Survival Strategies

I came across this column in a national daily and i am reproducing this.

This is the letter written by a reader to the 'Survival Strategies' column which provides solutions to reader's problems. If you don't want to read some offensive material you can stop here.

Q. I am a 25 year old married women. My husband works in Merchant Navy. He visited us last month to spend a week at home. I am usually alone at home and i had physical relationship with my father in law. I had physical relationship with the security guard too. Now i am pregnant but i don't know who the father is? What should i do? I am very much worried as what will happen if my husband finds it out.

• Name withheld on request

Our unusual take on the problem

A. You have no reason to worry. Relax, it happens with everyone. Who knows may be you are not your father's daughter after all. We all face such moments in life. But in future try to divert you interest to music, gardening or other hobbies rather than going into such illicit relationships.

Next thing you need to ensure is that the baby must come to this world. Don't think of abortion or any such thing. No need to punish the baby for no fault of his/hers.

Now coming to a detailed analysis of your problem. Three possible cases can arise as per the information provided by you.

A) Your husband is the father- This is the best situation which will solve all you problems.

B) If your father in law is the father of the baby. This is not that bad as expected the baby may look like your husband and no one will doubt you.

C) If the security guard is the father of the child. This is bothering me, what if the kid looks like the guard. One possible solution is to declare the security guard as a cousin brother of yours. That way he would be able to come to your house to see his baby. And neighbors will think the kid looks like his maternal uncle. But pray to God this situation never arises.

I will pray to God so that he gives you the strength to get out of this quagmire. By the way if your husband is still away, we can meet this weekend. Call me at 09848497834, i will try to give you some moments of happiness.