Uninvited

Marriages are made in heaven – It’s like a tag present on almost every product- made in china..!!! Well no one is offending the fact of their origin or production, but why all of them happen on the same day for a certain period of guru and sani’s happiest days. Why the discrimination towards those two dudes??? Seriously- One can’t enjoy the delicious food if one is invited to two marriages simultaneously on the same day and time. He will miss the food and not to mention about other perks at the other marriage which he cant make it on time.

Why cant marriages are distributed evenly for the whole 365 days so that one will have an occasion a day to take a break from his/her mom or wife or their own-self (in the worst case) made food and a female to dress up like a bee queen.

Well, coming to the point (which never existed), past week my family was invited to the whole dump of marriages for the 4 days and I alone attended every function on an average of 3 per day(treating my stomach as a dump-yard).

It is the last day of that dump and I felt relieved as I don’t have any for that evening/night. Living in the native place has its own privileges, in every street I can find an uncle and aunt who is related to me somehow (god knows. Pheww.!!), so its almost like a family gathering rather a marriage function. On that afternoon I went to a marriage and met my mom’s elder sis and I enquired about my cousin brother and told me that he is in home and need to attend his friend’s marriage that evening. We live in the same area so I am well aware of his friends and asked who is getting married? She replied “Sweety”..!! what? ‘sweety’?? her marriage, really? She is 27 though..!! I was literally shocked after listening to it and cant digest the fact that she is getting married.

Sweety- I dunno her full name until her marriage. She is my cousins classmate in school and college and both went on separate ways later and are really good friends till now. In my childhood i.e.,, my 6^th or 7^th std I went to my cousins annual day in school and the name of sweety babbled from every boys mouth. Later on I found from my cousin sister that she is like a top shot in the school with good behavior and character. Both of the families knew about each another (which I deduced later). So, in short I am hearing about her from 10 years and I really want to witness her marriage. On that evening my cousin called me for some other work and asked me if I have any interest to attend her marriage, I then said yes and asked him to pick me up as I don’t have any to attend.

We went inside the marriage hall and waited for his friends so that we all can eat together and her marriage is already started with her parents around them.  She used to be bubbly in the childhood as I hear but now (5/10) may be I kept too many expectations.!!!!

His friends have arrived and waited in line to eat and I am playing with my mobile. Suddenly someone touched my shoulder and called me ‘Rajesh’ by offering shake hand to me, I was shocked at once and returned with smile and showed him my cousin. That person is wearing the kind of clothes one wears to special occasions. He wished my cousin like a childhood friend and asked about my aunt, uncle and other cousins with their names.  (He is sweety’s father and she invited very few of her friends) and he assumed I am also one of them but failed to get my name or face. I felt lil ashamed and guilt for coming uninvited even though I hear about her.

Lesson 1: Never go uninvited even though she is your EX(nope..!!! not me).

I tried forgetting that with food- yes..!! it worked for that instant. We ate and sat at the end after eating and roaming, two aunties came to us and stared at us with a satisfied smile by seeing us and she started introducing my cousin and his friends with names and whereabouts to another aunty. She stopped suddenly by pointing the finger at me and trying hard to remember about my existence. She is scaring the hell out of me; I thought of giving her a break and told her that I am the cousin of rajesh. She smiled again and asked about myself. She stated in the end that ‘Hello, sandeep.!! She is the mother-in-law of sweety.’

Oh man.!! Why all bad things happen to me? I smiled and swallowed my anguish.

Lesson 2: If you are uninvited then pack your things after eating. Never do ramp walk around the whole marriage hall like you are the groom’s uncle and never roam with such batch as their parents come to you definitely at least once in the whole time.

She stayed there for a while and left, I was abashed and I was a free soul now as both of their parents are aware that I am officially uninvited. It felt like a big load is lifted off my chest and is waiting for flirtatious look. Another hand on my shoulder..!!! oh man..!! not again..!!who on earth is left to recognize me as uninvited. It is her younger brother turn now, as he is younger to me I thought of managing with a big fake laugh but err.!! No..!! like father like son..!!!

I stared at my cousin to please take me out of this. I rather listen to honey singh songs full day than getting another pointing finger to me by another kid and yell to me ‘Another intruder..! make him suffocate with questions!!’.(Yes.!! She had another younger brother)

P.S: I wondered, in most of the marriages I was invited to, I need to go to the hosts and need to show my face to them as a token of presence and in some I need to introduce myself as the s/o , g.s/0 so and so..!! Man..!!!! no one gave a damn about my presence in the function I was invited to but as an intruder I will get the attention of whole country it seems….!!!