Happily ever after

“Happily ever after” was the strangest, spookiest and the most perplexing phrase she would have ever come across. Arranged marriages were her society’s norm, but she questioned the credibility of two random strangers being together for a lifetime. Love at first sight, another norm, for her was a NO-NO! It always amazed her how two people choose to live the rest of their lives together, under one roof, sharing their space, time and stuff with each other and live ‘happily’ forever. She could never imagine herself doing all that until she met him.

Like every Indian parent, her parents also wanted her to ‘settle’ down as early as possible, and they were too concerned as she had almost crossed the ‘marriageable’ age. They were bombarded with umpteen questions from kith and kin and were literally fed up answering them. They decided to discard her uh-uh to marriages, and arranged a meeting meet him. She couldn’t say a ‘No’ to that as she didn’t want their emotional drama occurring again. There is nothing to lose anyway, except for her valuable time, which she anyhow decided to sacrifice.

‘May be 10 minutes’, she thought and went to the restaurant for a blind-lunch-date her parents set for her. What an irony!

A guy who looked similar to the one she saw in the picture her parents showed had occupied one of the tables. He spotted her and waved at her. Never did she know that the guy who just waved at her would turn her life upside down.

(To be continued)

Funny Break-Up Reasons

Two different states, two different cultures - it took them a year or more to convince their parents how much they loved each other. A week before their wedding, on a romantic date, she challenged him to sing one of her favorite regional songs without referring the lyrics. He somehow managed and sang 'Appangalembadum'. It was her turn next. 'Pendu jatt, Punjab da puttar. Yo yo Honey Singh - my favorite' he said with pride. 'I've better taste in music' was her sudden reply. Thus began the argument, winding up the four-year-old relationship forever.

(To be continued)