that time in life

There comes a time in every girls(may I be more specific and say an Indian girl) life when the 'M' word is all she can hear. Needless to say its Marriage.Or wedding.or Nuptials. Or matrimony.Nice boy,good family,27yrs,earning well,tall,fair are all a part of the M word.So thy shall just say M from now and thou shalt figure out the rest.
The interrogator may come in different forms.More often than not,they are female who have an affinity to shiny silk sarees and jasmine flowers. Largely grouped between the age of 42 and above.Exceptions may occur in the form of bored housweives.The male form feels rather awkward with this topic.They tend to shy away and gravitate to the TV. The victim is ALWAYS a girl who has just finished college and is working.The questioning can also start during the final year.

A typical conversation usually tends to go this way.

(Aunty comes home for pooja/dinner/lunch for a good gossip.)

Aunty : so tell me ma,what are u doing these days??

victim : im working in infy/cts/tcs/whatever.

Aunty : so what plans do u have now?

victim : ermm, nothing much really. Thinking of writing GRE/GMAT/CAT (she adds warily, knowing whats coming next,desperately trying to ward off the next question but in vain.)

aunty : ayyo.You girls these days.im telling you.This is the right age.how old are you??

victim: uh, 22. actually i JUST turned 22. so you can say 21. TOO early aunty!

aunty : nonsense. you get married to a nice boy. And then you study. whats wrong???so may girls are doing it these days. (now looking at the victim's mother)So have any nice proposals come for her lately?

Mother : well. yes, but she is saying no.It seems she wants to study furthur.what can we say?

aunty : see.i told you.if u want study.no ones stopping you. Do u want to study in the US? ok.we'll find a nice boy there for you.Or Europe?? that can also be done.(looking at mother again). In the US also,where ever she wants to study you can find someone close by.There are SOOOO many indians there.

Victim : heh. hmmm. uhh. let me write the exam first. Would you like some juice aunty?

Aunty(sensing change of topic) : No thanks.i have bad throat.Just went to the doctor that day.Actually, my doctor's sister's friend was my classmate in school. I heard her cousin and wife are in california.Looking out for their son I believe.He should be 26,working somwhere in Silicon Valley.I can find out if you want.

Victim : California?? i would love to get into Berkely! (starts dreaming)

Mother : So what is your sister's daughter doing? the one who studied in ASD college?

Aunty : You mean Kavitha? she is married. Has a baby now.2 yrs old.

Victim: ok.So she has a baby. but what is she DOING???

Aunty : err,she's married.

Victim: i know that. But what does she DO?

Aunty : i think she's planning to work. Her husband earns around 10 lacs per year.so.. u know..

Victim : no i dont.

(ding dong.doorbell rings)Mother opens the door.

Mother : look,its a courier.A wedding invitation. Your friend Meena is getting married on the 23rd of next month.

Victm : good for her. Im ecstatic?????

Mother : see..i told you..if your friends.............

Victim : *sigh*

....and thus it continues..

its exactly 4 hours and 40 minutes until log out time. This positively sucks! btw, i am at work, which you would probably have gathered from my last post.Everyone wants to make plans for sunday,even my team is planning some sad outing next sunday to some amusement park.dont ask me if i'll even CONSIDER going. Me answering this question might prove a tad dangerous coz i MIGHT be meeting the rest of the team at work tomo. same place but thankfully not the same time!

I was just going to say i was bored. AGAIN. Amma came into the room the other day when i was posting my sunday-work-polambals post, and she said "BORED. thats all you kids these days say, im bored. thats such an easy word to use". Excuse me. Do u mean that there was no such a thing as boring some 25,30,45, or even 57 yrs back??? Yeah we all hear the stories about the fun summer vacation at gummadipundi village at father's second cousin's grandma's place, which was so much FUN with some 19 other cousins.Sure it would have definately been fun, im not disputing the fact,but dont tell me there never was an occasional afternoon or two when u dint know what to do,and you had run out of ideas playing seven stones or goli or whatever.There would have been another word for boring,in telugu probably,something none of us modern day city kids know.

Thats not what i want to talk about now. I dont know what to talk about now. Call it a sad post! See..this is what happens when you are at work on a sunday evening!

will post again an hour or so later when im bored again. Me thinks i'l go and get something to eat now.

want to friendship with u

hey swetty seems gud yarr can v frndz???????????????

can i make friendship with u

Hi i was just bored..............opened orkut.............searched for new buddies...........saw lots of communities.......photos....searched till i found a cute girl..............she was a simple...........gud looking girl.........i couldnt continue searching........i m impressed.......how do i make her my friend.........shall i send her a friend request.........before that i ll message her........yeah thats a good idea.....here i proceed with lots of questions in my mind.......will she accept?? will she like me.......or will she atleast reply........now its upto her to reply......i can feel a smile on her face...........yes she wants to reply........i know for sure.would u like to be my friend...........


hi howz u what do u do ,r u interested for frdship ,decent pen frdship yaar,i know u would feel me as a stranger but even ur frds were strangers too once


hai iam r***** K**** im from tamilnadu i wan tto be ur friend , tell me som ehting ab tu and ur native na.. how r u how s ur studies going o n naaa . i like christian community a lots and also christian true friends so that i scrapp u paaa


hai (this one puts me off no end)


hi this is **** from chennai... do i know u? (the one that they think never fails)

wake up and smell the coffee guys.. do u think we girls are such dimwits to actually even *consider* replying to your lame posts/scraps??? and do u realise that the ones who do are actually guys with a girl's profile. the more number of 'i love chennai/hyd/bangalore girls' communities you see is inversely proportional to the feminity of the profile owner.

do u see me in an 'i love girls community'? no.
do u see schmetterling in an 'i love girls community'? no.
do u see any of us in an 'i love girls community'? no.

there!! now u get the picture dont u??

what really boggles the mind is do u really think these lines 'impress' us? that when we read them we are so enthralled by your verbal prowess that our fingers just fly across the keyboard in our hurry to reply?! relax. looking at ur picture does not make our day. so, just go out there and get to know the people around you. instead of wasting time.

i know its hard when our ravishing beauty and endless wit just might intrigue you even more. i have 2 words for u. ok maybe 3. Deal with it. :)