing some conversation between two women, one the newcomer and the other, a neighbour. 'You would not believe it! The previous owner, she fell in love with a postman, eloped and actually married him'!
He came home in the evening and excitedly shared the news with his wife. 'You would not believe it! The postman who was my relief when we got married, the fellow got married to a rich woman in the locality where I distribute mail. Fast worker I must say. And he never told me! I must check with him. Wonder who was this crazy woman marrying a postman like me. And I never noticed her!'
His wife smiled and replied enigmatically. 'You never notice anything! That is part of your charm. But think about the woman whom you call crazy. Maybe, she noticed him and fell for him. And love is blind as they say! Do not embarrass him or pry into his personal matters. Promise?'
