Indian Arrange marriage Proposal

part 8( said " yes" to get married happily.

Wedding ceremony was going on
... But i was upset as it is..
then one thing came up in my mind.. which was.. "alcohol
. and smoking".
I said to my friend that let me ask him about this... If he is a smoker or consume alcohol.. i will say" No".( I wanted a guy who doesn't smoke or consume alcohol.. i was strictly against of it...)
Then.. i messaged the guy.. asked him about smoking and drinking.. but.. he replied that i don't smoke.. neither drink..
Again.. i failed.. in getting point to say him"No".
Now i didn't have any choice to say"No".. i was just thinking... That let him come to see me.. and it will be good if he rejects me..
My dad already called and told me to come home as soon as the wedding gets over....
Now.. the wedding got over.. we finished having Lunch.. bride went to her in-laws with the groom.. i headed to bus stand to catch the bus to my village.. i was waiting for the bus.. with same spoiled mood.. thinking that it is not fair.. this how my whole future be decided??.. to marry stranger..who is not your type..!!
He didn't even agree to meet me first alone..i need time..
I need time to think..to know him.. then I can decide to marry him..
I tried to convince my dad by saying that dad..how can I decide that he is good.. by just talking to him like this.. how can I tell you that i like him.. just through bio data and talking once..
Dad answered angrily that then how it is supposed to be???..this how it happens.... there is no machine to insert in someone and check how that person is....i enquired as much i can.. they said everything is good..you talked to the guy.. what else you want???😠
I knew there is no point in arguing with dad.. plus i was scared of him too..
I was thinking about all this and waiting for the bus..
Meanwhile..my sister called me..and said.."dad called me to say that call your little sister and ask her..if she like the guy or not..".
I told my sister that how can I decide to marry a stranger like this
.it is so quick..i don't even know him..
She replied that...dear...look..when I got married..i didn't even had chance to talk to the guy..( i did got the chance to talk with him before fixing our marriage)...you have got chance to talk with him..you can ask him whatever you want.. plus he is staying in Australia...that will be good for you because you are not meant to be in india.. your thinking is different..you can not do well in india..in india we have to live according to our society.. our social norms..
you are just opposite to all this things.. abroad will be better for you..
Her answer changed my mind..she convinced me so nicely...
She said..no one is forcing you to marry him..let him come to see you..if you like.. then say yes.. otherwise we will say" no"..be positive..let him come.. then see how you feel..
I felt good..i said you are right..
Then she hang up..
Talking to her.. changed my mind..i got good mood..i started being positive.. then bus came..i came home..
Next day...they came to see me..he came with his family...i served them tea..we talked in person..i didn't have much to ask him because we already talked and chatted..he too didn't have much to ask me...i just asked him about few things like..are you planning to settle in Australia only..or thinking to come back in india after few years..he replied that I will settle in Australia only.... he asked me about my studies and job..
Then the guy revealed that i like the girl..
My dad asked me.. and guess what????...
I Said " yes".
( You guys might be thinking why yes???..
Well i was scared of getting married arrange.. but my sister convinced me and said that this is how it happens.. there is no machine to know someone.. Arrange marriage happens like this only..we have to take risk..it is about your destiny..
if you say "no" to this guy by just getting scared.. the same thing will happen with other guy too..you don't have any other option..this is India..we live in village..you know all this things very well..
So i thought that my sister is right..now I don't have any other option.... what and how i want will never happen.. live in relationship.. spending time with someone.. knowing the person properly... then falling in love..all this things are not possible where i live..so i better think practically..and in positive way..
Practically.. everything was good...
The guy didn't smoke.. drink..he was staying in Australia.. everyone gave positive reviews about the guy.. what else I need??...
Since I talked to my sister..my mind was changed towards him... I was convinced that this is how arrange marriage takes place... If i say "No".. to this guy.. my dad soon will make me married to someone else.. and there too.. situation will be like this only..so I said yes..not with force.. but willingly..by thinking practically..and decided to be happy..
Because life is like this only..ups and down will keep coming..he might turn out to be good or bad.. whatever it has to happen will happen..so let me not think to much..let me not be scared by thinking what if the guy is bad..etc..etc..when you can't change something..you have to accept it and move on..that is what I did..)....
As i said "yes".... everyone got happy...
the guy's mother gave me 500 rupees....( It means it was fixed...me and the guy are engaged to each other..we will marry to each other)
When she( the guy's mother) was giving me 500 rupees.. there were spark on my face..
My face did glow.. because of joy..
My dad was very happy because my marriage was fixed...
the whole environment turned into joy..
I served everyone food..
I served to the guy too.. but at that time the feeling was different.. while serving to him..i thought.. this is the person who will become my life partner..we were stranger before two days and now he is going to be my better half..i was happy... everyone was happy..
So this is how it happened..
This is what happens when an educated girl living in village with people of so much different thinking.. different cultural perspectives..)
Wait for the last part..moral of the story.🙏