Normal Life of A 21 year old Female Indian Brahmin - Part 3
“Trisha, can you take this Wednesday off??”
“No Amma, I have a release on that day, I can’t”
“Please Trisha; our astrologer says it’s a really good day to buy the wedding sarees and the thirumangalyam and I have already invited your mother in law to come with us”
“MOM”
“Don’t glare Trisha , We are doing everything we can to make you happy ”
“You should have checked with me first, I can just take the day off, I have work”
“You are going to quit in 3 weeks and go to the US,so what is the problem? , btw did you inform your people at office?”
“I still have to help the new person filling up for me and I have to finish all my pending work and Yes, I informed them”
“What about Wednesday?”
“Amma, I am sorry I can’t take the day off, ill agree to any saree you pick up, you know me better than I do”
“Your mother in law won’t be too happy”
“Mom please, I am really tired, I have had a hard day at work OK so I am going to sleep now”
“Don’t you want to eat??”
“No mom”
“Tomorrow is a Saturday, can you at least come out tomorrow for the vessels shopping??”
“Can’t you take one of my aunts, what will I do in a vessels shop??”
“God, no point talking to you Trisha, just do what you want, you always get your way”
“So True, I always get me way”
“Don’t be sarcastic, I pity Krishna already”
“Good night Mom”
Trisha goes up to her room and wakes up her sleeping computer only to find an off line from Krishna
“Hi Trish, Can I Talk tomorrow 8 am IST?”
Trisha writes “Yes you can, if I am awake”
“Yawn!”
“God I better get to bed”
8 am Saturday, Trisha’s cell phone rings
“Crap who the hell is this??”
“Hello”
“Hi Trish, rise and shine”
“Oh! Hi Krish”
“Sorry Trish, did I wake you up? You sound pissed”
“Yea you did and yes I am pissed but ill get over it, how was your day?”
“Mine was good, hardly any work and people left early, how was yours?”
“Well I have been awake for 2 min now, so far so good”
“How are things at work? Giving them a 3 week notice must have been hard”
“Yea well they will survive, though I don’t know how I will after coming to the US”
“Hey its nice place to live and I promise you, that you can find something that will interest you, study, work anything”
“I just wish I had gotten at least a year of experience, I just have about 5 months”
“Hey please don’t be sad, I am sorry I said yes to you”
“You are? OMG did they force you into saying Yes?
“No silly, I just feel sorry that you are so depressed”
“Oh No, Its just a phase, I will get over it, I am sure ill like it there”
“That’s the spirit”
“So how’s shopping coming?”
“I haven’t gone for any till now”
“Wow, I assumed you would love it”
“No I don’t, and ill try to avoid it as much as I can”
“Cool, does that mean my money is safe?”
“Don’t bet on it, Becoming a spender is easy”
“Anything for you”
“That sounded corny and I didn’t fall for it”
Just then Trisha hears her mom’s voice
“Trisha, are you awake? your mother-in-law is on the phone and wants to talk to you”
“Well I got to go, your mom wants to talk to me”
“Hey are you hanging up on me?? , Can’t you pretend you are asleep?”
“didn’t you hear me, your mom is on the phone”
“I don’t care, I come first, you can talk to her anytime, I am the one going to tie the knot remember”
“Sorry Krish. I have to go now before my mom gets mad. Bye”
“God you treat me like crap, anyway, Bye, next time you want to talk to me, you call”
“I will bet you will call me an hour later” LOL
“Well I am just the nicest guy in the whole world”
“Whatever, bye, talk to you later”
Trisha picks up the cordless
“Hello Aunty”
“Hi Trisha and Please call me Amma, I am almost your mother now”
“Sorry, Hi Amma”
“That’s lovely to hear , your mom told me that you can’t make it Wednesday”
“Well I have an important release”
“Don’t they happen in the morning?”
“Only if you are in the US, we have to be there online at night”
“Well can you take you the first half of the day off?”
“Well I don’t know, I will have some pre-release work”
“Why don’t you ask you boss? , I’d love to go saree shopping with you, Anyway I have to buy a couple of sarees for you and I want you to choose them”
“But Aunty, My mom always chooses for me, so it is better that you take her”
“She is also coming, but I want you also to come so that as your future Mother I can know your taste”
“Well ill ask my boss”
“You do that, Am sure they will let you off, ok give the phone back to your mom, bye Trisha”
“Bye Aunty”
“Don’t forget I am no longer your Aunty. I am you Amma”
“Bye Amma”
Trisha hands over the phone to her mom and she suddenly starts thinking. I have to address two strangers Amma and Appa, but I hardly know them, how can I call them that. Why should I? Uncle and Aunty are perfectly acceptable. Krishna does not have to call my parents Amma and Appa. This is ridiculous. God!
“Trisha, can I come in?”
“Yea mom, what happened?”
“Well nothing, Please don’t be angry with me I didn’t ask her to convince you about Wednesday”
“I don’t care, you got your way, I will ask my boss and take the day off”
“Sorry Trisha, OK why don’t you shower and come down for breakfast”
“Yea I will mom”
“And Trisha please address Mrs. and Mr. Raman as Amma and Appa, They are your parents from now on”
“OK mom , but by me assuming they are parents wouldn’t Krishna become my brother?”
“Trisha, stop talking nonsense and go shower”
Trisha stands smirking
“No Amma, I have a release on that day, I can’t”
“Please Trisha; our astrologer says it’s a really good day to buy the wedding sarees and the thirumangalyam and I have already invited your mother in law to come with us”
“MOM”
“Don’t glare Trisha , We are doing everything we can to make you happy ”
“You should have checked with me first, I can just take the day off, I have work”
“You are going to quit in 3 weeks and go to the US,so what is the problem? , btw did you inform your people at office?”
“I still have to help the new person filling up for me and I have to finish all my pending work and Yes, I informed them”
“What about Wednesday?”
“Amma, I am sorry I can’t take the day off, ill agree to any saree you pick up, you know me better than I do”
“Your mother in law won’t be too happy”
“Mom please, I am really tired, I have had a hard day at work OK so I am going to sleep now”
“Don’t you want to eat??”
“No mom”
“Tomorrow is a Saturday, can you at least come out tomorrow for the vessels shopping??”
“Can’t you take one of my aunts, what will I do in a vessels shop??”
“God, no point talking to you Trisha, just do what you want, you always get your way”
“So True, I always get me way”
“Don’t be sarcastic, I pity Krishna already”
“Good night Mom”
Trisha goes up to her room and wakes up her sleeping computer only to find an off line from Krishna
“Hi Trish, Can I Talk tomorrow 8 am IST?”
Trisha writes “Yes you can, if I am awake”
“Yawn!”
“God I better get to bed”
8 am Saturday, Trisha’s cell phone rings
“Crap who the hell is this??”
“Hello”
“Hi Trish, rise and shine”
“Oh! Hi Krish”
“Sorry Trish, did I wake you up? You sound pissed”
“Yea you did and yes I am pissed but ill get over it, how was your day?”
“Mine was good, hardly any work and people left early, how was yours?”
“Well I have been awake for 2 min now, so far so good”
“How are things at work? Giving them a 3 week notice must have been hard”
“Yea well they will survive, though I don’t know how I will after coming to the US”
“Hey its nice place to live and I promise you, that you can find something that will interest you, study, work anything”
“I just wish I had gotten at least a year of experience, I just have about 5 months”
“Hey please don’t be sad, I am sorry I said yes to you”
“You are? OMG did they force you into saying Yes?
“No silly, I just feel sorry that you are so depressed”
“Oh No, Its just a phase, I will get over it, I am sure ill like it there”
“That’s the spirit”
“So how’s shopping coming?”
“I haven’t gone for any till now”
“Wow, I assumed you would love it”
“No I don’t, and ill try to avoid it as much as I can”
“Cool, does that mean my money is safe?”
“Don’t bet on it, Becoming a spender is easy”
“Anything for you”
“That sounded corny and I didn’t fall for it”
Just then Trisha hears her mom’s voice
“Trisha, are you awake? your mother-in-law is on the phone and wants to talk to you”
“Well I got to go, your mom wants to talk to me”
“Hey are you hanging up on me?? , Can’t you pretend you are asleep?”
“didn’t you hear me, your mom is on the phone”
“I don’t care, I come first, you can talk to her anytime, I am the one going to tie the knot remember”
“Sorry Krish. I have to go now before my mom gets mad. Bye”
“God you treat me like crap, anyway, Bye, next time you want to talk to me, you call”
“I will bet you will call me an hour later” LOL
“Well I am just the nicest guy in the whole world”
“Whatever, bye, talk to you later”
Trisha picks up the cordless
“Hello Aunty”
“Hi Trisha and Please call me Amma, I am almost your mother now”
“Sorry, Hi Amma”
“That’s lovely to hear , your mom told me that you can’t make it Wednesday”
“Well I have an important release”
“Don’t they happen in the morning?”
“Only if you are in the US, we have to be there online at night”
“Well can you take you the first half of the day off?”
“Well I don’t know, I will have some pre-release work”
“Why don’t you ask you boss? , I’d love to go saree shopping with you, Anyway I have to buy a couple of sarees for you and I want you to choose them”
“But Aunty, My mom always chooses for me, so it is better that you take her”
“She is also coming, but I want you also to come so that as your future Mother I can know your taste”
“Well ill ask my boss”
“You do that, Am sure they will let you off, ok give the phone back to your mom, bye Trisha”
“Bye Aunty”
“Don’t forget I am no longer your Aunty. I am you Amma”
“Bye Amma”
Trisha hands over the phone to her mom and she suddenly starts thinking. I have to address two strangers Amma and Appa, but I hardly know them, how can I call them that. Why should I? Uncle and Aunty are perfectly acceptable. Krishna does not have to call my parents Amma and Appa. This is ridiculous. God!
“Trisha, can I come in?”
“Yea mom, what happened?”
“Well nothing, Please don’t be angry with me I didn’t ask her to convince you about Wednesday”
“I don’t care, you got your way, I will ask my boss and take the day off”
“Sorry Trisha, OK why don’t you shower and come down for breakfast”
“Yea I will mom”
“And Trisha please address Mrs. and Mr. Raman as Amma and Appa, They are your parents from now on”
“OK mom , but by me assuming they are parents wouldn’t Krishna become my brother?”
“Trisha, stop talking nonsense and go shower”
Trisha stands smirking
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