Resumption of wedding season

Yup! It’ that time of year again where the weddings take place like everybody is in a cosmic race to get to the finishing line marked by the words 'I do' and you stand on the sidelines in your finery and hope that someday soon you too shall saying the same words.

Well, so much for saying those words, I have discovered a new delight in buying wedding presents. This week heralds three important ceremonies. Usman and Saba’s wedding is this coming Sunday. Shakeel who is my colleague and also trained with me in Karachi is getting married this Friday and one wedding that I Have already attended is Omer Bhai’s. Omer Bhai is Saddy’s cousin and was my senior in school. Yesterday, I met his bride for the first time and she turned out to be my senior from University, It’s a small world indeed. They both looked so happy together MashaAllah. Omer Bhai especially and I also got an invitation to visit them in Hyderabad which I readily accepted as I do plan on going to Karachi soon and of course I have to visit Jia in Hyderabad.

Speaking of Jia, I got a good scolding from her this Eid day when I called her from work. She totally freaked out when I told her I was working this eid. I got to hear the whole 'settle down, you never wanted to work, what happened to you' brigade all over again. I tried to calm her by saying that I will take my some days off to relax and she very rightly said that if I can’t relax on eid, what for and when will I ever relax.

Saddy looked gorgeous in white (white being my very favorite color) and me, I’ve always been content with being her nazar batoo. Yesterday, I wore my sari for the first time so needless to say, I was very nervous. I didn’t even feel like getting up from my chair and was the last to get dinner. I also met quite a lot of my old teachers who all went like…’look at you, you’ve changed so much’. What’s changed? I don’t know and I doubt if they know either. Then, this girl whom I don’t know at all, not even vaguely, stopped me and just said, I want to take your picture and I just mumbled a ‘why’? I guess my expression was enough for her to back off. But if I had given my consent, I’d probably have been featured on some girly magazine’s latest issue under the title ‘how not to wear a sari’. I also ran into this old classmate of mine from school. I was sitting in front of her for some twenty minutes and just when I was getting up to leave, I saw her and went to say hi. And she said the same thing…'I didn’t recognize you…you’ve changed so much'. What? Will somebody please tell me what’s changed already and whether the change is good or bad? Ambiguity seems to have become a norm.

Anyhoo, it was heartening to see two people so happy together MashaAllah. I am really looking forward to Usman and Saba’s wedding and will probably attend Shakeel’s Barat in Gujranwala. I may not be one for match-making at weddings and well weddings in general which are a waste of money but I am all for people getting married and staying happily married despite all odds. So here's to matrimony, the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented!