I knew this guy from quite some time, though we are not exactly friends we are more than just colleagues. He is almost 5 yrs elder than me and well respected in the office space. We connected during lifting, and most of the times I try to work out with him as it really pushes my limit by the degree which I myself haven't thought of.

The guy is married with 2 kids, his wife is beautiful and popular in theatre circles and performs regularly across the globe. (Lets call him A) . A is always silent and in control, haven't seem him loose his cool ever.

Now to the main story, A invited me to a music concert( we both love metal). He came along with his wife. I joined them and enjoyed the music. Post the rock show, we went for the dinner where we were joined by one of A's family friend B. B looked like an ordinary simple middle aged man, with a wife who was no more than a HB3 or 2. B had a son who joined as well. On the dinner table, when I and A were talking about some workouts, B expressed some interest and said he is thinking joining the gym too, to get in shape and loose his belly. Almost immediatley his HB3 wife blurts out - loud enough - "I am hearing that shit from years ... and she goes on" . [look who is talking, an out of shape house wife ! ] Almost thankless of the man who puts bread in her mouth everyday. I and A sensed the disappointment of B and tried to encourage him to join.

Later that night, post dinner A said he wants to go to his fav bar and listen to some more metal (the bar has a metal band). His wife, wasn't too interested - seemed she was tired and wanted to go home and rest. They spoke in their local language - Hindi or some dialect of it. From what I have seen, most Indian Men are born and raised beta, at this point any other men would have nodded in agreement and walked with her wife carrying her bag - just as B did - but nope not A. He said okay, good night and started walking towards his spot. He asked me if I wanna join ? Though I wasn't exactly in mood for a Long night but hell yes! I didn't want to miss this chance . The dude walked in silence, in control, in command towards his destination. As expected, the wife called after few mins and said sorry for not being able to come along. All I could hear him reply was "its okay ..no worries .. you rest" . Now thats a man who knows his shit and doesn't care to say or do things to please anyone. Just does what makes him happy !