Its December!
// December 31st, 2008 // Braindumps
“Itna shor kyun horaha hai? Kahan ho?” I questioned my friend on phone in Pakistan yesterday. “Shaadi mein hoon“, he answered. Then I called my mom and the first thing she said “Abhi xxx ki shaadi se aye hein.” Arghhh!!
What is it man? Marriage seems to be the buzzword in December. Despite the cold weather it seems that everyone wants to get married in December. Back at home, I used to skip most of the early and mid December marriages due to scheduling of exams those days. This wasn’t all that bad, some marriages are extremely boring. There are those marriages of close relatives and friends where you tend to enjoy. And then there are those when you don’t know a single person and still forced to attend (mostly because of parents). BTW, there is always a table near the end of the marriage halls/lawns where people sit quietly looking down, waiting for the dinner to be served. Those are the ones who don’t know a single soul at the ceremony and are attending by force. I was unfortunate enough to experience that, once.
Coming back to marriages in December, why does everyone want to get married in December??!!!! I remember, when my sister’s marriage date was being finalized, the first choice was December. But then I coerced my parents to change it to March using all possible ethical and unethical means. 
Fortunately, the larkay walay had no problems. I had only one genuine reason: my exams in december! And being the most important person to arrange things from our side I had to be free at the time of marriage!
The good thing about a December marriage is weather. Suits can be worn without worrying about humidity. I think I’m being nostalgic :S
Number of marriages in December will decrease next and the year after and probably the next one because of Muharram coincinding with December.
I know this is a completely useless post and it was just something on my head that had to be dumped. So don’t bother criticizing it in the comment. If you do know why people get married or like to get married in December, then do chip in your two cents.
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I think it has only to do with the weather
.. Also, people who are abroad find it easier to make use of their work holidays (jo keh unhon nay poora sal jama kar keh rakhi hoti hain)..and bring their kids who are also on christmas break..
Aur to koi reason nahin hay
..
Women might have another reason waisay ..:S Makeup doesn’t melt so easily in December..
My brother and sister got married in December on consecutive days. I had an exam right after my brother’s nikah, and when I walked into the exam hall dressed in my stylish (or so I like to think) kurta shalwar suit, everyone was like what-the-hell-is-up-with-him. A classfellow even asked me if coming to the exam dressed in a kurta shalwar suit helped me earn any bonus marks.
I never asked my gharwalas why they arranged the marriages in December, though. Maybe all the nikah registrars offer a discount or something at this time of the year. Or maybe, it has something to do with Moharram — people want to get married before Moharram, and since Moharram has been coming right after December for the past few years, people just sit down and decide a date in December.
I dont know about the December thing.. but on a different note… u didn’t do that PHOTOS thing we talked about!!
Mostly its weather but i think that muharrum thing also plays some role in it….
So mushi wassup when are u starting ur blog???
actually i did start one….it was dedicated to QUANTUM COMPUTING…yeah thats right…a friend gave me this idea to post anything u read or hear about this State-Of-The-Art Technology…but it lasted only one day or should I say one post.
@Mustafa: That’s because the blog was run by you.
@Anas: I bet 10 pounds (yes, because I don’t believe in rupee anymore
) that you will get married in December.
@Awais: Why are you trying to get everyone you know into blogging.
I don’t think weather is the main reason; a secondary one, maybe. Because October and March weathers are much more suitable and pleasant. You selfish man, you can wear suits in Decembers but women don’t like wearing sweaters or shawls!
I think it is because it is holiday season for people who have relatives coming in from the West.
@Talha: Thanks for the encouragement
@Talha….actually i am thinking abt doing it myself and i can encourage myself more if more and more ppl i know blog. btw what’s the status of how i met ur mother….konsa season chal raha ha aaj kal
@Anas…what happened to ur about page???? can’t see it
@Uni: But exam season bhi to hota hai!!
@Saadat: LoL man! How do you even prepare for exams in such a chaos?
@mustafa: done!
@Saadia: I can wear suits in summer as well
This reminds me of a wedding where, as you said, women couldn’t wear shawls, so they were in their usual stylish stuff – mostly short sleeved. Towards the end, most were shivering 
But sweater nai pehneingi!!!
@Awais: I need to rewrite that.
@talha: if I’m to marry in the next three years, december is unlikely
Exams end in end of december.. everybody is free in vacations right?
@Awais: Break hey Feb tak.
tell me about it…on a short trip for 3 planned weddings I attended 4…2 on one day!!!
CRAZY…though I dont mind the food…I think the food has improved…everywhere…
@UTP: hahaha…good that the food was good…otherwise chicken pieces floating in a gallon of oil are a real turn off!
December is harder on people who are NOT married or engaged. trust me on this one.
@Hira : cuz there is no one to kiss on new year’s eve?…. no offense there… but please do explain.
@mustafa: why do ur jokes sound so serious, always?!!!! u dnt worry abt the new year kiss man, jeddah has loads of guys
[again..no offense 
]
@Hira: i second the call for explanation
So you’re getting married in December?
And Hira, I third the call!
@anas: u know i m not gud at that… and the kiss.. it wont be the same without u [;)]
@SAWJ: I’m not eliminating the possibility!
@mustafa: last warning…u know i have that vid
so jst control your saudi emotions here .. and practice some patience 
oh yea, december is definitely tough for those who arent getting married any time soon. I wouldnt want to get married in december waise…mujhey bohut sardi lagti hai
December is bahu-hunting season, or didn’t you know that?
Oh right…only the guys needed an explanation for my comment. KW understood easily.
@Hira: bahu-hunting … lol…*wondering what my mom did this season*
@anas: you blackmailer!!
@hira: oh .. ok .. i get it .. there are lots of such stuff which the guys dont know, or if we knew we wudnt understand.
Uh, I may be naive, but if you watch enough Animal Planet, you’d discover that winters are the mating season for a large spectrum of mammalian species. Maybe we do share certain genes with the rest our mammalian kind, and unconsciously start the process during winters?
(I hope you see the humor in this and not consider this a serious opinion
)
international holiays do play a part but most probably in pak its the weather and its effects…june-july garmi…dec nice n cold..suit pehen saktay hain…btw larkion nay haar season mein sleaveless n quater sleaves hi pehena hota hay so it doesnt really matter to them…
dont care if u take offence…plus weather ka ik aur effect bhi hota hay…its nice to have someone in bed with u in the cold winter night…someone u can…enough said..i leave the rest to ur imaginations.. 