If you’re happy** and you know it and you really want to share it with your family, brace yourselves for comments like:
“What’s the great news? Are you getting married? Already found someone?”
Haha. You really thought I was going to announce just that in front of the entire family?
Then:
“Bohat mubarak ho!! Allah tumharay naseeb achay karay.”
“Ohhh I’m so happy for you! *Insert jhappi* Allah tumhain bohat acha miya de.”
“Haye that’s so wonderful! May Allah give you more success in this life and Hereafter. And may you have a great husband/ married life.”
“I am so happy about your success! Also I was just saying to your uncle that may you get a spouse like —. Then your uncle said, why not a spouse even better than —. I said yes, may so be!”
OH, MY, ALLAH!!! I am looking for presents not husband atm!!
* in a desi aka (blunt stereotype but) obsessed-with-shadi society
** about ANYTHING ELSE LITERALLY
*** not saying these are the only kind of responses cuz there’s an AMAZING variety but you get the point
Randomly Abstract 
Yes.. A Best Present…
Finding Yourself
First
Before
Replacing
Self with
Someone else..:)
🙂
:)x2:)
Quite understandable, but isn’t it that this sincerity and concern completes our so-splendid and cheerful desi lives? At times it could be irritating, but in fact, it is the beauty of our ethos – full of vibrant colors, memories and happiness. Good times! Cheers!
Not disagreeing with you on that. Not doubting on their love or sincerity either 🙂 but it’s the shadi-centered ideology that comes every time, for most girls in our setup, just about everywhere, and usually from a very early age.
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*Insert jhappi* haha cute. XD
😀
Haha! Spot on!
😁😅
I can relate to this… this happens almost every eid with me.. all the mothers of my friends say these things to me…
SIGH! How do you respond? There was this scene and I was going to share a news that was entirely academic (will write about it later hopefully) when I got my first comment of the kind. I was like, okay then, and very dramatically: “Hello everyone, mainay shadi karli hai.” Everyone laughed. Then I got on with the original thing.
lol.. when people ask me.. i tell them im not interested in ruining my life anytime soon xD
So does this mean you are bracing yourself for these? 😜
it means something cool happened but u nowhere
Lol..quite relatable! I am in phase 2 ‘ when are you having kids ? ‘
Haha! It probably never ends. Or at least, perhaps, not until we become one of those aunties too.
Lol. I guess girls face these more than guys. We are mostly asked about our jobs and salaries, which of course, is not an enquiry about your career goals but an indirect trick of checking whether you are marriage material or not.
Hah, I am sure it must be awkward. And yeah I do think we girls face it more. Goals enquiry door ki baat it ENDS on gol roti. xD