Sunshine and Fire
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Friends Forever
Been wanting to write this post for long but a training program at office every afternoon for the past 2 weeks had me drained of energy. We had classes on Saturdays too :(
The weekend before it started was fun though. On September 30th we attended two weddings. The first wedding was of R & A. R is my closest friend from IMI and A is also a close friend and classmate. It's really exciting to be at a wedding where both the bride & the groom are your friends. Somehow you can't help thinking of how they used to fight, talk at length on the phone, made excuses to be together, made you the messenger :)
The second wedding was of AB & S. AB is one of our batch of 15 MBAs who joined this organization last year. S is his college sweetheart. For more than a year now, we've all seen AB glued to his mobile phone every free second. Wonder if marriage is going to change any of that.
So do love marriages really happen? I was surprised!!! For four years at CET, my friends & I had watched numerous couples in the acacia patch in front of the Ladies Hostel (LH). It was a great source of entertainment. You could set your watch by the time some dames left to meet their boyfriends. Its a different thing that the guy they went out to meet would probably change every semester. A few intolerable SFI/ABVP guys would start dating some female at the LH during election time (gave them more visibility and votes-effective campaigning). Then there were the extra cool females who'd date only guys with bikes.
Then there was us!!!!!! My friends whose admirers didn't appeal to them would join me as we sat on the verandah watching this daily routine. We would bet on how long each of these affairs would last. By the end of the four years we had become champs at the game. Almost all those affairs did end right there in front of us. I can barely remember 4 couples who got married.
But things seemed to have changed now. Now my friends were marrying the person of their choice and most importantly with their parents' blessing (inspite of some initial hiccups). How did the world change in 4 years?
I guess its not the world that has changed but my friends. The set I now have is 4 years older. Its more mature, responsible & sure abt what it wants in life. Their choice of a life partner does not depend on how good looking the girl is or how nice the bike/car the guy's father gave him is. These are couples who started out as friends & later realized that they wanted to be friends for life......mutual respect, great camraderie, similar aspirations are the foudations of their relationship. They support each other both in personal & professional life.The change is amazingly refreshing.
Finally, a word of admiration for the parents who have had such immense faith in their children to allow them to make the biggest decision of their lives themselves. It speaks volumes of their confidence in themselves as parents. A big toast to them! Cheers!!!!
I have realized that while I started this blog with the intention of making it witty & fun.....it mostly swerves off to become serious.....but what can I say.... this is what i wanted to write:)
P.S :
Today is Alex's Birthday...... Happy Birthday dear!!!
As I am about to publish this post.......this news ( http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/oct/17mattoo.htm) abt the Mattoo case has just come in. Some more refreshing change in India. Makes me really happy.
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