A song from the movie 'Fiddler on the roof'. As it happened , I went and met my match.
I'll leave the details of how I got to know my match, but I'll describe the event that unfolded after that. Our parents decided that we should meet. I agreed.
There were two meetings, one in her house and one in mine.
So here goes....
My father, mother, mama and me took a cab from our house to their house which was about 6km away. On the way we stopped to buy fruits, flowers and sweets. We kept our appointed time and reached at sharp 4PM. I was nervous when i got off the cab and made sure, i was behind my parents all the time. Her parents greeted us warmly and I was still a bit nervous. We came to the door step, and uncle asked us to go in with our shoes, I took a step inside and then turned around to see that my dad and mama taking of their shoes. I turned around and removed my shoes too. When i went in , we were asked to sit. I saw her sitting next to her mother, grandmother and aunt. I began to fell nervous all over again. I tried looking at her, but at the same time, I tried not looking her into the eye. I kept looking up and down, left and right. In the end, her father suggested that we speak in private. That was a huge relief. But i still asked her a question or two whist there.
We then went upstairs and had a chat. I was no longer nervous, we kept talking while aunty gave us delicious snacks. I asked her a lot of questions and she replied to all of them and vice versa. I didn't notice the time, and I got a message. I didn't bother checking, and we went on and on. Suddenly I got a missed call. It was from my dad. I then checked the message, which was sent half and hour ago, ' Come when you are done'. Well, it seems that we were talking for more than an hour and people downstairs ran out of topics. So we came down and I bade goodbye.
I had made up my mind....
The next day, I got a call, and she wanted to meet me regarding some clarifications. So we met in Coffee Day. If she could work?...I was okay with that. And then came the bouncer, She insisted that Tamil would be spoken at Home. I said Okay. ('You can speak in Tamil and I can reply in English' :P ). But in a way I was glad, I always wanted to learn my mother tongue. After a while she was looking out the door onto the main road, and I did the same. We spoke a little in between gazing out at the main road. Perhaps we were out of topics.
It was late in the evening when I got to know that it was 'yes' from her too. So as per protocol, they needed to visit us at our place. I wasn't there, I missed the fun. My aunts from my father's side were there and one of them asked her to sing. I heard she sang well, my mother was all praises, and asked her to continue practicing.
Then they had the ceremony of exchanging plates and I am sure the plates were carrying something.
After all this was over, I got a call from my mami congratulating me, and she filled me in with the details about the dates etc.
I don't know about her, but it was a nice experience for me.
I'll leave the details of how I got to know my match, but I'll describe the event that unfolded after that. Our parents decided that we should meet. I agreed.
There were two meetings, one in her house and one in mine.
So here goes....
My father, mother, mama and me took a cab from our house to their house which was about 6km away. On the way we stopped to buy fruits, flowers and sweets. We kept our appointed time and reached at sharp 4PM. I was nervous when i got off the cab and made sure, i was behind my parents all the time. Her parents greeted us warmly and I was still a bit nervous. We came to the door step, and uncle asked us to go in with our shoes, I took a step inside and then turned around to see that my dad and mama taking of their shoes. I turned around and removed my shoes too. When i went in , we were asked to sit. I saw her sitting next to her mother, grandmother and aunt. I began to fell nervous all over again. I tried looking at her, but at the same time, I tried not looking her into the eye. I kept looking up and down, left and right. In the end, her father suggested that we speak in private. That was a huge relief. But i still asked her a question or two whist there.
We then went upstairs and had a chat. I was no longer nervous, we kept talking while aunty gave us delicious snacks. I asked her a lot of questions and she replied to all of them and vice versa. I didn't notice the time, and I got a message. I didn't bother checking, and we went on and on. Suddenly I got a missed call. It was from my dad. I then checked the message, which was sent half and hour ago, ' Come when you are done'. Well, it seems that we were talking for more than an hour and people downstairs ran out of topics. So we came down and I bade goodbye.
I had made up my mind....
The next day, I got a call, and she wanted to meet me regarding some clarifications. So we met in Coffee Day. If she could work?...I was okay with that. And then came the bouncer, She insisted that Tamil would be spoken at Home. I said Okay. ('You can speak in Tamil and I can reply in English' :P ). But in a way I was glad, I always wanted to learn my mother tongue. After a while she was looking out the door onto the main road, and I did the same. We spoke a little in between gazing out at the main road. Perhaps we were out of topics.
It was late in the evening when I got to know that it was 'yes' from her too. So as per protocol, they needed to visit us at our place. I wasn't there, I missed the fun. My aunts from my father's side were there and one of them asked her to sing. I heard she sang well, my mother was all praises, and asked her to continue practicing.
Then they had the ceremony of exchanging plates and I am sure the plates were carrying something.
After all this was over, I got a call from my mami congratulating me, and she filled me in with the details about the dates etc.
I don't know about her, but it was a nice experience for me.
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