Its strange how people how people refer to it by the afore mentioned name...like its becoming extinct? Much on the lines of the great Indian bustard? For those who don't know what I'm talking about - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Bustard . This bird has long been on the endangered list, and they should be too, what with being polygamous and all. Sigh, they are all the same, aren't they? Other than that, it seems to be a fairly decent looking thing, with its neck folded and periodically emanating a resonant booming call, much like my dad :D . But I digress.
Talking about arranged marriages then. People's reactions (esp in India) to how you got married is a testament to changing society, which isn't necessarily a good thing. Many many moons ago, telling someone you had a "love marriage" would elicit a "*GASP* LOVE MARRIAGE?? NARAAA-YANA...". Today , telling someone you have had an arranged marriage makes them tilt their head and look at you like you are a cockroach doing the hula dance .. "ARRANGED marriage? REALLY?...hmmmmm". Sometimes makes me almost want to go "sorry?"
I'm not going to wax eloquent about arranged marriages, thats been done to death...However it IS undeniably an excellent source of entertainment, for the people uninvolved. I'm thus going to take this opportunity, to make fun of one of my best friends and her trails and tribulations. :D
Starting from a 47 year old who asked her to marry him, to whom she promptly replied back "Sorry I'm kind of your daughter's age", to a high school dropout who told her that he was "wanting to be prime minister in his dream, but mother woke me from dream, but one day I be Prime Minister", I think this girl has seen the worst in suitors. Oh no wait, there was also the guy who said clearly in his matrimonial ad, that he didn't care to know about the kind of girl that he was marrying, only about whether or not she resided in the United States or the UK. Charming :)
But my personal favorite was the guy with the PhD, holding a job paying the big bucks, who used to whine to her everyday at 6 pm, about how much his life sucked. She still gave him the benefit of doubt for a while, but I think when he missed his flight and called her and whined "Why does everything happeennn tooo meeeeeee?", she was kind of ready to give it up.
I guess what I'm trying to say to her is , amidst the child molesters, the wanna be movie stars , the piggyback to USA artists, the slightly uneducated punksters, you might, JUST might, one day see a normal guy. A guy who likes good music, good food, good books, has a job, has nice friends and a nice family. More importantly, who likes holding your hand, who likes to introduce you to people, who may or may not know how to dance, who can bring you home safe when you're drunk and who likes watching sappy movies with you...err...well.. WATCHES sappy movies with you. That's the day you will feel better about this all, and it will make all the hurt go away. And the day when you fall asleep in his arms, and I mean like actually sleep 8 hours straight, not doze off for an hour and wake up and go sleep somewhere else, that's the day you will know...like, actually KNOW ...
So hang in there, its happening...everything worth having, is worth waiting for...just like me :P
Talking about arranged marriages then. People's reactions (esp in India) to how you got married is a testament to changing society, which isn't necessarily a good thing. Many many moons ago, telling someone you had a "love marriage" would elicit a "*GASP* LOVE MARRIAGE?? NARAAA-YANA...". Today , telling someone you have had an arranged marriage makes them tilt their head and look at you like you are a cockroach doing the hula dance .. "ARRANGED marriage? REALLY?...hmmmmm". Sometimes makes me almost want to go "sorry?"
I'm not going to wax eloquent about arranged marriages, thats been done to death...However it IS undeniably an excellent source of entertainment, for the people uninvolved. I'm thus going to take this opportunity, to make fun of one of my best friends and her trails and tribulations. :D
Starting from a 47 year old who asked her to marry him, to whom she promptly replied back "Sorry I'm kind of your daughter's age", to a high school dropout who told her that he was "wanting to be prime minister in his dream, but mother woke me from dream, but one day I be Prime Minister", I think this girl has seen the worst in suitors. Oh no wait, there was also the guy who said clearly in his matrimonial ad, that he didn't care to know about the kind of girl that he was marrying, only about whether or not she resided in the United States or the UK. Charming :)
But my personal favorite was the guy with the PhD, holding a job paying the big bucks, who used to whine to her everyday at 6 pm, about how much his life sucked. She still gave him the benefit of doubt for a while, but I think when he missed his flight and called her and whined "Why does everything happeennn tooo meeeeeee?", she was kind of ready to give it up.
I guess what I'm trying to say to her is , amidst the child molesters, the wanna be movie stars , the piggyback to USA artists, the slightly uneducated punksters, you might, JUST might, one day see a normal guy. A guy who likes good music, good food, good books, has a job, has nice friends and a nice family. More importantly, who likes holding your hand, who likes to introduce you to people, who may or may not know how to dance, who can bring you home safe when you're drunk and who likes watching sappy movies with you...err...well.. WATCHES sappy movies with you. That's the day you will feel better about this all, and it will make all the hurt go away. And the day when you fall asleep in his arms, and I mean like actually sleep 8 hours straight, not doze off for an hour and wake up and go sleep somewhere else, that's the day you will know...like, actually KNOW ...
So hang in there, its happening...everything worth having, is worth waiting for...just like me :P
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