Some
well-meaning relatives in my life have only one ambition to execute this year.
They tell me that they can’t wait to shop like crazy for my wedding. And that, they
are getting old and might not be agile enough to perform all the wedding-related chores by the time I actually do get married. Therefore, I have been told to
seriously consider their plea.
Thirty
and not a sign of settling down, is considered a big deal in a woman’s life. My
parents, thankfully, don’t make it sound as big as the rest of the people in my
life do. I have started hearing their sympathetic tones lately.
So,
what should I do?
There
are 2 ways of sorting this out -
First
- I should let my parents do the groom hunt quite actively now and happily participate
in all the activities. I should let my profile flash on various matrimonial sites
and carefully choose to interact with the right prospective/s. Basically, I
should open myself to the route of an arranged marriage system.
Second
– I should wait for Mr. Right to come into my life. A dear friend KM
had once pointed out – ‘Onnu, don’t you think, you live in a fantasy world or
something? How long will you just sit on this and wait for your fairytale miracle
to happen to you?’
My
reply was, and is still the same – For as long as it takes.
Is
there still a third way of setting this up? I am yet to discover, if there is.
In
my mind, I am in no hurry to settle down. But, when I put my mind to rest for a
few hours, I wake up to this harsh reality of my life - where everyone around
me is screaming aloud in 3 different languages – ‘when are you getting married?
Kab shaadi kar rahi ho? Aei mey, kokhon beye korchish?’
Honestly,
I don’t know. I really DO NOT KNOW!
I
just know one thing it will happen when the Gods up there take time out to
decide upon my future. In the meantime, I can only keep my attitude as optimistic
as this sales executive at the Levi’s store, who claimed that I can never
outgrow the perfect 26-inch waistline! Also, as realistic as the parlour aunty
who recently asked me to replace my daily skincare products with anti-aging ones. Precisely,
that’s the reason why it is not tough to keep my outlook well-balanced.
And,
for some other strange reason, an acquired interest in the field of Sports, is currently
defining me as a person.
It’s
bound to instill in me the true spirit of sportsmanship, if nothing else.
P.S.
I
love aging. It brings forth a lot of maturity, humility, fun, and some elegant
laugh lines. 
