5 ways to answer the question “Why aren’t you married yet?”
1. You are gay and same-sex marriage is not legal in India. Marriage will require you and your partner to move to Canada. You’ve done the math : the wedding costs and flight tickets to fly both families to Canada and back is enough to put you and your partner in crippling, lifelong debt. 2.Tell them you have decided to be a bachelor (or a bramhachari). Hell, it might even garner some respect among the older gen and certain religious sects(Unfortunately, this only works if you are a boy. There’s no equivalent of if you are female - there is, but you won’t be respected as much. You might have to settle for the title of the Spinster of your family). 3. You have accepted the Lord(Shiva and Vishnu are hot-favorites) as your husband and hence can marry no mortal male. I’m looking at you, Akkamahadevi and Mirabai. 4. You are merely waiting for Christmas: Say you’re waiting for Christmas, go MIA during Christmas(Helloooo Bali!) and come back and say Christmas has passed so you’ll have to wait for the next Christmas. 5. “I’m waiting for the right one”: Meet the prospective boy/girl at a cafe. Get there an hour early and have 3 coffees. Drink more coffee with her/him while bantering about your job. Go home and tell your parents that he/she’s not the right one because your ‘energy levels don’t match’.
