If only.

We are excellent candidates for the "TATA SKY" ad that has been doing rounds for a while now. Only thing i am not too sure is " if it is going to keep us together" at this rate.

For a family of three, we spend way too much time in front of the idiot box. That stupid thing, along with the DVD player, and now the X box, has completely taken over our family time. TB comes back, plops in front of the TV and starts watching something on either of the first two, or more recently, starts playing some game( add son who is catching on very fast). All this, while we get about 2 hours in a day, as family!

No niceties, no playing with kid, no asking each other about the day, to talking to each other. I might as well have been living in another house, i might as well have been non existent. I see V trying get our( i use the word "we" very loosely here) attention by doing something he should not. So that we at least notice.

I am not sure how this works with others.Of course, all of us work hard, come home to unwind and DEFINITELY need some form of relaxation. I do not disagree with that. I see us turning into one of those houses that we look down on...buying love with money and materials, and never through quality time with each other. I could watch that movie again at some stage in life- these days with V and each other will never come back again.

If only we learn to appreciate what we have in life when it is still there....