Indian Weddings are an occasion which is done with so much pomp and ceremony that the whole family is burdened by it.But just before that, comes a worse situation which brings so much embarrassment atleast to me.
It so happened on 29 July 2010, my friend(Quite a young girl) was undergoing this process on "match finding". The "Boy" wanted to see her and speak with her before the "Major" talks with her parents go on. So he came to office after informing her and her parents who live outside the state which we we staying in. My friends mother was so nervous that she shot her with a stream of instruction on how to behave.
- Don't speak in english.
- Don't laugh loud (So how to know if the person is fun to be with)
- Just Smile sweetly.
- Don't Talk Much (So what is the point of meeting)
- Don't tease him
- Just smile away to tricky questions.
In short just be dumb.
to carry on with the incident, she had asked me to accompany her for the meeting.The guy had informed that he was coming with some "chechi" (sister). So we were expecting a boy and a girl. A pair was coming towards us. mmm... The boy was not so appealing. Our hearts missed a beat... and both of us were hoping so fervently that it should not be them that we were waiting for. Our prayer was heard. They passed by us. Again there were another couple walking towards us. This time the girl was dressed so funny that we had to smile in an intense situation. They walked by us too. huh what a relief.
Then a family came with the guy dresses up all neat( quite good to look at) walked up to us and spoke with us.I knew from the first looks that he was a nice person to be with and pretending very hard to look serious We found a place to sit and "spoke" ( quite embarrassing for me at least. I have not gone through accompaniment marriage proposal )
While this was happening, I turned back to six years before, I was reminded when my mother gave me the same instructions, Was reminded that I was not accompanying but I was in my friends shoes,I had to act dumb.
