Disclaimer: This blog
entry is kind of light entertainment for my dear readers. I am nobody to make
fun of the shape, size, colour and dress of a person. Hence, any such thing if appears
is not meant to hurt anybody’s sentiment at all. It’s just a story inspired by
a real incident. Hope you enjoy !
So, friends, I am back with my new post. This time, this interesting
incident took place in the mega city, Mumbai.
I have a friend named Priyanka
who stays in Mumbai with her roommates. Since the story really demands a full description
of her, so, let me do that first. Priyanka is a good looking girl with fair
complexion, spotless face and attractive eyes. She is around 5’3”. Her regular
workout, recently, made her drop some pounds too which made her more fab than
ever. She has significantly above
average IQ. She works with a reputed copany as a business development manager and she, undoubtedly is a hard working employee.
Ok, by now, you must be wondering what her age would be.
Since, it’s rude to ask/discuss about a girl’s age, so all I’m gonna say is.. she
passed her MBA in 2009. Rest, you may guess.
I believe her description so far must have made her
desirable to many of my dear readers. And the important point is that whatever
I have described so far is hundred percent true.
So, like any other girl, she is
facing the pressure from her parents to get married absolutely asap. Her
parents keep sending her profiles/pictures of guys through some reference or through
some matrimony sites.
It was the background. Now, the
story beginzzzzzzz.....
March 13, 2013
Priyanka came back from work in the evening and
was about to change when her phone started ringing in her purse. Firstly, she
didn’t notice and by the time she realized, that call turned into a
missed call. But she didn’t bother to check her phone. She left her purse on
the centre table in the drawing room and moved to her bedroom to change and then
came out after 20 mins. First thing she
did, checked her phone.
“11 missed calls from Maa. What happened?” she asked herself
with wrinkles on her forehead.
She called back. Her mom picked up the phone at the other
end.
“ Maa? Are you alright? I got worried seeing 11 missed calls
from you in the last 15-20 mins,” anxiously she asked.
“Yeah, I am alright. What happened to me, sweetie?”
her mom replied calmly but Priyanka could sense some excitement in her mom’s
voice.
“Then why so many calls?” Priyanka asked the obvious
question.
“There is something very exciting, found a suitable match
for you on jeevansaathi.com. This guy is in Mumbai. I already talked to him on
phone. He seems to be a nice guy. His name is Shubhojit and his id is IM02...,”
her mom poured it all in the excitement.
“Oh ok, so you called me 11 times
for this stupid thing. You are crazy, Maa. I thought something serious happened,”
Priyanka said with a sigh of relief.
“Of course, this is serious. Check his profile, plan and
meet him at least once. I believe he is gonna be a perfect match” her mother said.
“Ok Maa, I’ll do that. Right now, I am hanging up. My
roommates are waiting for me to go for dinner together. Ok, bye bye...,” she
said.
“Listen.. meet him..for sure..”her mom insisted.
“Bye Maa. Good night,” she hung up.
She went for dinner, came back, changed and then in her blue
3/4th and pink t-shirt, she came to her room and switched her laptop
on.
After checking her emails and facebook, she logged on
jeevansaathi.com
She went straight to the profile
which her mother insisted to see. The description of the guy over there grasped
her attention which was like this, - 5’8”, average build, fair, good looking,
well educated and manager in a reputed bank.
“Not bad,” Priyanka said to
herself. Priyanka was kind of impressed with this description of the guy. Profile didn’t
have a picture though. Thinking that she would talk to the guy next day, she
shut down her laptop and went to bed.
Next morning, after finishing her regular work at office and
stores, she came back. After dinner, she called that guy.
“Hello” the guy replied from other side.
“Hi Shubhojit, I am Priyanka from Mumbai.
I guess, my mother talked to you already about me,” Priyanka said.
“Priyanka??”...after an awkward pause, “Yeah yeah, I
remember, yeah,” again the awkward
silence after so many yeah yeah.
“Are you busy right now? Should I call sometime later,” Priyanka
asked politely.
“No, no, no...it’s fine. Am not busy. Yeah, so, Priyanka,
how are you? Heard a lot about you from your mom,” he said nicely.
“I am good. Hope you have heard good things only,” she
giggled. Shubhojit giggled too.
“My bad, I didn’t ask, how are you doing, by the way?” Priyanka
said.
“I am good, thanks” he replied.
This is how they started and kept
chatting over phone for the next 30 minutes. They decided to meet over the
weekend. After a warm bye from either side, the line was disconnected. Priyanka
went to bed and slept with one pillow under her head and one in her arms.
March 17, 2013
So, the weekend came. Priyanka
was excited. In the afternoon, that guy called Priyanka and asked her to meet
near Andheri station Mcdonalds at 7pm. Priyanka was hesitant to go as that
place remains crowded most of the time but then she thought that place
must be convenient for the guy to reach and then from there they would go to
some other place together. So she just agreed.
Priyanka was really looking
forward to this date after the influencing feedback from her mother. She took a
bath for unusually longer duration, pampered herself and got herself ready for
the date. She looked stunning in her white top and blue jeans with the required
make-up.
At 7:10 pm, Priyanka reached near
McDonald at Andheri station. The place was heavily crowded. She looked around
for a fair guy with 5’8” height as was mentioned in his profile. Suddenly her
phone rang. It was Shubhojit, the guy.
“Hey, Priyanka, I am reaching in 5 mins,” after saying this,
he disconnected immediately.
After sometime, Priyanka saw a
dark guy in white trouser and blue shirt, who was hardly 5’4”. That guy was looking at her from a distance
and was smiling at her. The next moment, he started approaching her. Priyanka wondered
if she had met this guy before. Priyanka was not done wondering about this guy when
that guy just came infront of her and stopped at a distance of 2 ft.
“Hi, Priyanka, right? I am Shubhojit,” he said. And
excitement was vivid on his face.
Priyanka shook hands but still was confused. Her mind still
had the impression of the guy as per the description in his profile ‘ 5’8”, average build, fair, good looking, well
educated and manager in a reputed bank’. She was wondering why would somebody provide
wrong information in his profile.
“You look a lot like your profile picture on that matrimony
site,” Shubhojit said and it also took Priyanka out of her thoughts.
“But you don’t look much like the description in your
profile,” she said politely.
Shubhojit giggled. Priyanka got little annoyed on his
shamelessness. Though she calmed herself down.
“So, where do we sit?” Priyanka asked.
“Well, this McDonald is extremely
crowded, no vacant seats. Would you like to wait outside McD or go inside and
wait,” Shubhojit replied.
It worked as some fuel in the fire.
Priyanka got more annoyed. She had never thought that the person would ask him
to sit in Mcdonalds. According to her, McD can never be a good place to discuss
about such important things.
“Really? We are going to sit here?” Priyanka said and this
time her irritation was visible.
“Why? What happened?” Shubhojit reacted.
“Don’t you see the crowd?” Priyanka tried to be nice and
didn’t tell him the real reason.
“Ok. No problem. Let’s stroll a little. There is a nice
restaurant close by,” Shubhojit said.
Priyanka thanked God and was happy that the guy was atleast
talking some sense now.
Soon they reached a place which
was not exactly a proper restaurant. It was more of those typical food joints
where you get stuffs like pavbhaji, pulav,noodles
etc. It was not an air conditioned place and humid climate was making it
worse.
Needless to say, Priyanka was upset.
Though she tried hard to not make it visible. She had never met a person who was not courageous enough to put
his real description on a matrimony site. Moreover, he really didn’t have an idea that what kind
of place should be chosen to sit and talk in order to know each other.
“Miss, where are you lost? What would you like to have?”
Shubhojit asked gently.
Priyanka was not in good mood. She replied with a fake smile, “Nothing, I am not
feeling hungry. You please go ahead and order for yourself.”
“Ok as you wish,” he grinned. This time Priyanka could
behold one of his broken canines clearly.
“One Pavbhaji,” he placed the order and didn’t ask Priyanka
if she wanted anything to drink or something.
Rather, after the Pavbhaji arrived, he asked Priyanka to share it in the same plate. This offer from Shubhojit worsened the situation. Still Priyanka responded nicely, "You carry on. I am good."
Priyanka was finding all of this little uncomfortable. But
maintaining her decency, she was trying to hide her discomfort. Priyanka started talking to him,
reluctantly. Whenever she used to look at his face, he used to smile in a weird
manner which Priyanka didn’t like at all and once he winked too. That was
really not acceptable to Priyanka. Though she was trying to keep her cool and
was talking while the guy was busy in eating his Pavbhaji most of the time.
This wasn’t all. Next thing which happened had really turned
Priyanka off.
Shubhojit asked for the bill at the joint. It was 88 rupees.
Shubhojit gave 100 rupees to the waiter. Waiter came back with 12 rupees
change. Shubhojit took 10 rupees and gave only 2 rupees to the waiter.
“Don’t you think those 2 rupees are more than enough for the
waiter,”it was sarcastic delivery from Priyanka. But Shubhojit didn’t bother.
He again smiled and continued with what he was doing.
Now, Priyanka was really furious. She was cursing herself
for going out with Shubhojit. She was done with that so called “date”.
She texted her friend Deepika, “Deepika, pls gimme a call in
next 5 mins. I’ll pretend that the call is from my place and something serious
happened. Actually I am with a guy who is really intolerable. Rest, I will
explain.. u just call me. ”
In the next 5 min, her phone rang. She pretended as planned
and after disconnecting the phone, she turned to Shubhojit.
“Shubhojit, something happened at my place. I really need to
rush. I will see you later. Ok,” Priyanka acted well.
“Ok Sure. Hope you have enjoyed our first date. Will call
you ,” Shubhojit said.
“Yeah. I really enjoyed a lot,” said Priyanka and left that place in no time.
She was in extremely bad mood and
on the way to her home she was thinking about Shubhojit. “A guy who has fake
profile, no sense how to treat a girl. Once I refused, he never offer me
anything again. Just 2 rupees tip to waiter. On the top of that he even wasn’t bothered
with what happened at my place. He even
didn’t bother to ask. I don’t see any possibility in him.” Such thoughts were
going through her mind.
She reached home and told everything to Deepika in detail.
Deepika asked,“Did you check if he was really working as a
manager in a reputed bank?” After this, both of them burst into laughter.
Next evening, her phone rang. It was Shubhojit. Priyanka
picked up.
“Hi Shubojit,” Priyanka said.
“Hi Priyanka. You told me that you liked our last meeting.
So, I was thinking why not meet tomorrow again. I will again take you to a nice
place,” he said with excitement.
“Shubhojit, you are a nice guy. So nice that you deserve a
girl better than me. So, it’s better that we don’t meet again. Wish you all
luck,” she said very calmly and hung up.
“Son of a bitch,” Priyanka said in loud voice after hanging
up. Deepika was just behind Priyanka and heard her conversation and also the
last phrase.
Both of them laughed like crazy.