Arjarapu

My father-in-law used to buy apparel for Apurva. She is such a nice lady to accept whatever he gets her. All through these days, I learnt that Apurva has been suggested by her parents and other well wishers. I am not sure, if she is accustomed for such suggestions, but I am sure that her dad is accustomed to give some suggestions. Well, I definitely don't want to say that suggesting someone is no good, but suggestions to dudes like me, who wants to do things in their way, would not help.

Yesterday, when we went to purchase the suit, my father-in-law asked - 'Have you ever seen Salman Khan Movies?'. I replied - 'Well, I watch but not often.' Later he was asking the sales person in Raymonds to show a pink suit similar to the one Salman Khan wore in his recent movie. I admire his want to see myself in Salman Khan's wear, but wearing a pink suit that too for marriage is definitely a no go for me.

I didn't want to say no and hurt his feelings, and at the same time, I don't want to wear the pink suit either. Somehow I managed to get along with have chosen suit of my choice. Later, I got some more suggestions for shirting & panting materials and as usual I didn't like them as well. When he started to push for me to wear it against my will, for a moment I thought, 'Well, why in the hell am I hesitant to say NO?'. So, finally I said so and requested him not to force against my decisions.

I don't want to be rude on this, but made things clear, (pink for men is more gayish), in polite way. He later understood and appreciated my choice, didn't know if he did that from bottom of his heart.

Shyam K. Arjarapu