From the age of 16 I have been getting rishtas. I have always been the beautiful one out of my friends.
I am fair skinned, I have big eyes, I am tall and I have long hair.
I have everything that a man could want in a wife. And everything a mother-in-law could want in a daughter-in-law.
No rishta has ever been good enough for me.
I have the goods so I know I am entitled to make certain demands.
I want a man who earns a certain salary and not below it.
He needs to have the kind of lifestyle that suits someone as attractive as me.
If I look this way, why should I compromise on my requirements?
If I am giving a guy me, I deserve luxury in return.
Since I turned 35 I have seen a change in men that are interested in me though.
They are either divorced men or complete losers who are really old and desperate.
I know aunty's say things to my mum about me being too fussy and that I am no longer marketable because of my age and that's it my own fault for being single.
They even make rude comments and call me a 'buddhi.'
But why should I get married just for the sake of shutting people up?
Why shouldn't I wait for my ideal guy who ticks all my boxes?
I deserve the best. And I will wait for the best.
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