Wedding Bells
** All my comments are intended to make this blog a little humorous. I respect marriage as an institution. Most of whats coming up is made up, so please don’t relate it to me. Cause if you do, I am in deep trouble and if you are not strong enough so are you. **
Weddings are full of fun, laughter and happy memories. However they carry with them a decent amount of running around depending on who you are at the wedding. The run is of various types. I'll classify this for you. Its from my recent experiences at the activities at joining 2 souls as 1.
In broad categories your role assuming you are a male as a participant of a wedding ceremony or arrangement are listed below.
You as an Organizer–
Let us assume the case when your beloved brother falls in love. Now unless you yourself had a crush on the lady he chose, which by the way is another chapter, you take the role of an organizer. Your basic responsibilities are arranging for relatives to talk, you also become the next pin down the drain and you end up getting talked about more than the groom. To top it you feel embarrassed when you are introduced to a girl and left alone and all you think you have to tell her somehow is that you are engaged :).
I have a religious mom who is known for the demonstration she led across Church Street against alcohol advertisements. I also happen to have a set of drunkards who supposedly are my best pals so I also end up starting a “bar in the car” business.
As a Guest–
One of your friends @ college decides to get married. Your role as the popular guy in college becomes to arrange for everyone to agree to give a combined gift. The run around starts in conducting a poll on what to gift to gift:). After endless debates and researches on the possible gifts, we finally have suggestions “lets just hand them cash, let them decide what they want”. And then when no one turns up you have to do the explaining… pretending that everyone was dying to come but there was a earthquake all around the car they sat in and that the earth took them fifty feet under, that’s why they couldn’t reach or call ;).
Oops Wrong wedding–
This happens when you visit a wedding of a distant relative you have never seen in your life. After you have had dinner and you hand over the gift you realize that your relative is getting married in the adjacent hall… and this is just some innocent throat getting slit.
I am sure all of us have been guest to such weddings at some point in life and some of us stayed back at the wedding to continue our glare at the “Chick in red” in hope of her phone number :) and others just for the better food.
Your own wedding –
ha ha!! God save you. You are engaging yourself in a run around for life… Trust me it’s not worth it… Btw I am getting married soon. You’ll get your invitation soon. Make sure u make it to the correct hall. Cash is welcome as a gift as long as it's in plenty ;)
Again there may be many more... and that why we have a comments section...
Rana and Kiran congrats on your wedding... It was a fabulous to see you two getting married. Jyothi and Karthik … congrats to you two too... though your D-Day is this weekend... wishes from me and the internet in advance.
Hope life brings joys to you and all.
May all the couples who got married or will get married live happily. I also forward my condolence to the neighbors who will now on witness the banging of vessels lot more often esp at odd hours.
Cheers to the institution of marriage @ life!
Weddings are full of fun, laughter and happy memories. However they carry with them a decent amount of running around depending on who you are at the wedding. The run is of various types. I'll classify this for you. Its from my recent experiences at the activities at joining 2 souls as 1.
In broad categories your role assuming you are a male as a participant of a wedding ceremony or arrangement are listed below.
You as an Organizer–
Let us assume the case when your beloved brother falls in love. Now unless you yourself had a crush on the lady he chose, which by the way is another chapter, you take the role of an organizer. Your basic responsibilities are arranging for relatives to talk, you also become the next pin down the drain and you end up getting talked about more than the groom. To top it you feel embarrassed when you are introduced to a girl and left alone and all you think you have to tell her somehow is that you are engaged :).
I have a religious mom who is known for the demonstration she led across Church Street against alcohol advertisements. I also happen to have a set of drunkards who supposedly are my best pals so I also end up starting a “bar in the car” business.
As a Guest–
One of your friends @ college decides to get married. Your role as the popular guy in college becomes to arrange for everyone to agree to give a combined gift. The run around starts in conducting a poll on what to gift to gift:). After endless debates and researches on the possible gifts, we finally have suggestions “lets just hand them cash, let them decide what they want”. And then when no one turns up you have to do the explaining… pretending that everyone was dying to come but there was a earthquake all around the car they sat in and that the earth took them fifty feet under, that’s why they couldn’t reach or call ;).
Oops Wrong wedding–
This happens when you visit a wedding of a distant relative you have never seen in your life. After you have had dinner and you hand over the gift you realize that your relative is getting married in the adjacent hall… and this is just some innocent throat getting slit.
I am sure all of us have been guest to such weddings at some point in life and some of us stayed back at the wedding to continue our glare at the “Chick in red” in hope of her phone number :) and others just for the better food.
Your own wedding –
ha ha!! God save you. You are engaging yourself in a run around for life… Trust me it’s not worth it… Btw I am getting married soon. You’ll get your invitation soon. Make sure u make it to the correct hall. Cash is welcome as a gift as long as it's in plenty ;)
Again there may be many more... and that why we have a comments section...
Rana and Kiran congrats on your wedding... It was a fabulous to see you two getting married. Jyothi and Karthik … congrats to you two too... though your D-Day is this weekend... wishes from me and the internet in advance.
Hope life brings joys to you and all.
May all the couples who got married or will get married live happily. I also forward my condolence to the neighbors who will now on witness the banging of vessels lot more often esp at odd hours.
Cheers to the institution of marriage @ life!
posted by PrashantBatra | 6:48 AM
10 Comments:
Great job Dude.... this is just too cool.... talent oozing out of each word :)
leave wipro and rush to the nearest publishing house.... ;)
all the best.... i'll brave all earthquakes to drive to your wedding :)
dude ...great stuff.keep'em coming.
very well written.... :)
Too cool dude,keep up good writing!!Yes,the guys have a lot of running around to do at marriages,thats one reason where sports could come in handy :p
Cheers!!
Dooddoo as Bhagwan jee says:
beta all good things come to an end. so u will no longer be single n happy in 2 months time. 2 bad.
hilarious d00d !
ROFL .. seriously .. is it u who has written it .. cuz if u have then india needs u to write .. for the lack of talent and for the laziness of talented writers like urs truly [;)]
Great work .. one of the best pieces i have read in recent times. and to top it all its originally penned down by someone i know. i surely am honored !!!
abbey chaman chindi--royalty nikaal phaar using my name in thees blog.. ;-) great job man..cant believe ur still a techie ;-)
have fun see u this weekend...
Good stuff man...
Any plans of changing profession;)
go ahead !! :))
-varada
too good.... batra pa G... tusi te cha gaye !!!
Hello Prashant.. This is Archan from BIT 2001 CBS .. Just chanced upon your blog.. Are you still in Wipro?
Will visit more..
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