A Father

When he told about the girl his father asked, ‘Are you sure you loved the girl? If you think you will be happy with the girl, I have no objection; but you have to promise me that you will not cheat her or leave her once you marry her.’
Pankaj was really surprised to hear those sentences from his father’s mouth, who himself had all along cheated his mother in numerous occasions! His surprised look invited another shocking statement from his father, ‘Perhaps, you are surprised to hear when I asked you to promise me that you will not cheat her or leave her once you marry her. You are surprised because by the time you may know many things about my relations with some ladies out of my wedlock. Yes, I am a bad father or husband in your eyes. But why I am bad only your mother knows. Some day you ask your mother she will tell you. But for now prepare for your marriage after promising me that you will not cheat her or leave her once you marry her.’