Friday, December 28, 2012

Post wedding accounts

Dear readers, it feels great to talk to you after a long gap.

It was early this year, when my amma finally convinced me to get married (I was not against marriage, but I was not for it, either). I discussed with my friends and then googled, but all to no avail... none concretely educated me whether one should marry or not. Like any other thing in this world, there were pros and cons. At some point I felt I was over thinking this issue and decided to live through this phase of life also and see what life has in store for me.

I was able to meet some great girls during the bride-hunt phase. My uncle who’s an expert in horoscope matching did the first filter, then it was my amma and then finally proposals came to my table. Then the one-to-one talks... my constant questions- 'Your hobbies?', 'Career plans?' and standard infos- 'Founded NGO- Parinati', 'Can play guitar' and add to it the tadka 'Very simple but highly intelligent' line by amma and my 'Know me' was ready! Match making is an elaborate market and one is expected to get packaged well to attract good proposals. From outset I was against commercialization of human-relations. I am now happy that the proposal that materialized was the least commercialized.

Wedding is a big thing. I am not comfy hogging limelight, but now I was center of all attractions. Everybody had comments- smart but a little dark, good but doesn't wear good clothes, why no smile, talks too loudly, not easy to get along, more 'smarth' than 'smarth' themselves... I got irritated initially and have uttered a few words to the effect of mind your own business. Later I realized that we Indians can do anything but that. So made peace with all this.

One blog is definitely not enough to cover an event like wedding, so drawing curtains now. I admit, that though it has been most expensive and most pressured phases, I will remember it as the sweetest phase of my life. Special thanks to Namita for making my life as beautiful as her smile!

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