Indian Wedding’s Syndrome: What Will People Say?
One of my close friends shared a different outlook on Indian weddings that we ignore most of the times.
She’s not someone who has problems with marriage. She believes in marriage.
But I think we must see her view. And here’s I’ll try to show you how she described various stages of a wedding.
Engagement
No matter what’s your family condition, you must throw an engagement function. A fancy lunch or dinner organized by groom’s/bride’s families and they are expected to gift gold or expensive items.
She asked, Why?
They answered: “Because everyone is doing this.”
Shopping
Gold chains for groom and gold bangles for the bride. Gold items and clothes for mother-in law and father-in-law.
Clothes for the extended family (Uncountable uncles and aunts). And don’t even dare to miss out aunt’s husband’s younger sister’s child!
She asked, Why?
They answered: “What will people say?”
Wedding Day
Both families spend so much (even they don’t afford) on dinner and accommodation for guests but most of the people look for something that they can talk about like “The food was not good/Paneer was not fresh”.
She asked. “Do we really need to do this?”
Post Wedding
Even after the wedding, Bride has to put heavy/uncomfortable jewellery just for the sake of rituals. If the bride forgets to wear any jewellery, there’s always an aunt who will taunt that she’s not wearing enough jewellery.
The bride feels like she’s getting dressed for fancy dress competition.
She asked, Why?
They answered: “What will relatives and society say?”
She said: Wedding is more about two persons starting a new journey of life together and less about “What will relatives/society think?”
We NEED to think about it!
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