Married: To Be or Not To Be

That time of life,every man “that age” is thrown this question, when are you getting married? Do you have someone? Well,all good matches are already "taken" by the time they enter the corporate world :( (we never knew that we must book our matches very early like reserving a kindergarten application while the mother is still carrying the child) you are getting old, no girl will accept you (if the eligible bachelor doesn’t have that “some one”)? Some assume that you are running scared of responsibility!!!!(Man!As,though the married men never “lies” and are always “responsible”.

Once you are past those 29-30 years of age,you observe,your parents scramble like fighter jets (faster than them) and make sure all the other relatives are scrambling as well in order to find you the perfect match! Their phone (Technology is a bane) rings off the hook and all the conversations revolve about how a perfect match is this and how that match was close!

The match making criteria is getting tougher than CAT and IIT exams these days.The criterion for entering in to the “market” are many (listed few here)fair,handsome,tall(does it stop with that…na O_O) earning around 1 lakh a month with own house,bike and car having a UK work permit or at-least an US H1B and the "boy" should be just 26-27( Oh my God ! The guy should be having a currency printer at home and print money and the required visa on his own, that’s the only way he will fall in to the criteria).If the eligible bachelor falls in to the “bracket” as expected then comes the second round (tougher than most HR rounds) that the guy’s parents shouldn’t be with him and he must not have sisters, even if he has,only minimal relationship/contacts to be maintained.If somehow you get through the first two rounds then comes the final negotiations( Salary negotiations are easy!) that the " expected" match may or may not work and about how important is to share the house hold responsibilities( later we find out our job is only to "hold" the house hold and our work becomes part time).

Once you join the work (as husband, of course!!) you will never realize how great you are or were at multitasking, giving excuses and how efficiently you transform into various avatars right from a chauffeur to cook(Your Mom's face will express surprise and shock!You in Kitchen!!did you know where the kitchen was when you were "only" my son!) with élan and elegance. Meeting up and partying with friends becomes a dream .Watching and playing your favourite sport becomes a fantasy .Coming home late and talking on phone to someone at odd hours requires “permission”.Eating out and watching a movie is a crime if your better half doesn’t know about it and you will be made to stand outside (this is not a school) as punishment,sometimes your rations are cut (poor fellow he has no other choice other than to eat his own preparation).If he has Kids!It’s Game Over!

Married men think that single guys feel out of place when they get together, but for him it's funny how these matched men want to live like a single guy but speak that they are “very happy now“.For them the single guy becomes the coolest,they start envying secretly on seeing how the single guy enjoys his life.

Single guys knows marriage is an option and they can very well exercise other “useful options “,Without wondering will he ever fall in to the "bracket" or about how he can enter the market.He is adventerous, always a Go-to guy when friends need him.Single guy does what he wants,how he wants and more importantly when he wants! He can be a pauper but he still,lives like a King,with his never leaving friends to his calling,he cares for his family and responsible enough to lead a single carefree life!He can be a kid again, if he wants too, regardless of his age!

Well you decide, Married: To be or Not to be