Chapter 11: chapter 11

She joined her hands. I also joined my hands and he joined his hands too. (In punjabi culture, people often join their hands slightly before meeting and after meeting any person)I and my mom left his house. I expected that something bitter would happen in the meeting but on the contrary, everything went well and positive. We came back to our home with positivity. After 30 daysMy mom and I were walking in the park. It was our evening walk in the public park. Our faces were grave, our smiles seemed to have gone to planet Mars. My mom said to me, “Mohan has not shown us even a single match yet. I don’t know what he is doing.”Aman – Yeah, I have also become skeptic about him now. Something is fishy. Mom – We should talk to him again. Aman – Do you mean should I call him now? Mom – No! On phone nothing is going to happen. We have to meet him again. Aman – Mom, this time, I will meet him alone. Mom – What will you do alone? Aman – I feel, there is something that he is hiding from us. It’s my gut feeling that what he wants to say to us, he doesn’t say because he hesitates from you. Mom – From me? Not possible! I am not the chief minister of our state that he hesitates from me!Aman – Mom, I am saying it’s my gut feeling. Please let me try on my own this time. Let’s see if we find something new through it. Mom – Hmm... okay. I said smilingly, “Mom! You agreed so easily! I can’t believe it.”Mom – If I go this time then I will unleash the hell on him! So, it’s better, before he suffers from my hand, he gets the last chance.  My eyes got widened to observe the rage in my mom’s eyes. But one thing good happened that she agreed to what I suggested. At about 6 p.m., I called uncle Mohan. He picked up my call.Aman – Hello uncle, how are you? Mohan – Good, you say. Aman – Are you at home? Mohan – Yes. Aman – I am coming to meet you today. Mohan – Hmm... okay. I disconnected the call and set off for his home. Soon I reached there and knocked at the door. He opened the door allowed me in. Mohan – Please be seated. I sat on a chair comfortably. He said on his own, “Actually beta (son), I have not found any good match yet.”Aman – Uncle, I know that. Had you found any good match then you would have called me up to now. Mohan – Hmm...Aman – I just want to know, where is the problem? I mean are you facing any problem because of my profile? Or because of my expectations? It seemed that first he tried to speak something else but then he said, “No, no, it’s alright. Sometimes it takes time.”Aman – You can tell me frankly where the problem lies then I will adjust to that. Mohan – Hmm... hm... hm.... no it’s okay.Aman – There is something that you want to say but you are not saying. Today, you can say. I don’t mind anything. I was trying to take him into my confidence and it worked! He said, “Actually beta (son), nowadays it’s not easy to find a good match especially for boys.”Aman – Especially for boys? You mean.He picked up his notebook that was lying on the table and opened it and then again closed it and placed it back on the table.Mohan – Now, it’s 2022 and the era has changed. Let me give you one example to make you understand the situation very clearly. Aman – Okay. Mohan – In a day, if a hundred boys come to me for finding a girl, compared to it, only ten girls come to me for finding a boy! Such is the situation! 10:01!Aman – What! Really?Mohan – Yeah, It's true. You might be thinking or your mom might be thinking that you are a government teacher, you will get whatever you want from a girl. Say, she must be beautiful, she must be on the government job, she must have a small and decent family and blah blah. But in reality, one can’t get everything. The competition is very tough for boys!Aman – Oh! Mohan – But for girls, the competition is very less. For one girl there are a minimum ten boys. I hope you remember the ratio. Aman – Hmm... I remember. Mohan – A girl picks up the best boy from the list for herself. That’s the reason why girls are getting easily married whereas boys are getting nothing. Aman – Oh...Mohan – And if I talk about the government job, then only the government job is not enough. One also needs land, property or plots. But I know you don’t have anything except a small home and a job. My face became pale. Seeing my pale face, he became conscious of it and suddenly he changed his tone, “But don’t worry, still, I will find a good match for you.”Aman – What if I cut down my conditions? He smiled, “That will be perfect.”Aman – Okay, then cut down one condition. Even if she is not able to speak English fluently, I will manage. He smiled again, “Okay.”I came back home. I knocked at the door and I was shocked to see who opened the door! It was Paras and Amit, my school friends!Aman - Oh gosh! After a long time! It’s a big surprise! Paras laughed, “What did you think? We would forget you. We will never forget you!”Amit – And we will chase you for your whole of your life! Haha!Aman – Haha! Oh, my goodness! You guys are!Paras – Don't you ask us for tea? Aman – Yeah sure! Come in!Paras – We are already inside your house pal! It’s only you who are out! Haha!Aman – Oh yeah! Then let me come in. Well, for how long have you been waiting for me? Amit – For about fifteen minutes. Hearing my voice, my mom said, “Aman, your school friends have come. Attend them!”Aman – Mom, I am with them only, I guess you forgot they only opened the doors! Haha!(It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)