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       So, after a hectic day at work, I just thought to take an errand on a full moon evening, where a cool zephyr was breezing all over the township and as if pleading everyone to come out of their wooziness and cuddle it with their open arms. In fact, the way Almighty the Sun was blazing down on all of us in the last few days, I was quite desperate to embrace such a rare phenomenon of the deadly summer; and surely I would be fool enough to miss it. But, since I am bound to break the promises (specially made to myself and may be because of my lackadaisical approach), after reaching my room, without getting myself undressed, I decided to open the shoddy closet and ransack my laptop that was hidden somewhere beneath the pile of filthy clothes kept in total disarray. Finally, the moment came to exhale a sigh of breath when I found it lying somewhere there. To be honest, I wanted to cherish the moment, but then I realized that it is just too common for me and why should I waste my precious time in celebrating it. Yes; you might think I am talking insane, but there is a plausible reason behind it. The rationale behind being such a jerk was - I just wanted to get an update on my kith and kin and their ongoing activities through “Facebook” – A so-called techno-gathering place to rendezvous.

After waking my obsolete system up from “SLEEP” mode, I had just to refresh an already opened idle tab of FB; but unfortunately, it was taking too much time. In fact, more the time it was taking to get refreshed, more the frustration started to show up on my face. It seemed like damn ISP (Internet Service Provider) too was checking my patience on the very day; thanks to the slow network I was receiving because of a sudden climate change. Then suddenly from nowhere, my laptop detected the Wi-Fi signal “Shameless”. However, my FB page was still loading in a way as if it was half asleep and I was forcibly trying to wake it up. Finally, after a long struggle of two and half minutes or so, it got loaded successfully.

Then the moment came I was longing for. I started to overlook every monotonous post that was coming along the way and scroll down the page in a hope of stumbling upon something which could exhilarate me and make me feel that I did the right thing of sacrificing the chance of embracing the cool air breezing outside. But to my bad, after glancing over nearly ten posts, I realized that out of these seemingly dull posts, three were related to “__ got married to __” message. In fact, one of my friends, one who is as carefree as no one I have ever seen in my life and one who had never taken marriage kind of thing seriously in the past, dared to post a wedding invitation over FB to all his so called best friends and closed relatives. This had literally forced me to throw my chair back to somewhere near my wardrobe in a total displeasure. I mean, where is the custom to come over at someone’s house and request each and every member of the family to bless the couple on the so-called opportune day!(One comes to know whether it was actually an auspicious day or not only when one gets married.) This had totally changed my mood and allowed the thought of resentment to circumvent my mind from losing the opportunity to taste the outside thunder. Finally, I thought it’s a matter of great exigency; and I seriously needed to contemplate about it with a clear head. Ultimately, I decided to keep my laptop in “SLEEP” mode for a while and go on the balcony, just to let a gentle breeze do the talking with my mind.

In fact, my decision to have a pause of just 15 minutes or so on the balcony had really paid me off. I know, my initial reaction after seeing those posts and a wedding invitation was quite unusual to you all; but if you asked me, I could have still backed up my earlier deed. The simple justification for my behavior that I could possibly give was – Those posts and an invitation had again reminded me of all time famous debatable topic “Marriage”; and it had again put me in a quandary to judge whether my friends were getting married very early and losing the charm of being a bachelor or I was on a verge of becoming an old proposal. Quite ironic to my initial misconduct, now I decided to be an open-headed guy and try to collect insights from my friends, colleagues and closed ones who are still sailing in the same boat paddled by the betrothal of marriage and then judge whether my initial conduct was actually adding up or not. This resolution of a time being had really rejuvenated me and allowed me to step into my room with a smile on my face. Finally, without waking my system up again from “SLEEP” mode, I decided to lie down on my bed without letting conjugal related thoughts hover over my head. This self-insistence had been the real reason to let me fell asleep in no time.

The next day, in between doing my painstaking work, I was curiously moving in and out of my chair and meeting my already married colleagues in hope that they would share their after-marriage experience. However, the kind of response that I received was the real reason behind myself not finding at my desk frequently. I was easily able to see the extremism associated with the marriage. Few of them were continuously weighing upon how their marriage had made them realize about the responsibility that comes along; however the left ones were constantly focusing on things like how they were caught up in catch-22 where there is no other way to get out of it. I wanted to know about the life of being parents also; so I went to such colleague-cum-parents as well. But to my surprise, I was quite astonished to see the person of such category to whom I first met, a father of 2 children, mentioning a very catchy quote “Dad mostly rocks; but mom always rules”. Finally, after taking insights from few more, I decided to return at my desk. Quite ironic to the way I came that day with a clear head, I was now left with a maze to solve. I started to pack myself up for the day. After taking my knapsack back on my shoulder, I began to walk down the isle and then sign off for the day at the building gate. After registering my closing time there, I strolled down with a confused mind till the main gate. Then from there till reaching my room, I again witnessed a cool air breezing along my way. But, this time, I determined myself embrace it rather than spoiling the evening like earlier.

Note: There are few things in the World which are quite obscure and yes, marriage is one of them. The more you want to understand it, the lesser you will get to know about it. So, it’s better to enjoy your life until the time when marriage becomes a part of your left days. You never know which side your boat will sail to.

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