Curious Case of my Barber

Ok to just give a bit of history-I have been going to the same saloon for the last 15 years now.There are 5 barbers in the saloon and i went to this specific young man(about my age ) as it was easier that way.

He would greet me with a smile everytime i went there and i would feel special(no not any of the gay connotations please).My only job was to go and sit there and he would remember what he had to do with the hair.Also he gives some of the best head massages and all the stress of my fully unused brain would be gone.

The past two times however were different.Since he was busy with some other customer i went to the next person to get my hair cut.(Ok for ease of use lets keep my original barber as X and the new entrant into my "hair-life" to be Y).

Now Y was a better barber than X,he knew what hairstyles matched our age group,face type etc,basically all the barber lingo.X was no match for him.So as i sat there getting my hair done by Y,X was giving me glances.He smiled once and as a courtesy i smiled back. He was concentrating more on how my hair was getting done than his own customer.I again felt special :) . Wow this guy is so loyal to me,he cares so much for me and stuff.

Once the hair was done and it was time for my monthly head massage.X told Y that he would take care of that.Now Y was a  new entrant into the saloon also and wanted to do it himself(I think he too wanted a good Annual appraisal from his boss).So after a brief argument which X won,he came to me and said

"Namdu nimdu gothilla avnige" which literally translates to "He doesnt know mine and yours".

I just smiled thinking that there were two barbers fighting for me.(Again the feeling of being special :) )

So once this over i just thanked the guy and came back to my home feeling nothing odd.

Again month of July and again it was time:
I went on a cloudy morning with slight intermittent drizzle to get my hair done.X was again busy.And so was Y. So i went to Z this time,and this guy was even better.I liked the quality of his work.While Y seemed to have gotten over me,X was clearly still hung up.This time again he was giving me the glances,it was more of being slightly angry.So when Z went to change the blades,X walked along and said

"Namma Hathra madskontane illa eega,marthbittidira ansotte" which literally translates to "You are not getting it done by me,i think you have forgotten me) and gave a sad look.I dint know what to tell.Now i had to mollify the poor guy thiking that i had hurt him in some way.

"Parvagilla head massage neeve madi" - "Its ok you only do the head massage"

He replied back bluntly

"Parvagilla bidi,nimge avre chennagi madthareno" - "Its ok,i think u feel he does it better"

Again for a minute i thought"oh it was better i hadnt hurt him"

and then i was like- this is one possessive bugger.Should i be caring for the feelings of the barber? What if this possessiveness turns dangerous,then i felt i was overreacting.The guys used to doing mine,that too for 3 years,
so i said to him

"Next time inda neeve madi" "- "from next time you only do mine"

He smiled and finally i was able to mollify him.But as i was walking out,

"Man this guy is the worst among the 5 that work there,this brand new Z is so good,why the heck should i compromise on this to just keep one guy happy.So i am still grappling with what to do the next time.

I mean i never felt that he was cheating when he was doing some other customer so why was he feeling overtly possessive when someone else did mine.

So as i decide between keeping this jealous,possessive guy happy and keeping myself happy,i hope to get some ideas from u folks.

Till then chao!!!