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Indian theme series- arranged marriage meetings
Salted cashew nuts, samosas, and lassi on the table. A lump in your throat. The big day is here.
The guy’s mother will grill you about the lone pimple on your face. Ask you about the recipes for chicken tikka masala, okras with onions, and more. She will check if you walk funny and laugh afterwards. You will laugh with her as well, otherwise coz it’s the right thing to do for girls who want to get married. She will ask you to change into a sari, and you will play it by the book. Will tell you about his wonderful son, and how he knows cooking like a donkey knows growing vegetables.
His grandmother would ask if you could cook, and you would nod positively.
The guy’s sister will stare at you. Sometimes, there would be a hint of a smile in her lips and sometimes she would watch you like she knows all the boys you loved before. She will steal glances at the gold jewellery you have on, as well. Will stand beside you to examine if you are really 5”5.
The guy’s father will cross-check your marks in your certificates. Your birth date in your birth certificate. Query the number of bones in the human body and more things that you studied in highschool. He will joke about your mom being fairer than you, and everyone would…
