Chapter 29: chapter 29

I said to myself, “Now, I am tired. Now, I will check the other replies in the evening.”Mom – Aman, today, when will you have your lunch? You are not even leaving your phone today. Aman – I left mom. Mom – Whom were you talking to all this while?Now, I had to tell her the truth. I could not hide it anymore. I answered her, “It was a matrimonial match.”Mother – What? Were you talking to a girl? I said shyly, “Yes, mom.”Mother asked in excitement, “What is she doing? What about her parents?”I said in a bit of irritated tone, “Mom, please. If I talked to a girl, it doesn’t mean she is going to marry me. There are many things we have to consider about.”Mother – Means you didn’t like her. Aman – Yes, mom. I didn’t like her. Mother – But what’s the reason? Aman – There is no special reason mom. I didn’t like her. Mother – Oh, ho! You can’t reject a girl like that. If there is no valid reason, then marry her. You know, up to now, we have not been able to find a single girl yet. And one you found, you rejected! How stupid you are!Aman – No, mom. I can’t marry her. She is very different from us!She said angrily, “You are also not a king! (mockingly) She is very different from us! If she is from a poor family, it’s okay!”I said in a loud irritated voice, “Mom, you are not getting me. She is really very different from us. I can’t marry him.”She shouted, “Tell me how is she different?”Aman – She is a divorcee! I am not. The next moment, there was a pin drop silence in our room. Mom didn’t utter a word and she went back to the kitchen and brought my lunch. She said in a low voice, “Have lunch. Don’t worry, God will help us in finding a good match soon.”Aman – Hmm...I had my lunch. The kadhai paneer (dish of cheese) was very yummy. It refreshened my mind. I again got rejuvenated. I thought, “Let’s check other replies. Let’s see how many girls have replied to me.”I picked up my mobile and checked the app shaadikamaal that I downloaded from the website shaadikamaal.com. I checked my inbox and was shocked to see the messages:-“Priya has declined your message request. Don’t lose heart. Try some other profiles.”“Shreya has declined your message request. Don’t lose heart. Try some other profiles.”“Akanksha has declined your message request. Don’t lose heart. Try some other profiles.”“Pooja has declined your message request. Don’t lose heart. Try some other profiles.”“Divya has declined your message request. Don’t lose heart. Try some other profiles.”And there were many more messages like that! And one message literally gave me 1000 volt shock! The message was:-“Kirna has blocked your profile.”I said to myself, “What! How dare she block my profile! I didn’t say anything bad to her! How cruel she is!”The other reply I read “Please read profile before messaging anyone! Stupid!”I said, “Oh, it hurts! You stupid, how can I read each and every profile! I will go mad if I do!”All these replies disheartened me. I began to feel bad. I closed shaadikamaal app and lay on the bed. I thought, “I have had enough. Now, I will see tomorrow what I have to do.”The Next MorningI opened my eyes. The first thing I did was to pick up my mobile phone and click on shaadikamaal app and began to send messages by doing a simple search. I used the filter to find any girl from eighteen to twenty years old. I didn’t use any filter for caste, religion, education, job etc. Hundreds or maybe thousands of girl’s profiles appeared. I didn’t care how many profiles appeared. Ten profiles were right on the screen. I pressed the “Select all” button and sent messages to all. The same message that I used to send before. I went on sending messages to girls until I reached the limit, that was two hundred profiles. Then I rolled off my bed and started pacing the floor. I thought, “Let’s see what happens today. Yesterday, I received only one reply! All others rejected me. I guess, all two hundred girls didn’t see my messages since normally people don’t check the app daily. Sometimes they may be checking the app after two days, four days or a week.”Mom said loudly from her kitchen, “Aman, your breakfast is ready.”Aman – Okay, mom. I am coming. Mom – How's your website, I mean your app is going on?Aman – Okay, okay.Mom – okay, okay, means not so good. Aman – Yeah, mom. Up to now, I can’t say anything about it. After using it for about two weeks, only then will I be able to tell you, its reality.  Mom – Hmm... Don’t forget to look for girls on newspapers too. Aman – Okay, mom. But for the time being, I am concentrating only on the website shaadikamaal. Mom – Okay. Aman – I will try to catch up with newspapers too. Mom – Okay. Uncle Mohan also didn’t call us. Aman – I don’t think he has even five matches to show to us. Mom – May be. But we will go on asking him too. We have given him five hundred rupees for phone calls. I don’t think he has used even fifty rupees from them. Aman – Yeah, you are right, mom.In the evening at about 6 p.m.I checked shaadkamaal app again and yay! I got one new reply from a girl! Her name was Disha and her qualification was B.A. B.Ed. I read her reply “I am interested in your profile too. 7858585555 is my whats app number. You can message me.”I checked her pictures. Her looks were 7 out of ten but we can’t trust online world pictures much. Anyhow, her looks were not so bad. It was okay for me. I said to myself, “Thank God! At least, this time a girl with good qualification replied to me. At least, she would be able to do any job after marriage.” (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)