Maslow's hierarchy of needs #2 part 35 pg 147 - Page 115

hey sam

hey,

Sam 🤗,

How've you been and how's majestic Egypt? Has the familiarity started to breed contempt or is the city still capable of inspiring awe? I'd take a fairly informed guess and say it's the latter. But looking forward to your views on the matter.

For a change the beginning of the part was pretty light-hearted, though of course the undercurrents of Rahul-Muskaan's relationship were clearly visible for those in the know. But Riddhima was amazing, putting up with that horrendous teasing from all sides. Armaan though was more Sir Yellow than Sir Percy tonight…leaving his ladylove to face the firing squad alone. Well, I guess I can't really blame him too much; anyone with an iota of self-preservation would do the same. And he did try to deflect the attention to the other couple, but still…And to add insult to injury there was this bit:

"Umm... ya...he ...was ok..." Armaan had to admit that he was hard pressed too; to stop himself from laughing out loud as Muskaan giggled a little at Riddhima's response...

And again…

"No, not at all, this sounds very interesting..." Armaan leaned forward, dropping all pretence of examining the menu, "do carry on Muskaan...this I would certainly like to hear...."

Really! Whatever happened to the days of the chaps who considered tin-cans the fashion-statement of the millennium?

But you know Atul surprised me today, I never thought he'd be the one to start the teasing. Nice to see this side of Mr. Owl. But poor Riddhima! Really they truly put her through the wringer didn't they? Loved the way she kicked him under the table though 😆

Muskaan and her runaway tongue! Really that girl is irrepressible 😆 and suffering from chronic foot-in-mouth-ititis But I admit my insides went all mushy when I read that bit where he hugs her and pulls her close 😍…and again when he gives her that quick peck. I love those little gestures of his. Reminded me of my own knight though, who's away on work. And soon I'll have to go away on my research. We must be the only pair whose time apart exceeds their time together 😔.

Ah, Remington Steele! That certainly brought back memories; Riddhima always did strike me as a girl with impeccable taste (same as her creator 😉). You could have turned the Sahara into a verdant oasis with the amount of drool I've spent on that guy 😆. I used to watch every single episode plus repeats religiously 😳. But the way Rahul and Muski (and Armaan!) listed her idiosyncrasies was just soo adorable. I feel all weepy. Must be the hormones 😕. Especially liked that bit about the pillow, probably because I can totally identify (to the total exasperation of someone 😉)

But my favourite bit has to be the time alone they spent in the flat, with the Armaan's teasing and Riddhima's adorable childishness (and confusion, though of course soon followed by a spirited comeback). Particularly when he's *ahem* cooking (or should I say warming up 😉) dinner and she hugs him from behind. But really, the poor chap is so adorable trying to hide that fact that he might have well shall we say taken a rather loose interpretation of her command… 😆.

This bit especially…

"Will you take that Riddhima?" Armaan yelled out from the kitchen, "need to just put away the stuff. Don't know who it is. Have not ordered anything'. so it may be a wrong delivery' happens all the time'."

Dare I say a dirty conscience at work…? 😉 😆

But I'm happy to see that the RM relationship remained true to form…

"No you fool, you are the woman I am in love with!" Rahul uttered fiercely, "except that you are too dumb, opinionated and self absorbed to see that!"

Could be considered rather unusual, but certainly ermm…honest 🤣 🤣 🤣

The bit with Anjali in the end was well as expected, I can understand her very natural reluctance to address the issue, but unfortunately it's rather like lancing a wound. Unpleasant, and hurts the person involved…but like I said, unfortunately very necessary.

Now congratulate me and give me a nice hug because I have fulfilled a vow. I was determined that come hell or high water I'll write a looong detailed comment for this part and end this streak of silence I've been on. And see, I've done it! Aren't you proud of me?

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heya sam!!

did you just hire me as the physics prof on the forum here :D hugs for that, and i think you did a fair job with explaining the concept, for further doubts, PM me fellas :D

alright, to the part... when i read about ridhima hearing nothing engrossed with a book, i thought you might just have spelled naseem wrong :D (alright lame joke i know, but seriously... thats me... my incoming/outgoing reception is barred)

AR in general, even with how liberally you spared them to us, in significant ways i thought were a lack of themselves here and there... maybe, in the creation the scenes you set for them, i lost the essence of the strength of the chars you've made out of them otherwise... perhaps, if ill make more sense this way, for where they were, i thought, i could keep any names other than AR and still see the scene... so i guess... i missed the very deliberately them thing...

RM i liked a ton.. it annoyed me, rahul's reaction, and then i reckon it wa sth thing that did for me too... the RM in your fic have been epitomes of imperfection despite both the heads and hearts for either of them in just the right place and intentions only for the best... and i like how that tradition continues... if rahul, despite his urgency to clear this out had been a second more patient and heard her to have it fixed, i would have been... i reckon not quite as satisfied... yeh! kudos for that...

and AA... armaan atul, think it was my cute little fav bit... i like the bond they share a ton, and everytime it surfaces, its one of its own!...

anji... how human to postpone what cant be avoided... postpone till god knows how late it will be... in a strange strange way... despite how righteous i beileve i am in facing things upfront no matter how harsh, i could empathize with that trait... although i must admit, i wasnt a patient reader when i was reading her... it happens... chars like her, get me into that state where i do and dont want to read their bits with equal intent...

oh well...
waiting for the next sam, and soon :)

cheers,
nj

hey sam thanks alot for the PM!...wowso muhc

RM :Thoroughly enjoyed them .Both are pretty impulsive and a bit childlike . "Muski dear, its abt time for u confess too" lolll. Looking forward to RM in the next part ..want to read long part on them how they realise abt each other and all . I don't enjoy RM as much as I enjoy them in ur ff.

AR : Bit dissapointed that he din't cook lolll wanted to know more how Ridhima reacted thought that It was rushed a bit sorry!!! I dont want any mushy things from AR but some details of their convo may be lolll ... Now that I read ur p.s this rushing through is making sense.
Also Ur p.s abt AR cracked me up ,yeah poor souls no time for romance ..lolllll but absolutely love reading them..

Armaan Anjali .....Armaan is such a sweet heart soo understanding ....loved loved Anjali's almost outburst and Armaan being there for her....awww hope Anjali come to terms with AR and come back to her usual self.

Reading Armaan and Anjali's part .. was thinking whether u planning to end it soon and I see ur P.S :( every good things comes to an end :( but still few parts left so looking forward to them :)

Some parts looked somewhat hurried through Sam, don't mean a drag of things but not ur usual detailing , may be not req in this part ,I don't know or its just me wanting to read some more .

But dont get me wrong thoroughly enjoyed the entire update .It was a balanced one involving every one.

Looking forward to next part Sam ..

Lots of love.
Sudha.



P.s congo on reaching 150 pages I know it dont matter to u I mean the pages but only the comments neverthless totally deserve it. ur's is the fist ff I ever read so bit emotional lollll

loved reading the history behind Alexandria

Thanks for the p.m .

wow honey luvd the update..amazing as always..n what can i say about AR scene..luvd it..its awesome..i can actually imagine amaan's face when riddhima showed him desserts..poor guy..n about armaan-anji conversation, i seriously dont understand y she wants to delay it??may be she knows about AR n dont want 2 listen it from armaan..but y??
continue soon..cant wait 2 read more..
thanx fr PM..
luv ya..

hey sam, no worries about the delay, the nice long part totally makes up for it :D
loved it as usual!
i really liked armaan and anjalis conversation, it was so philosophical, and because they are such good friends, the fact that they are at such a miserable point, makes me very sad for them. things should not have to be so complicated in love and friendship...but they are :( i sincerely hope they make it past this transition point, and can be close friends just like the use to be! hopefully anjali will be able to sort out her emotions and except reality over time!
OMG rahul confessed he loves muskaan!!!! YAY that part really had me jumping...finally the words are out! now if only muskaan would reciprocate! these two are really something else, cant live without each other and promise themselves they wont fight and talk things out, and when it comes time...they start arguing and acting out! was quite an intense scene, well done with that sam :)
the best part would have to be the resturant! lol cant believe how they teased riddhima so mercilessly!!! poor girl! it was sooo fun and entertaining! especially rahul muskaan and armaan pulling out all of riddhimas crazy habits!
ahhhh armaan and cooking?!?! ridhima sure chose a punishment for him! for a while i thought that he really did pull it off! but nope...cant say im surprised! lol but that whole scene was very sweet and romantic! love how armaan teases her...the celibacy bit was really funny and cute!
so your really wrapping this up in a few parts?!?! :( awww i really dont want u to end it! its one of the best ffs we have here!
well im looking forward to the next one, hopefully you update soon!

p.s wow Alexandria sounds amazing, lucky girl!! thanks for sharing the little bit of history there :)

heyy!!