Made in Heaven but watched by us

I am not sure why and how this idea got into my mind, but at some point few years back, I told to myself that I am going to attend as many marriages as I can. Marriages where I feel happy being there, marriages of my friends, when they are going to welcome a new ‘era’, I feel I should not miss it. I feel important. I feel needed and responsible. And its definiely fun. Its not important, though, for me, how many I’m going to attend but what reasons I gave to myself for not attending. There is no doubt each of us want to attend all of these marriages, except that we are so much ‘unmovable’ from our varied clutches. Best of the reasons are no leaves available and family constraints. There is validity in these reasons and one cannot keep attending all the marriages that happen around him. I am not sure if there is any solution for this (or any other similar problems), but ya I should say that I am proud of what I did. I crossed this barrier many a times and will continue to do so. Sometimes I failed. I just realized that I missed eleven precious occasions like those, which I wanted to be a part of but couldn’t, most of them being very recent. I wish I could be there.

I wanted to make a list of all those marriages which I missed to convey my wishes, one more time: Malli, OP, Sai Ramya, Anil’s Sister, Bharat’s Bro, Neha, Nitin, Rakesh, Sainath Reddy. I already know I am going to miss few more in the coming days, but I don’t want to put their names. I am sad myself for not going to be.

50% of all my leaves are planned for attending them. That’s happening for the last four years or more already ! The rest of my vacation is for my trips and going home. While finishing this post, I tried recollecting all those instances, at least to get a number, how many marriages I must have been a part of. The count is : 36 ! (as per Feb 2012). For records, I am not counting all those marriages from my childhood. The count is sort of, marriges that I attended out of my own conscience and responsibility.

This year is already turning out to be a crazy one for getting into bondage. Especially in my age group, its a race. And its becoming increasingly tough to manage my trips !

The crux of all this self hype is bring to you all one grand news. This post is for my friend Sethuram, the other half of WorthvieW. Sethu is getting married in less that two weeks. And he has used all his brains, one last time probably, to make a fantastic invitation. After all my experience in weddings, this stands out. I want to wish this special person , a great memorable and wonderful life ahead. Here it is :

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Inka vishaniki vasthe…..

<h1>At last I found a travel-mate for my life journey 🙂 </h1>

With new dreams, new hopes, new aspirations and a desire to achieve new horizons..
WE (Sethu and Sunitha) are stepping into a new beginning of marriage life…..
I would take the Pleasure of inviting you for my marriage on March 1st, Thursday at 8.05 PM

Please treat this as a personal invitation and shower us with your blessings on the D-day

Invitation link – http://www.invity.com/sethuandsunitha

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Date: Thursday, March 1st 2012
Time: 8:05 P.M
Venue: T.T.D Kalynamandapam, Narsapuram, West Godavari
Explore Narasapuram = http://images.worthview.com/places/andhra-pradesh-travelogue/narsapuram/

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Date: Saturday, March 3rd 2012
Time: 12:00 P.M
Venue: Suvarna Kalyanamandapam, Machilipatnam
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Note: Forgive me if the above code has syntax errors or warnings, but please DON’T FORGET to attend my marriage.

Note 2 for my SEO folks : Please optimize my wedding with your links ( Blessings)

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Lots happen before marriage. Someone do not want to marry, some wants to delay it, some misses their loved ones next to them, some has to be forced, no-option-left and everything else. But in the end, its definitely a happy start. That’s the single most observation I have in all these weddings. All weddings, the bride and the groom are happy (tensed and worried at times, but definitely happy for their marriage).

For all those who are little worried about this whole idea, it isn’t that bad. Give it a try.

If marriages are made in heaven, and if I’m attending them, I have already seen heaven. And ask me how beautiful it is.

Blessings,
WorthvieW

P.S. : I have a marriage to attend in few hrs. And, about my marriage, don’t worry at all, I wont be late (if not already late 😛 ), I will be joining the club. I have to.