A friend in need is a friend indeed! 😇

 A # A friend in need is a friend indeed

TO ERR IS HUMAN😇

TO FORGET IT AND STILL MAKE THE SAME 🙄

WELL IS  HUMAN AGAIN 🙂

GRADUALLY MAKING IT AGAIN N' AGAIN 🙄🙄

YOU BECOME A MASTER IN THE GAME 🏆

Some mistakes don't have a noteworthy impact,  but a few change the course of your life.I shall be talking about both, till u feel, thank God you are after all not me.

The first big mistake I remember was committed in my 4th standard,  I was 8 years old then and had made my very first best friend. 👭Her name was Kanchan. We had sworn to stand by each other through thick n thin . One day she informed me her telephone ☎️ ( that was the norm in the 80s and 90s ) was out of order and if I could register its complaint. I told her that I was unaware of the process. She gave me a number on which I was supposed to call and directed me on how to go about it . I agreed 👍.  In the afternoon,  I decided to do the needful.  I called up, a man's voice answered,  I told him I wanted to register a complaint about so n so number. The man asked me my name and my number. Initially, I felt unsure why is this required 🤔, it is not relevant, but my innocent mind, thinking it to be a prerequisite, obliged.

I diligently gave him a few more details he sought,  like I was in which class, which school etc. He said the complaint has been registered. I felt relieved and hung up.

In school, I told Kanchan, that I had been a great friend and done what she wanted. So all was well.

When I went home, around the same time, in the afternoon, my phone rang. I simply picked up. To my horror, it was the same man. He said he just wanted to talk to me   I started sweating in fear I requested him not to call me, I didn't need to register any more complaints. Saying so I banged the phone in a panic and fled. No sooner had I gone a little far, he called again. My Mom from the kitchen inquired whose call was it and why aren't was answering. I lied saying its some wrong number and trembling with fear I kept the receiver aside. I went back to finish my homework,  but couldn't concentrate,  I was literally feeling nauseous with anxiety and nervousness.  I didn't know what to do. I felt off I told my parents or my sisters, they will only blame me for being such an idiot.

Somehow the day and the troubled night passed. The next morning 🌄 I was running a high fever so had to miss school. I was continuously dreading the same hour in the afternoon, and the phone rang again, I frantically ran to pick it up. It was the same Man and this time I started crying on the phone, begging and pleading with him not to call me. MY MOM SAW THIS,  I dropped the receiver and ran into her arms,  hugging 🫂 her tight, telling her everything in between sobs. She patted me, went to the phone, took the receiver and gave that creepy man the Real LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE OF HIS LIFE.

I LOVED MY MOM SOOOO MUCH THAT DAY. 

He never called again.

LESSON LEARNT # Never give your personal details to anyone randomly,  don't be such an IDIOTTT .

REPERCUSSIONS # I never spoke to Kanchan after that,  somehow I couldn't.

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