They say unlike poles attract… they are right….they also say birds of the same feather flock together… Now doesn’t that contradict the first statement? It does.
My friend Sahil is very disconsolate at the moment. You just won’t believe what happened to him. If you belong to the female species you will not sympathise with him… but we males… we fully understand Sahil’s predicament and all our sympathies are with him. Do you raise your eyebrows skeptically? Have patience, listen to me.
Life was all hunky-dory for my friend, Sahil till last week. He has been recently promoted and unlike many footloose, fancy- free guys like me, he was planning to settle down in life. Yeah, he had planned everything meticulously. He proposed on his knees to Prathima, his girlfriend, who rather expected it of him and nodded happily! There was only a small snag. Her parents! She couldn’t commit herself unless they first approved of him. She promised to bring them over to the revolving restaurant- Al Dawar in the Hyatt at Deira. Sahil had winced when she told him he’d have to foot the bill as that would impress her dad and remove any obstacle on the path of his eligibility as her suitor. It was not yet the salary-time of the month, so we friends had to pool in to save our friend’s future.
They say it is human to err… and Sahil, my poor friend, is human… and like all other humans he has a chink in his armour, a weakness. He is an avid football fan. That’s not a crime, you say? I know… It is not a sin to be sporty… but it is obviously a sin to be so obsessed with a game as Sahil was. We were all sitting at the McDonald’s watching the thrilling match played by the UAE team and the winning of the Gulf Cup Championship. There was much jubilation after the historic win and we all were a part of the celebrations that followed at the McDonald’s. By the time we returned to our flat it was past midnight. It was only then that Sahil remembered to his horror that he was supposed to have met Prathima and her parents at Al Dawar. To his dismay, he found that he had switched off his mobile… which later showed 8 missed calls from her. Next morning, he had tried calling her, but her stentorian-voiced mom gave him a large chunk of her mind before ordering him never even try to contact her daughter again!
I am sure if we explain the whole situation to her father, he might understand… after all, we,birds of the same feather must flock together, right? But no…he had been upset because he had missed the game waiting for an irresponsible upstart of a suitor to turn up! You say, ‘ Serves him right?’ But then, you’ll say that! You are a woman aren’t you?
a typical finale for the poor male species.. believe me,sometimes its really difficult to choose sports over the other, esp when we see Sachin plundering runs,or Ronaldinho weaving his magic on the field..with due apologies to all the women folk,a
ReplyDeleteman's passion for sport is something unparalled..do be a bit considerate when it comes to sports..