Category: Love

22 Jun 2004

Pounds of flesh?

Posted by krits in Love | 6:06pm


What's entirely ridiculous is that the rich and famous of the world think nothing of spending an insane 30 mn pounds (where's the darn pound sign on this keyboard anyway?) on a wedding! Somehow that figure will be printed in my mind for eternity – not as a benchmark for my own fairy tale wedding that I'll have someday – but as a reminder of how people lose perspective when middle-aged.

Ok, marriage is a big deal – but I would be consumed by guilt if I knew my daddy spent that much on my big day! No matter if he was Mr.Rich (of Richie Rich fame, or in this case, mr.mittal fame).

I would rather spend those bucks on shopping, or travelling the world a 100 times over, or (this sounds miss-universe-y) send a few poor kids to school.

Besides, I wouldn't want to put a price on a relationship. 'Mine's precious – I spent 30 mn on him, how 'bout you?' and so on. Everytime I looked at the guy, I would be thinking 'I pad a fortune for him, how dare he refuse to paint my toenails?!'

Of course, part of me wishes I could get married in a castle – royal entourage and all, but part of me wants to visit Saturn too.

I wouldn't want a price on my head. I don't want to be known as 'the girl who had the biggest wedding in the world'. I'm just a number then, an entity expressed in currency.

It just seems grossly inadequate, don't you think?

 Anyway, and god forbid I discover the guy I'm supposed to spend the rest of my life with is gay, or deranged, or a serial killer, or impotent, or wears polka dotted underwear? I would probably live with him anyway because the alimony certainly wouldn't be a motivating factor.

I know to the daddy, she's his little girl – and he wants to see her over the moon on her shaadi – but did he ever think he would be making her miserable for life?

And not to forget the impossible standards daddy will be setting for millions of other daddies worldwide who would bend over backwards to see that glitter in her wide brown eyes.



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