THE WEDDING (continued)

The courtship
I was too overwhelmed the day they came home to see me. i felt like i was one of these hot air balloons, filled with light gas, floating away in space. I texted my man only the next day. Later on i would come to know that he was eagerly awaiting my call the very same day and when that didn’t happen, he had almost crossed me off his “potential brides” list!!!
I was at work, my man called, asked if i wanted to meet. I said yes. We met (of all the places ) at Shree Mithai (that was the closest “hangout” near my office).
Boy was i glad to finnnnaaallly find out he was not “mundhirikottai” types!!! What a relief. He was dressed rather cool. I thought in my mind “ i like i like”! i fell for his charm, good looks & sweet words. (his best weapons! Only later on will i learn how effective they are in turning me into a warm gooey willing flunky. LOL!!) we sat down to talk or rather i should say, we sat down and he talked!!!! Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah !! then there would be two minutes gap where i would talk. Oh what things i did that day to seem impressionable. I had read somewhere that when your out on a 1st date, you should order food which is simple to eat & it should be a small portion .you are supposed to chew and eat slowly. Imagine my plight, who wouldn’t wanna step into Shree Mithai & not want to eat everything! Not just eat but gobble it all down. I had to control all that, we ordered, get this 1 measly grilled sandwich which we split. My dreams of sloppy pani puri were not gonna be fulfilled. Anyways when i was walking back to the office, my “gudiding flash” gave me a very warm n gooey feeling which i interpreted as . maapillai selected!!! :D :D atleast i was wishing to pursue it further if not jump into marriage immediately.that was our 1st meeting outside.
Needless to say, that evening, after work, i went to Shree Mithai and gobbled all that i had lusted for that noon(yup! I had Pani puri also..note the also;)) & headed home with a happy tummy!!
Everyday after that day we met. I was getting to know him and like him. Days flew into weeks and by the end of a month we were engaged!!

The engagement
We were engaged on 30th of April. My engagement was a mini kalyanam. When asked how many of their relatives would attend, we were told that they were expecting 80 people. Yup , you read it right, 80!!!!! My man went off to theUK to complete his project. He flew down only on the D- Day.
My first introduction to the Bhuvaneswaram clan was when i walked onto the stage. A hush fell over the place, i had this insane urge to giggle in a high pitched voice. Thank god for prithi, reema and reshmi. They were by my side throughout the evening. When i sat down, all i wanted to say was “nooooo i don’t wanna know you all”! LOL!!!
On that day, God wanted to test how far i could persevere. He sent demons in the form of a photographer & videographer!! They would follow my every move. I felt like i was on reality tv! (have you guys seen Ed Tv?? I felt like i was ED)! They would follow me around saying “ madam indha side, madam konjam sirunga, madam chin down” ( now what the hell chin down meant, i don’t know, because however down my chin was, for them it jus had to be downnner)!!
At the end of it, i thought i could retire to my room and change (finally) but nope. They wanted to film my man and me having a cosy conversation in front of (picture this) some 20 people. The awkward silence during this melee was punctuated with raucous remarks from Pri which went something like “Come on Pavi, Don’t tell me your shy! We don’t know what shyness is remember”. You can see this awkward & extremely embarrassing “cozy conversation” even today in my engagement video. The buggers couldn’t let it go, they had to put it in!!
Our “ cosy conversation” was a fitting end to the evening. All of us went home happy. I was a lil buzzed, thanks to all the anxiousness & nervous tension. But yeah twas a great evening!
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