HIHMYMY - Prologue

Hey kids (who are yet to be born or adopted),

This is the story of me and the various (any number greater than 13) women I have been romantically involved with over the past 26 years of my life. Like the original sitcom “How I met your mother” which inspired me to write this, I haven’t met your mother yet not at least at the time of writing this. It is not so for the lack of trying though. Over the years I have had numerous (any number greater than 13) experiences (romantic of course) with the fairer sex, some pleasant some not so pleasant, some outright funny and some absolutely stupid. Nevertheless they were experiences and as the old saying goes they are meant to teach you something. Though I have not been a great student I can unequivocally say that I have had fun and loads of it at that. Nope before you think your old man has gone gaga I would like to clarify a few things. This aint a sermon about how (not) to lead your lives neither am I trying to impress upon you not to repeat my mistakes. Every man learns the trade in his own unique way and part of the fun in living a life lies in that. So you might ask what is the whole point of writing this post?

Maybe someday when I am gone for good you might wonder what your old man was like when he was not an old man. So these stories would give you an insight into the man I was before I became the man you met. Or when you kids meet for a family get together you can laugh over the stuff written here, it would form a nice conversational topic. More selfishly I want to share with you the roller coaster life I have had and die peacefully in the knowledge that some one knows.

So without further ado let me kick start this saga. First things first there is no happy ending to this story primarily because the story hasn’t ended yet. So it won’t be anything like a traditional Jeffrey Archer novel where he starts the narration from childhood, builds the character and goes on till either the character dies or he becomes President. It’s more like snippets from my life that too focused totally on the romantic side of it.

The saga will be split into 14 (a number greater than 13) chapters. Each chapter will focus on my relationship with a different girl/woman. Interspersed into these chapters will be a bit of autobiographical content relevant only to the context. Time lines and geographies would be mentioned to put things in perspective. I sincerely hope you find reading this very entertaining and laugh your guts out while doing so.

Yours,

Oldman.

P.S - All characters appearing in this blog are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Yeah believe that if you have to…..

HIHMYMY - How I haven't met your mother yet