Birthday Boogies

Ah.. its that time of the year again. The time when your family suddenly realizes they lost a year and start on their endeavor anew only to again lose steam 3 months down the line. Am talking of the strategies leading up to the merger that was once a bond, then a relationship, then became an institution, then an easy visa and soon will be a gimmick, aka marriage. In India, people are so excited about marriages. It doesn't matter whether you want it or not, but you ll get excited talking of it. It probably has got something to do with the all the flowers pairing up and touching each other every time the hero takes a break from his antics. (Thank god for Star Movies, it was one of the main reasons for the braking on the population growth) With some of my friends getting married, it was time for my folks to get cracking on it too. I can tell you that half the population, me included, doesn't know if they want to get married or not. Sometimes they meet the right person they like and they go ahead. But for the ones who have not or do not know if they have or not, life can be as confusing as trying to decipher the lyrics in an ARR song. So, here are the top 10 tried and tested (a lot!) excuses you can give to your parents for pushing the strategic planning and hence the operations research and capital budgeting (We are MBAs no?) to a wee little later date or at least make them inactive till you go home after some 8 months. Some are single dose and some are to be given with every conversation.

1) Wait till my placements… We will know the exact location and worth then…

2) I need to earn and stand on my own feet and pay for brother's education…

3) What happened to XYZ aunty's son's brother-in-law?

4) Find a person who is equal to me… No, not better, not worse, equal, EXACTLY EQUAL!

5) Yeah… On a diet… 3 months and you can start…

6) How can I leave you all and go live with someone else?

7) I think brother likes some girl. Go talk to him first…

8) AR Rahman is too good for Ilayaraja…

9) When I bend my head, I hear this knocking noise in my ear… Try to contact some ENT no?

10) I think I love my roommate…


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