Day before at lunchtime we were all sitting, and a very interesting topic came up.the usual topic of marriage, Radhika my daughter was narrating the weddings taking place in
Indonesia, the functions, and she needs to buy some clothes for the weddings coming ahead.
She has exhausted her dresses, they been seen everywhere in parties, and last time at her wedding what clothes my younger daughter Sita made, and bhabhi made , she took them and wore them for other functions, and they three are of almost same size, so her clothes come here, and clothes from here go there, a huge merrygo round which had me in splits.
We men are good this way.I have two suits stitched at her wedding , and its been 4 years, and no one tells me u are repeating the same stuff here and there.But ladies, well u should see the handbags they are carrying, look like suitcases to me.And the brands, well oh well, and whether they are original brands, or duplicates, and the topic goes on.We men are happy with the small wallets we carry, mine is just worn out, but I don’t change it, its still fine for me, and I feel a wallet in the pants is like your undies, no one else knows how old or worn out they are, just the owner knows.So why spend a few hundred bucks for a new one.
Well the topic came about marriages , and what the girls would prefer. Would the girl prefer India, where u have material omforts like maids, cooks, car drivers, etc, or searching for a NRI groom, but where the bride will have to work too, look after the soon to come kid, and do all the housework themselves.Given the choice, bhabhi said, first they would choose to go abroad, and undergo all the hassles, but would want to be independent of the inlaws, or the unmarried sister in law, they want the husband to themselves.
Bhabhi was saying she knows someone, who is looking for a “ Photo Mother in Law “, which I did not understand, and she said that is such a common phrase these days, meaning a dead MIL, whose photo hangs on the wall, who is dead, simple and straight.I could not stop laughing, sorry u mother in laws, or to be mother in laws, no offence meant, but I am just explaining to u, the preferences of the brides, who are choosing their life partners.
They are asking a lot of things now, these educated girls of today. They like a Dead MIL, just the only son, who will stand to inherit the property without hassles, and one who works overseas, so away from relatives.
The olden days of the MIL’s l ike Lalita Pawar are getting passé , where the lady used to terrorize the DIL.May be happening in villages among the uneducated, who are at the mercy of their inlaws, the educated urban ones, are calling the shots these days.
A cousin of mine, staying abroad, used to be brought to
India by his mother and taken all around
India to see girls. A very nice guy, but most of the girls rejected him.He is one of 3 brothers, with his dad in business, good family, but the girls asked him, how many times will u take me for discos outings, and he was a simple fellow, like me perhaps, and he said, once a week we will go out, what is in yr name, what property and bank balance u have, and he said I will inherit from my dad, right now nothing in my name, as was the case with me when I married.
The girls used to reject him rather than the other way around, and tell him he is good friend material but a lousy husband one, and used to invite him for dates.He used to come and relate to us the episodes, and we used to have a good laugh at his discomfiture, and goad him to tell us what what the girls asked him, and what he replied.
But God is there for everyone, and he ultimately married, and has two kids, and as they say , Bhagwan ke ghar Der Hai , Andher Nahin hai “ . God got him married.!!!
So u MIL’s and the to be MIL’s soon, no offence meant, but be careful the lady coming in would be more comfortable to see u on the wall in a nice framed picture of yours with a lovely garland, than see u sitting on the sofa.
Take care, and be careful, hale and hearty, and take heart. You have to win over the DIL!!!
KAMAL MAHTANI
A JOKE
Shaam chiragon se Saja rakhi Hai
Shart bottle se laga Rakhi Hai,
Shayad aa jaye koi humse bdi pyasa,
Yahi sochkar hamne thodsi bache rakhi hai.
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Equations
Equation 1
Human = eat + sleep + work + enjoy
Donkey = eat + sleep
Therefore:
Human = Donkey + Work + enjoy
Therefore:
Human-enjoy = Donkey + Work
In other words,
A Human that doesn't know how to enjoy = Donkey that works.
++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ ++ ++
Equation 2
Man = eat + sleep + earn money
Donkey = eat + sleep
Therefore:
Man = Donkey + earn money
Therefore:
Man-earn money = Donkey
In other words
Man who doesn't earn money = Donkey
++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +
Equation 3
Woman= eat + sleep + spend
Donkey = eat + sleep
Therefore:
Woman = Donkey + spend
Woman - spend = Donkey
In other words,
Woman who doesn't spend = Donkey
++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +
To Conclude:
From Equation 2 and Equation 3
Man who doesn't earn money = Woman who doesn't spend
So Man earns money not to let woman become a donkey!
And a woman spends not to let the man become a donkey!
So, We have:
Man + Woman = Donkey + earn money + Donkey + Spend money
Therefore from postulates 1 and 2, we can conclude
Man + Woman = 2 Donkeys that live happily together!
..Comparison of handbags and vallets are nice and too funny...
.Good stress buster 
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