Newly-married Banto observed that Santa, her husband, was looking depressed and sullen for quite some time. Being a concerned and dutiful Indian wife, one day she asked, ‘Dear, I know for sure there’s something that is troubling you mentally but let me tell you, your tensions are not just yours alone any more, they are “ours”.’ ‘Oh, I’m so much relieved. It’s so nice of you to think like that,’ Santa opened up. ‘Actually, we have just received a letter from my ex-girlfriend in Jalandhar and she says she’s pregnant with our child!’