I would like to start of this post by saying I love my mother. And I need you all to remember that she is not a bad person.
However having said that, my mother is total cray-cray sometimes when it comes to the matters of fulfilling her life long dream of marrying off her oldest daughter, so she can start torturing the younger two. (You know, with all the craziness I had to endure, my sisters should be very thankful that I have remained a buffer in that department between our mother and them).
So all my life it has been drilled into my head by my mother that she doesn't care who I marry BUT that her only two requirements are that he be from the same country and practice the same religion. So imagine my surprise when I walked into my living room the other night and she goes "You know, I have an Indian friend, and she wanted to know if we would be open to looking at Indian guys for you......".
I'm sorry what?
You mean to tell me that for the past 25 years of my life when you had been making subtle hints about what kind of guy I need to marry and that good girls don't marry out of our culture and religion you have been lying to me? Do you mean to tell me that you were lying when you said I would have to see my father's dead face if I came home with an American guy? Was that just an empty threat?
DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME that all this time I had the option to explore into other options but I held back because anytime I would even THINK about dating the enemy (aka read American Christian dude) your scary Hitler voice popped into my head saying that was a huge no no?
I was dumbstruck.
Of course I did not say any of this things to her out loud, but these thoughts were playing in my head and I thought about saying them out loud, but past experiences have taught me to keep my mouth shut because it only hurts me in the end, and I was having a crappy week already so I did not need to add World War 3 with my mother to my plate lol.
After she made that comment I simply just got up and walked away. I was not going to ignite a fire where there was no need to do so.
I knew in the back of my head she was joking, but like I said before, my mother is cray-cray in this department. It's like she loses all her ability to think like the smart women that she is and becomes this crazy mother.
When this quest first started to find me a suitor, I remember her telling my dad and I that she would tell potential guys that her daughter (yours truly) is a very precious commodity and that I don't even pour my own glass of water......
I KNOW she cray!
This coming from my mother who yells at me for even leaving dirty plates in the sink because "we do not have maids to clean up after a mess, you clean up after yourself".
Sigh. Don't worry my dad I gave her a piece our mind when she made that ridiculous comment. God knows what she was smoking when she thought that line would actually appeal to potential suitors.
"Why yes, I have been searching for a spoiled brat to live the rest of my life with".
Moral of the story: Only you can prevent forest fires (by walking away silently and not contributing to a conversation that will never end in your favor).
P.S My mother really is a sweet person. A little scary but she means well at the end of the day. Just that sometimes her delivery from point A to point B is all wrong in her quest to find me a husband.
P.S.S I don't ever leave dirty plates in the sink....felt the need to make that clarification lol.
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