When it’s time .... ?

WHEN you start feeling like………….. it’s time? Ahhh... well..... when you see others with their family which seems super happy at a random office party. Or while having dinner at a posh restaurant with your good old friend; you see only couples or families around you. Or while shopping alone you see the couple next to you ( again I must say : happy ....... apparently ) helping each other ( .... in choosing cloths ... only .... in a crowded mall what else can they do ...... tell me !!!!!! ).Or after a long day’s work when you spill milk all over your kitchen while boiling it. Or when you suddenly realize many of your old friends are married now ( Rather I would like to describe this as following ...... “Or when you suddenly discover many of your old friends have forged their own conscious and chose to dive into the deepest well knowing that there is no way out of it ”............... in short “committed suicide ...... but still alive” ). Or .... well this list can go on and on. But you know what I feel; the last one is the strongest one to at least make you think about it though it’s almost like generalizing any misdeed. It’s like saying all police are the wickedest form of thieves, goons and bustards though all under the species are not same. May be a few of them; but not all. What I’m trying to convey here is if you thing a bit deeper what you’ll find is you are focusing on the counting few who committed the misdeed ( well ... committing suicide is illegal in Indian penal code ); in short you are making the mistake of generalization (At this point let me warn you: this piece of information is heavily time and reader’s age dependent. At my present age the above information is true but I doubt 5 years down the line it will not be ).Anyways ... these technical discussions aside; basically these incidents forces every bachelor ( event the most cautious soul like me ) to ask the question ...... is it time . ....?

WHEN someone asks me “when’ll you get married” I generally give this reply ... ( by the way; this reply has become very famous now a days ....... )

“..... I know that nobody is immortal; but I tend to live a bit longer than the average ......”

And trust me .................. I really mean it. But you know what ... at times these things around you does not help much. After all ......... who loves to clean milk bathed kitchen all alone at 1 a.m. in the morning? All this happened only because I felt really really hungry at 12:30 am; initially I chose to skip dinner that night; rest of it ... you should guess. At this very point you might start thinking about the television advertisement about a good looking wife preparing delicious food for her husband though he is late form office. And ...... voila ... she is having good "Jilabi" with her at the movie theater too.... ( ahha; what a lucky dog )

BUT when you think a bit deeper you'll certainly realize about the "other side of the coin". Beneath the silver lining there are sad things which; earlier you realize … is better for you. It’s like so called “big sale” of now a day’s shopping malls. There would be a big advertisement saying … “up to 50% off *”. Now what this small “*” signifies is what you need to do to avail the discount which most of the cases is devastating. Say you jump into the well ……….. and if you are lucky enough you might get a few things which let’s say you could do without in most of the cases; like “home made food i.e. a good cook” ( ahhhhh…. this might not be appealing to all; specially to those who live with their parents; but let me tell you; I stay alone and it really sucks when you realize you have to do with milk and oat at midnight as you have no other options left ) or “a good cleaner / organizer” ( I certainly won’t elaborate on this point ) and few other things …… ( few in the list are beyond the scope of this blog ). But how about the *? What all are you doing to get these things? Let’s see ….. have you ever seen any of your married colleague to go out with you on weekends to checkout the latest trendy bar in the town? Or when did you last able to pursue your married colleagues to go on special Friday night outs? If you were able to then those are exceptions. Remember I told about a random couple in a shopping mall helping each other; I remember seeing the same couple later that day outside the mall. The poor fellow carrying dozens of bags and following his wife faithfully ( like a dog would be a good analogy ).

LET’S analyze the scenarios after the inevitable “disaster”. The best case scenario would be you becoming her grosser, ATM machine, shopping companion, driver, load carrier ( you decided to fall for the saga; you have to pay of course ). And the worst case ? Well …. all of the previous list; plus cook, cleaner ( i.e. forget about the discount and pay double ).

I would like to end this blog with a very nice proverb in Bengali which goes like this :

“There are two kind of men in this world : married and alive …”

And as I earlier said no one can be immortal; but why not live longer than average??????

[ P.S: Needless to say that I’m still “alive” and zero experience might have shown its effect on last few paragraphs. So it would be good to receive enriching comments specially from those who are helpless now ]