I really wanted to finish off my trip report to Baralikadu, but something that happened yesterday made me write this up and then complete my other post :)
What would you do if you happen to listen to a one-sided phone conversation of someone near by? Because honestly, I have never been able to close my ears and not listen. All I do is keep a poker face as if I am not bothered with their conversation and if it is interesting try to get the story behind it, else just space out. I don't know how wrong it is morally or ethically, but since it is not harmful to anyone, I don't give a damn. Yes, this post is about such a story that I overheard yesterday during my trip from airport to my room in the Aero Express.
So here goes the story (even though it is not mine.), but I need to tell you how much I have gathered just by listening to the one sided conversation of this guy, whom I did not even see, because he was sitting in the seat behind me.
The guy, say X, calls his girl, say Y, who has finally said the word 'YES' for the marriage proposal (arranged) and asks her if it is really a 'Yes' because his friends want to know the result and when his marriage is going to take place. X is working in Hyderabad, whereas Y is working in Bangalore. He is a non-vegetarian and she is a vegetarian and is not a fan of cooking, but if required she can experiment (based on his response), to which he replies that he is not a fan of research in cooking and that it will be better if they can have non-veg outside and that she wont be bothered with cooking for him (very considerate of him there ;) ). He is residing with 4 friends and his next door neighbor is a group of 5 North Indian Girls. Since he has been here for some time now, his Tamil is rusty and it doesn't match the way she speaks. He would need some time to get that slang. He is pretty good with Telugu (even though both of the languages he spoke had the same slang.. according to me). He wanted her to check out a 3 BHK house in Bangalore and how much that would cost in the rent, because he doesn't have any idea about Bangalore at all. He has a Platina Bike in his home town (he did not say which place..even though he traveled from Coimbatore..) and that he uses Shared Auto's in Hyderabad. But after moving to Bangalore he can get a car so that they can make the trip to Hyderabad which is only 5-6 hrs of journey to visit his parents. If that happens, then he can kill two birds in one stone, because that would restrict his parents to come and visit/stay with them in Bangalore which would mean they can take a 2 BHK house and also they can plan their visit to their parents in Hyderabad at their leisure so that they can cook for them instead of the other way round, which would be putting the pressure on the girl (even though I liked the way he was protecting the girl, I did not like the way he manipulated his parents.. too mean...when will guys learn to balance?).
During this talk, suddenly he gives a gasp and asks the girl if she got burnt, because she was cooking dinner, which amused him and then he told her that it will be better if she concentrates on the cooking than multitasking with talking (and I thought, the story will end there and I will be relieved, but nope..) X scolds Y that she has to take care while cooking and he will feel better if she worked less and let her roommate do the cooking while they can talk. He was like 'what kind of friend is she..ask her to cook for you naa.. u take rest' (God.. I felt like screaming at him...and then they resume). Y asks if he always this jovial, to which X replies that he is generally very humorous and easy going, but if Y wants seriousness he can be that too. (Really ?) X says that his parents have warned him that he should not be talking anything about anyone in the family to Y yet, and since he is not aware of these kind of family politics he has no idea why they said such a thing to him and he would prefer to be shielded away from those kind of things. X also says that his parents are a little clingy and they would definitely like to visit very frequently after marriage.
And then finally, he asks her if it is really a Yes to the marriage and is relieved to hear that she really meant it and that he is 'The One' for her.
Total time of the chat: 15 mins (excluding the 2-3 mins talk to his friend who had called in between to check out his location)
I was very surprised to really formulate the whole stuff just by listening to his one sided dialogues. I think this can be a theme for a nice experimental movie (telling a story through a one sided phone conversation...;)). I understand his need to be close to this girl and all that stuff.. come one I have been there, done that etc.. but the things which I have not done and which I don't like is...giggling..Why on earth was he giggling for every sentence he speaks.. Seriously...that was the most irritating thing he did. Do all guys do that when they talk to their arranged marriage based fiance's ? After that 15 mins of talk, there was dead silence.... I don't know why I was amused and relieved. If I was little bit sassy, I would have done two things while getting down
a) turn around and wish him a very happy married life
b) and tell him that women (mostly) do not like men giggling and that he has to tone it down next time he talks to her
But since I am not that person, I quietly walk away without a glance of this stranger who let out a part of his life to me over the bus journey.
What would you do if you happen to listen to a one-sided phone conversation of someone near by? Because honestly, I have never been able to close my ears and not listen. All I do is keep a poker face as if I am not bothered with their conversation and if it is interesting try to get the story behind it, else just space out. I don't know how wrong it is morally or ethically, but since it is not harmful to anyone, I don't give a damn. Yes, this post is about such a story that I overheard yesterday during my trip from airport to my room in the Aero Express.
So here goes the story (even though it is not mine.), but I need to tell you how much I have gathered just by listening to the one sided conversation of this guy, whom I did not even see, because he was sitting in the seat behind me.
The guy, say X, calls his girl, say Y, who has finally said the word 'YES' for the marriage proposal (arranged) and asks her if it is really a 'Yes' because his friends want to know the result and when his marriage is going to take place. X is working in Hyderabad, whereas Y is working in Bangalore. He is a non-vegetarian and she is a vegetarian and is not a fan of cooking, but if required she can experiment (based on his response), to which he replies that he is not a fan of research in cooking and that it will be better if they can have non-veg outside and that she wont be bothered with cooking for him (very considerate of him there ;) ). He is residing with 4 friends and his next door neighbor is a group of 5 North Indian Girls. Since he has been here for some time now, his Tamil is rusty and it doesn't match the way she speaks. He would need some time to get that slang. He is pretty good with Telugu (even though both of the languages he spoke had the same slang.. according to me). He wanted her to check out a 3 BHK house in Bangalore and how much that would cost in the rent, because he doesn't have any idea about Bangalore at all. He has a Platina Bike in his home town (he did not say which place..even though he traveled from Coimbatore..) and that he uses Shared Auto's in Hyderabad. But after moving to Bangalore he can get a car so that they can make the trip to Hyderabad which is only 5-6 hrs of journey to visit his parents. If that happens, then he can kill two birds in one stone, because that would restrict his parents to come and visit/stay with them in Bangalore which would mean they can take a 2 BHK house and also they can plan their visit to their parents in Hyderabad at their leisure so that they can cook for them instead of the other way round, which would be putting the pressure on the girl (even though I liked the way he was protecting the girl, I did not like the way he manipulated his parents.. too mean...when will guys learn to balance?).
During this talk, suddenly he gives a gasp and asks the girl if she got burnt, because she was cooking dinner, which amused him and then he told her that it will be better if she concentrates on the cooking than multitasking with talking (and I thought, the story will end there and I will be relieved, but nope..) X scolds Y that she has to take care while cooking and he will feel better if she worked less and let her roommate do the cooking while they can talk. He was like 'what kind of friend is she..ask her to cook for you naa.. u take rest' (God.. I felt like screaming at him...and then they resume). Y asks if he always this jovial, to which X replies that he is generally very humorous and easy going, but if Y wants seriousness he can be that too. (Really ?) X says that his parents have warned him that he should not be talking anything about anyone in the family to Y yet, and since he is not aware of these kind of family politics he has no idea why they said such a thing to him and he would prefer to be shielded away from those kind of things. X also says that his parents are a little clingy and they would definitely like to visit very frequently after marriage.
And then finally, he asks her if it is really a Yes to the marriage and is relieved to hear that she really meant it and that he is 'The One' for her.
Total time of the chat: 15 mins (excluding the 2-3 mins talk to his friend who had called in between to check out his location)
I was very surprised to really formulate the whole stuff just by listening to his one sided dialogues. I think this can be a theme for a nice experimental movie (telling a story through a one sided phone conversation...;)). I understand his need to be close to this girl and all that stuff.. come one I have been there, done that etc.. but the things which I have not done and which I don't like is...giggling..Why on earth was he giggling for every sentence he speaks.. Seriously...that was the most irritating thing he did. Do all guys do that when they talk to their arranged marriage based fiance's ? After that 15 mins of talk, there was dead silence.... I don't know why I was amused and relieved. If I was little bit sassy, I would have done two things while getting down
a) turn around and wish him a very happy married life
b) and tell him that women (mostly) do not like men giggling and that he has to tone it down next time he talks to her
But since I am not that person, I quietly walk away without a glance of this stranger who let out a part of his life to me over the bus journey.
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