Now after 15 years of their marriage,we guys never really look at the fact the she is not ''Indian'' and not that typical bahu or mami you would want.But now it doesn't matter and in this case she get a safe ground from my mama too who himself is not the typical mama,as he knows not even a single word of Hindi and also considered himself American and not Indian.
His response to the manger at an Indian restaurant in Germany asking him if he was a Indian,while we guys were having dinner was that ''I was just born in India''.And then he pointed his finger at me saying that''am not but she is the real Indian''.And i continued talking to the manager in Hindi.
As i was saying that now its not a important thing for us to think about her nationality or religion and earlier also i didn't because is was too young to really think about it but others are always like ''oye your mami is a foreigner and even your cousins are like angraze''
Our family was very chilled out about the fact that my mama was getting married to a foreigner,nani was just more than glad that at least he is finally getting married.
That was our side of story and i wondered what my mami's parents thought.My mama was a foreigner to them and they just might have had a stereotype about us Indians and might have resisted their marriage.
And i finally asked my mami,starting with general questions of how long they knew each other before they decided to get married,how did they meet and all...
She answered as she cooked dinner for us and then i asked if her parents were apprehensive about her getting married to an Indian?
She said no,not at all...and said that her parents were also glad that at least she is getting married.
And then she said something that you hear in movies so many times,but there i was listening to these so called glorious words that have been true in real life and these guys had made it work for 15 years.
And she said ''when you know he is the right one,you just know and then nothing matters.If you think he is not the one then just don't do it''
And i smiled a heart filled smile just the way silly girls do when they hear it in movies and then take a deep breath.
And she continued saying that we know how to live on our own and we just knew it.
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| Mama and Mami |
4 comments:
Cute story. Though am not really sure how the whole "you know it" thing works
Thank you.
I know,i too am not sure if the whole 'you just know it' really works or not.
May be few years down the line,i will update it with my story,whether i knew it or not.
Thanks again for the comment.
yes, i know that feeling. :) Thanks for writing, it was a good read.
Thank you! Glad you liked it and could relate to it :)
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