Need solution to a Universal Desi Problem... SHAADI!!
Yesterday I was at my cousin's wedding and we're born on the same day so naturally, the next finger was pointed at me, "When are you getting married?" Literally each and every elder relative, every uncle, aunt, bua, mama, kept asking the same thing. I touched everyone's feet, I smiled, said no, laughed it off but with time I got bored. Pulled a chair to a corner and sat down with headphones on, scrolling/watching something random.
Guess what? They started circling around me, one by one and started interrogating me like a criminal. They asked, Sonu (the cousin who's wedding was going on) is also getting married na? Then what's the problem? At this point I was frustrated so I just said, she probably wanted to and I don't want to, simple. Okay, one bua backed out getting upset at this answer but others persisted.
My only question to all of them from that point on was, "Why?". Get married, why?, you're old (24F btw), so what? What will people say, Who? Bring them to me. At this point my frustration was peaked and I said, if you guys just want to have a lavish lunch or dinner, tell me, I'll take you all out to a fancy place, eat all you want and I'll throw you an amazing party. One bua murmured, we have food at home. So I got angry and my mom and all cousins sensed that and pulled me aside, asked me to go home.
I really wanted to have a to rant there. I wanted to make it clear that if they never cared about me from the beginning, why all of a sudden care about me like they are thicker than my own blood. All they did was ask me 30 minutes ago about what I do now, THAT IS IT.
And now the sudden interest in my personal life, like why? They never showed up when I was in school, when I was in college, when I needed money for my Master's Degree, when I was trying to find a new job, when I need financial help, when I am job hunting right now, heck they don't even know me as a person apart from what I do right now. And even after all of this, even if I get married, they are not gonna arrange anything else apart from a groom. They are not paying for a marriage venue, they will not be helping my parents financially, they will not be arranging a washing machine or dishwasher, refrigerator, and stuff to 'care' about me so much. They are not gonna be helpful for ANYTHING other than attending the wedding and call names to my parents, the food we would serve and call names to other relatives, etc. Which is typical. And ohhhh I so wanted to say all of this to their face.
If they are that useless, what other job do they all have at my wedding that just stuff they faces with food, so then I'll give them the food and party they want right now and get it over with. Don't you think?