Meeting any of my married engineering or school (or mba) batch-mates always makes me feel kinda lost. Especially the ones who have passed on to the next big stage of their life – kids! Man, kids, already??!! Are they nuts? Or am I the odd one out?
Earlier when they started getting married, I used to blame it on them. Woh Maadu (Marwari) hai – unke family mae jaldi shaadi hoti hai. Or at times I just kept a sarcastic view. Woh toh frustrated insaan tha. Life mae laundiya pata nahi paya, toh shaadi kar li. But still it was marriage, acceptable by all means.
But kids?!!! That’s a different zone. New responsibilities. Completely different lifestyles. I can’t even picture myself in their shoes. It scares the hell out of me putting myself in their place. The closest I can relate – is having a dog or a cat at most.
I’m 28, soon to be 29. And I am still not ready for a marriage, forget kids. But all around me, while I see most of my close friends including 21-22 year olds getting married, I do hope they keep a good amount of time before they start thinking about kids. Else I’ll have to start working on another role – Ninja uncle 
Posted by Jade on April 28, 2011 at 6:36 am
A. I hope you’re not talking about me as the 22-year-old. I’m 24, so there! B. I know exactly what you mean about the kids – scary! C. Please convince my better half of your views.
Posted by ninjatalli on April 28, 2011 at 8:49 pm
lol. I thought you were 23! Btw I am definitely not having that conversation with another guy!
Just direct him towards my blog!