I'm In Deep Shit

On my B'day, one of my friends Veena had come home to wish me. She was at my place for maybe 20 mins when my cousin Sriji came home. I opened the door for him, he said "Hi Bro" to me, and then he saw Veena sitting on the chair, and the next thing you know - he had a weird accusatory looks in his eyes. Maybe I'm just imagining things, but, I am goddamn sure he smelled a rat.

And what psyches me out is, just the previous night, me and Sriji were having a conversation about marriage. In other words, he was trying to convince me to get married and start a family soon, and I was vehemently disagreeing to the idea.
And just the very next day, he "catches" me with a girl in my house. Enough evidence for anyone to smell a rat - ain't it!


Sriji just went home, to Chennai, for the weekend. I am sure he would have mentioned this incident to my sister (his wife). I was planning to go to Chennai this coming weekend to attend a cousin's marriage (yes ... if you haven't guessed by now - I have a lot of cousins). I am guessing that my sis might bring up this little incident during my stay in Chennai. As a matter of fact, I am pretty sure she will.

But, that does not, in the least bit, scare me. I can explain to my sis that - "Me and Veena are just good friends, and since she stays nearby, she decided to pop in and wish me Happy B'day" - and I am sure she will understand. After all, she is a broad minded person and I'm sure she too has friends pop in now and then.

What scares me is - in the event that she casually mentions this to my Valliamma (aunt) or my Mom, and given that they both are from "Old School", since I have no better of way of putting it, let me put it point blank - I AM DOOMED!!!

Seriously man ... I have a gut feeling that Mom and Valliamma won't be convinced by the whole "We're just good friends" bit. And add to it the factor that I am staying alone and that too in a "big bad city" (according to mom) like Bangalore, I am sure mom would go ballistic.

For those wondering "Why is he so scared of his mom goes ballistic? He's a grown up kid, and I am sure he doesn't get whipped anymore!"
Well buddy, she won't whip me, but surely an incident like this is likely to re-ignite mom's insecurities about her son going astray, and THAT, is more than enough for her to re-start pressuring me to get married!!!


I had been through a similar "pressuring-to-get-married" phase around 1 year back - thanks to a stupid slip-up (courtesy my brother), and trust me when I say my mom can get really really nagging in such scenarios. It took me 6 months of threatening to "not call home and never come back" before she finally let up and "gave me" 2 more years before I had to settle down (aka get married).

God knows what's going to happen to me this time around. Honestly speaking - I am toooooooooooooooooooooo scared to even think!!!

Worst case, please check this blog in another 3 weeks time ... You just might find my marriage invitation posted here!!!