Secrets Of Peaceful Indian Weddings No-one Talks About

You will find them irritating, materialistic, unreasonable and what not.. I am talking about some salient downside featured of Indian weddings, you must be familiar of. If not, here are these. No doubt it is not that easy to manage the five days fanfare of any Indian wedding if you don't take these in an account. So, what should you do to avoid this? Here are some tips that will lead you to a peaceful Indian wedding.

Meet and Greet

Most Indian weddings will have an expansive number of guests; almost close to 300 to 500 people or even more. And it doesn't matter if you're a part of the bridal/groom party or not; at the end of the day, you're going to have to meet and greet one guest after the other. Freeze your facial muscles and keep that wide smile on. After all, no one likes a downer!

Words of Wisdom

There will be innumerable relatives wanting to part their share of wisdom with you. In my experience, it's always best to nod your head and listen quietly to their words no matter how strongly feel against you are. There's going to be a lot of comments from the type of dress you've adorned, the weight you've put on or lost to your wrong future plans. There will be instances where you may retort, but it'll do you no good truthfully. Just smile no matter what they say. In the end, it's futile trying to explain your point-of-view when the opposite person has already made preconceived notions about you. Just thank them for the tips and move along.

House of Gossips

Aunty gangs  every Indian wedding will have a posse of aunties who despite not knowing you will pester you with a bunch of humiliating and awkward questions about your private life. Try hard as you may, you cannot get out of their clutching without imparting to them some juicy details about your life. The best you can do to escape is pretending that you're being called by someone and respectfully smile and excuse yourself. Or you could always pull the have to make a fake call move. Your call!

Unwanted Matchmakers

If you're in your 20's, single and attending an Indian wedding, be certain of the fact that at the end of the wedding ceremony you'll at least have 4 to 5 marriage proposals in your hand. Every single aunty in a traditional Indian wedding will go crazy trying to match you up with the other singles present there. Hell, they will even give you a thorough history of the possible brides and grooms. Watch out for their hawk eyes and try to stay out of their vision.

Expect the Unexpected

Always expect the unexpected in a traditional Indian wedding. No Indian wedding is ever complete with a surprising argument between the groo's side and bride's side. No matter how trivial the topic of their argument, there will always be one. Steer away from it irrespective of your role in the wedding. Ultimately, job ado ka decision hai, wohi sahi hai.

Remember Me?

Like every other clich, the remember me? instances will follow you here too. Every Indian wedding will have multiple guests coming up to you, and asking, Do you remember me? You were this small when I saw you last. You're so grown up now! How time has flown. How do you even respond to the same question over and over again? Simple: nod and smile.

Yes & No

You'll find that in a traditional Indian wedding, yes and no will your protection defences to almost every questions asked. Every second, you'll have guests bugging you with basic questions and advice. You're marriage material now. When will you marry? Did you like the food? The bride/groom looks amazing, no. Be smart and answer in either a yes or no to avoid long hours of gyaan.

The Sting Operation

Why is that the videographer (or the wedding stalker as I like to call them) always find you when you're stuffing your face with delicious wedding meal? No matter which corner you choose to hide, they'll find you and zoom in, right as you gorge on. How comfortable! Do you continue eating? Do you stop mid-chew and pose? If you can't figure out what to do, just act normal and maybe, run away!

Unsought Facebook Requests

At the end of the day, you'll be bombarded with multiple Facebook friend requests from relatives you never knew even existed. Get ready to press delete!