What Women Need

We have had a Film, couple of books,dozens of jokes and hundreds of Men ruminating over the Question “What Women “Want” “?
While I agree that it is a million dollar question but has anyone ever wondered what women “need”?
I guess I found the answer to this one...Read on to know…:-)

Ok, so here is the flash back…

Last year around this time I was attending a 5 hour class on defensive driving, a mandate for obtaining drivers license in the state of NY.
There was a break of 20 minutes in between the class.
It was frigid outside and I didn’t have company so I decided to stay back in the class.But the teacher wouldn’t allow anyone to remain in the classroom during the break.

So I walked up to the supermarket in the next block to idle away my time browsing stuff.As I entered the store I saw a man smiling at me.
“American culture- You smile at strangers” I thought and returned the smile.
I went to the Indian grocery aisle and was looking at some stuff…when that “smiling” Man came over and asked-“Anything I can help you with, Mam”
I replied “NO thanks” and continued looking at the items on the shelf.
He then asked “Are you married?”… Now I was dazed.
I gave him a stern look and said “Sorry?”
He went ahead and remarked “You are beautiful”
What followed was a gush of adrenaline…I flee from that scene. Yes, it was the “flight hormone”. But the man kept repeating “excuse me- tell me are you married”
I immediately called husband and told him to come over to this place ASAP.

Later when I reached home I was contemplating over what had happened.
I always though I was independent and self sufficient.
But that day I felt like I wasn’t and my immediate response to the situation calling for husband proved that I was so much dependent.

It wasn’t that something like this never happened to me before,
(For that matter almost every women faces this kind of situation at some point in time, intensity varies)
So what was different this time….it was the first time in USA and also after a long time which got me all flustered.
When I discussed this with Pamela, my friend from college- she told me that it has happened to her in the USA many a times. She also added that reason it had happened to me the first time was because probably it was the first time I was alone, without husband near by. And I realized it was so true.
So what was preventing me from being completely independent, I pondered?
what was it that was lacking ?

It was then I found the answer to the Question “What women need”
“A karate course and pepper spray” !!