LOVE CUM ARRANGE

Loud laughter of few ladies in a dining area of a restaurant is attracting the visitors and onlookers over there.

Uff ..These ladies. How noisy they are.

Two attendants were chatting casually. 

Their group was getting warmer and warmer..ladies were chatting enthusiastically without break as the topic was of their interest. 

RIA aiming Suni, “Suni you are lucky. You did love marriage, fortunately living alone also.”

Suni says indifferently, “ Fair enough! In that case Preeti must be luckier than me.” 

In chorus voice came, “ why so???”

Suni sincerely explains, “ look, she is choice of her in laws as her marriage is arranged. That too she is living separate from them. So, she has double benefit" 

“ That’s true. But living alone is also not an easy job. Sometimes it becomes so difficult to manage everything at home without any support. Household chores, then office, then kids, then bla bla..it seems that you are going to tear apart into several pieces.” Preeti utter in a breath.

Again echoes of chorus, “yeah agree.”

RIA speaks again, “ I got your point. But look I’m also choice of my in laws and I live with them. There are many plus but we often get into too much arguments and it ends up with so much ugliness. Moreover I go to my mother’s place for a break.” 

All ladies started chuckling restlessly. In the mean time Suchita picks up her mobile and makes up a call, “ Maa! I will come with in an hour.” “ yeah! Our lunch is about to end.” “ Hmmm! I get something take away for them" “ What about you? Do you want something specific ?” “Alright I will get it.” Call ended and silence too ended abruptly. 

“ Ohhh Suchita..how can you have so much patience. How can you talk so much?? Is it. needed to tell everything to your mom in law.” Someone panicked.

“ Your marriage is also love marriage but you seem to be tied up by so many rules.” Suni speaks.

Suchita patiently speaks word by word, “ look friends. Although my marriage is love cum arrange. I have obligations and responsibilities of both the sides. I can’t runaway to my mother’s home for petty issues neither I can show my dominance to my in laws. Not because, I was not their’s choice but for I want to get along with them amiably.” 

“ Not only this, either it is love , arrange, love cum arrange whatever type of marriage is there, it’s our responsibility to manage it and handle it peacefully.”

“Because it is not bounded by nuptial knots, but by thought and determination. Once my brother said it’s easy to have a fort. But it’s too difficult to maintain it. And marriage is like a fort. So it requires too much efforts. I m also trying to get into it deep as I want to float not to drown. I neither want to swim in shallow water as one day it can throw me out.. so whatever I'm doing I’m happy with it. One more thing, marriage itself says “merry a age" ( marriage) to make life happy. So I’m just trying to do so..”

Everyone was looking at her with eyes wide open and speechlessly. Yes, she is right. They all are doing the same things but in different ways. Since they also want to be merry for a age.