112. How I Met My Wife 😊
How apt to
publish this blog on me turning 50 today and just a few days before my
anniversary😊!!
I was working in Delhi that time and I had to go to Bangalore for some work in the head office. Those days, my parents were looking out for a match for me. They told me that there are 3 girls lined up in Chennai and whenever I have the time, I can go to Chennai and meet them and their families. My company was paying the airfare for the to-and-fro from Delhi to Bangalore. I asked the HR to make the return air ticket from Chennai to Delhi. I went from Bangalore to Chennai by bus.
I went to my Uncle’s house in West Mambalam. I was told that he and his
wife and one more aunt of mine will accompany me to all the three places.
There were 2 two-wheelers available and we 4 can travel in them. The
meetings were sufficiently fixed so that there was time to visit all three and
spend some time at all the places. Before we started, I had told my uncle
that if I don’t like the girl, I will give him some indication and we can then
hasten things and come out of the place. I also told him that I don’t
want the girl to sing for me and that I will need some time alone with her for
talking to see if we are compatible. He agreed to all of this. But
said that the “talking alone” will be dependent on the family, as Chennai was
still very conservative at that time.
We went to the first place. The girl had her entire head covered in flowers and
had too much makeup on her face. The girls’ family asked the girl to do
namaskarams to us. I refused and asked her to do namaskaram to my uncle
and aunts instead. Within the next 2 minutes I indicated to my uncle that
we can leave now. He was more interested in eating the “bajji” and halwa that
was kept there. Later he told me that since they had already prepared it,
it would be bad if we did not take it 😊. Anyways, we left the place in the next 10 minutes informing
them that we will let them know.
While going to the 2nd place, I got hit by muddy water, thanks to a truck that
overtook me. It had rained the previous night and roads were somewhat
muddy. My shirt got dirty. I tried to stop at a nearby place which had a
tap and tried to remove the mud. The mud did come out but it left deep
marks on my shirt😊!! We then went to a
shop and I got myself a new shirt. We then proceeded to the next place,
which was my to-be-wife’s place.
She also wanted to do namaskaram to me, as per the instructions from her
family. I told her that she can instead do the namaskaram to my uncle and
aunts. I indicated to my uncle that I wanted to talk to her alone.
In the meanwhile, the girl was asked to sing a song. While she was
singing, I was trying to catch the attention of my uncle and wanted him to ask the
family if I can speak to her alone. Someone from the family saw my
“indications” and asked what I wanted. I then said that I wanted to speak
to the girl alone. They were initially shocked but then allowed me to
speak to her in the next room.
The talk went for over half an hour. During the talk, my aunt came twice
to the room and asked me if our talk was finished. I said it will take a
few more minutes. Later on, I came to know that my wife’s family and my
uncle/aunts had finished all their “general” talking and were just waiting for
our talk to be over😊. Hence my aunt was
sent to the room to see if we had finished our talking. During the
end of the talk I told the girl whether it was ok for her, if I said ok to the
marriage. She said ok. We came out and I told the girls’ father that my
father will call and talk to him the next day. I am still not able to
understand why I did not say Yes then and there😊. Maybe I wanted my father to convey the news rather than
myself. Later I asked my uncle to call the 3rd place and inform them that
we will not be able to make it that day as I had already found my wife!
The engagement
was fixed on 13th December and the marriage happened on 20th February the next
year. After the first meeting. I saw my wife only a day before the
marriage. The engagement happened without my presence😊. What to do, I was totally committed to my
work that time😊!! A few months after the
marriage, my wife told me that her brothers had told her that I looked like
Aravind Swamy (of Roja and Bombay fame)
😊, when I first visited her place. I am sure it
was not due to my tummy as that was earned some 4-5 years after my marriage!! Or maybe either me or my wife’s leg was being
pulled😊😊!!
Cheers!!
Today’s Daffy Definition
Wife – The woman who stands by her husband through all the trouble, he wouldn’t have had, if he would have stayed single 😊😊!!
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