There will come a time in your life when you might be introduced to the novel idea that it is not just products that reach expiry dates, but people too!
I am reaching the 25 year mark very soon and needless to say that leaves some very worried parents wondering if their beautiful daughter will ever find a suitable match. If she will ever tie the knot.
You see us girls – the independent, power packed types, need to curtail our natural urge to give it right back to crappy people before they have had the time to say ‘Hello’ so to land the perfect groom, am told, we must sometimes hold our silence and have a little patience.
The truth is though we are no longer the one that Prince Charming will come charging for, going through the dense deadly forest. We will now have to maybe clear all the weed and charge towards the palace where ‘He’ is being imprisoned, and rescue him.
In the meantime though..here are some tips to get you through the intense, gruelling ordeal of Match Making, handed down to me by veterans, who have been there, survived that!
1# It may take you ages to determine whether a person is right for you… but it takes about 30 seconds to determine if they are wrong.
2# When visiting the match making aunty, be at your best behavior otherwise she will introduce you to only the ‘bad boys’; or worse still she could also bump you off the list of ‘The Suitable Girls’.
3# When meeting the guy for the first time – if you are a chatter box.. be just that, trying to be different can be utterly confusing. Mostly to you.
4# If you have an Incredible urge to be Incredibly honest just be Incredibly quiet!
5# Never discuss your shortcomings in the first meeting.
6# If he is not pretty, he is not allowed to have too many conditions.
7# If a guy is ‘too good to be true’, then he is..too good to be true!
8# When it comes to background search, trust your parents, they could put CIA and FBI to shame.
9# If the boy’s family wants to see your picture before seeing you, hide your photo.
10# When asked silly questions by the boy’s mother and sisters, answer with utmost sincerity; dumb people usually can’t deal with the wit.
And if nothing works..hang on. Given my love for quotes, I am going to leave you with one that touches my heart every time, So said Carrie Bradshaw, “Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with.“
Someday I hope I find someone who can match up to that idea, until then, like a friend says, “Love is Patient”.
Zahra Husain likes to live and think in ways she is not supposed to and she blogs at http://peepingjeans.wordpress.com/
Hilarious ! 😀
’25 year old itch’ seems to be the new plague in town. What is it about the figure ’25’ that worries parents?