WEDDINGS - To be or knot to be :)
SHIT!! Its wedding
season! All of a sudden it’s like there is a rush to get married as if there is
some kind of discount sale on that I am unaware off!! It feels like everyone I know
is getting married at the drop of a hat. My girlfriends, classmates, brothers! Is
it just me or is everyone all of sudden in a hurry to get married (faster than
the speed of light itseems)!? My friend of 7 yrs announced her engagement
yesterday. Another friend of mine got hitched last month and so did my brother.
Then there is another girlfriend of mine who is being wedded off this month, the
list of people settling down in a wedded bliss happens to be endless. With this
list comes the inevitably uncomfortable and abrasive question by genuinely concerned
(who don’t give a shit about you otherwise) people! The knowing look and the
question people whisper to each other when I pass them in a party or the
meddling aunties and overly concerned relatives ask at weddings – “so what
about you?” or “when do we get to hear the good news from you?” or “aren’t you
old enough to consider marrying? Girls your age are already married with kids, don’t
you think its high time you tied the knot and dropped anchor?” then there is “you
are still studying? At this age? When will you get married if you study till
the age of 30??” the list of questions is longer than those of friends and
cousins who are getting married!!
What I don’t understand
when people ask me questions like these is – is there a specific age to get
married? After which even if you do get married you can’t find happiness?? Or does
studying or doing PhD till the age of 30 hinder or come in the way of
marriage!? Don’t people study after marriage too!! My amma certainly did and as
far as I know she is happy with her marriage. People often ask me why I don’t like
attending weddings, other than obvious reasons like I am bored to death sitting
in a corner staring into oblivion, hating people who complain about the food,
clothes and just about anything, crowd of unfamiliar faces and flashy outfits. Now
I have new reason to hate weddings with a renewed vigour “it being” mountain of
undesirable questions from not-so-desirable people!! Then there is amma who
gets worked up every time someone asks questions like these and she starts fretting
about it!! No she never forces me to take a decision but she is always worried
about me because amma being amma cannot stop from worrying herself to death
about everything concerning us!! Then there is pappa, I love the man with all
my heart for his absent mindedness.
Just the other day….
We had just
returned from a cousins wedding
Pappa:
there is a invitation for you.
Me: it must
X’s wedding invite.
Pappa: wasn’t
he in the same class as you?
Me: yeah.
Papa suddenly
turns to amma and says wasn’t ‘Y’ younger to her (me) [referring to the wedding
we had just attended]?
Amma: yeah
by a year or 2.
Pappa: (gives
me a weird look and says) she is 25 na! she should have been married by now!! All
the girls her age are either married or getting married. I think its high time
we started looking for a suitable guy for her.
Amma: (with
a look that said – how am I still married to this man!!) that’s what I have
been telling you for the past one year! but you never listen!!
As for my brother, he doesn’t really give shit about
when and whom I marry. All he says is, if you think he is the one for you then
go for it, anyway the poor bastard you marry will never know what hit him!!
All in all everyone
has some or the other opinion concerning my wedding, and its just me who is
still in the state of “to be or knot to be”. Weddings or no weddings please
spare me the drama!! I am happy the way I am and I don’t think that is going to
change any time soon!
P.S: This is the result of attending endless weddings these past couple of months and apprehension for those that are due.
ROFLMAO !! :D brilliant shit :D :)
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