5 Months Later - Personal...
- Mom still on my case about "growing up" and seriously considering marriage
As has been the case for the past 10 years or so, my mother has this need to dream of her future daughter-in-law. She has actually made a point of throwing out a few names to me, which I'm still trying to come to terms with. And if that isn't enough, she's planning a trip to the motherland (Pakistan), where I'm sure the goal is to collect as many pictures of eligible bachelorettes. I'm sure you can all imagine how I must feel at selecting a potential wife as if she was coming from a Consumers Distributing catalogue.
Admittedly, it won't be as old-fashioned as it was during my parents time. My mom has somehow discovered the wonders of facebook and video conferencing, and is already beginning to look through my photos to ensure that I have only suitable material online. And most surprisingly, she's actually open to having her son go on actual dates with a girl before deciding. Of course, there's a 10-date cap before the ultimatum...
- My brother the Casanova
While I've been the humble, modest, and traditional son, my brother's gone down the other route. He seems to have girls flocking to him whenever I see him in public, and he has no problem telling family that this is due to his 'sexiness'. Not to sound old, but when I was his age, I was barely allowed to look at girls, forget flirting!
I'm convinced he's up to a lot of craziness which he's great at concealing from us. And yes, I'm sure you all can actually read the envy I have for him in these words! :P
- Chicago...
An aunt and uncle of mine (two siblings of my mom) are currently visiting in the U.S. from Pakistan. The plan we've all had is to find a way to schedule some time where we could all meet in the Windy City for a few days at my cousin (aunt's daughter's) home. At the beginning of this month, my boss (after some negotiating) gave me the time off. Upon announcing this to my Chi-Town relatives, we were kindly told that my cousin's husband is very busy working at home these days and that he gets 'disturbed very easily'. In other words, while we've been saying you should come, we never really meant it, so piss off!
The past two years when we've visited Illinois, we've stayed at this family's place, and it was evident that they weren't exactly giving us the red carpet treatment. With that being said, it's customary in our culture (and especially our family) to open your home to family. To call us a disturbance made it sound like Zan and I were coming home at 2AM drunk and belligerent. I'm still trying to understand how we could disturb when the daily schedule of Zan and I consisted of the following :
a) wake up, get ready, and have breakfast
b) Take our rental car out for the day to either shop, catch some baseball, or sightsee
c) Come home either in the evening after already having dinner, watch some tv, and sleep
Anyhow, this has caused an international incident, where my Mom has made no qualms of telling each and every sibling of hers around the world of this insult. On the plus side, we've received a very open invitation to visit Europe this fall. While normally it would be a bit pricey, I figure that since we're not going to visit our American relatives anytime soon, a EuroTrip may be in order!
As has been the case for the past 10 years or so, my mother has this need to dream of her future daughter-in-law. She has actually made a point of throwing out a few names to me, which I'm still trying to come to terms with. And if that isn't enough, she's planning a trip to the motherland (Pakistan), where I'm sure the goal is to collect as many pictures of eligible bachelorettes. I'm sure you can all imagine how I must feel at selecting a potential wife as if she was coming from a Consumers Distributing catalogue.
Admittedly, it won't be as old-fashioned as it was during my parents time. My mom has somehow discovered the wonders of facebook and video conferencing, and is already beginning to look through my photos to ensure that I have only suitable material online. And most surprisingly, she's actually open to having her son go on actual dates with a girl before deciding. Of course, there's a 10-date cap before the ultimatum...
- My brother the Casanova
While I've been the humble, modest, and traditional son, my brother's gone down the other route. He seems to have girls flocking to him whenever I see him in public, and he has no problem telling family that this is due to his 'sexiness'. Not to sound old, but when I was his age, I was barely allowed to look at girls, forget flirting!
I'm convinced he's up to a lot of craziness which he's great at concealing from us. And yes, I'm sure you all can actually read the envy I have for him in these words! :P
- Chicago...
An aunt and uncle of mine (two siblings of my mom) are currently visiting in the U.S. from Pakistan. The plan we've all had is to find a way to schedule some time where we could all meet in the Windy City for a few days at my cousin (aunt's daughter's) home. At the beginning of this month, my boss (after some negotiating) gave me the time off. Upon announcing this to my Chi-Town relatives, we were kindly told that my cousin's husband is very busy working at home these days and that he gets 'disturbed very easily'. In other words, while we've been saying you should come, we never really meant it, so piss off!
The past two years when we've visited Illinois, we've stayed at this family's place, and it was evident that they weren't exactly giving us the red carpet treatment. With that being said, it's customary in our culture (and especially our family) to open your home to family. To call us a disturbance made it sound like Zan and I were coming home at 2AM drunk and belligerent. I'm still trying to understand how we could disturb when the daily schedule of Zan and I consisted of the following :
a) wake up, get ready, and have breakfast
b) Take our rental car out for the day to either shop, catch some baseball, or sightsee
c) Come home either in the evening after already having dinner, watch some tv, and sleep
Anyhow, this has caused an international incident, where my Mom has made no qualms of telling each and every sibling of hers around the world of this insult. On the plus side, we've received a very open invitation to visit Europe this fall. While normally it would be a bit pricey, I figure that since we're not going to visit our American relatives anytime soon, a EuroTrip may be in order!
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