Chapter 22: chapter 22

Aman – Mom, there is no other way!Mom – How much money more will you waste? We have already paid to the marriage bureau, we are paying for newspapers also, and here you paid three thousand rupees!Aman – Three thousand rupees is not that much mom!Mom – Not that much! You haven’t done any hard work in your life, that’s why you are saying so. Ask from me, when your dad passed away, how hard I worked for your survival! I was saving single-single rupee for your future. And now you have luckily got a government job and you are saying three thousand rupees is not that much! Aman – Mom, please don’t think about the past. Let bygones be bygones. Now, we are not poor. Now, your son is a government teacher. Now, we have become a middle-class family. We can pay that much amount now. Just think, if we get a good government job girl for three thousand rupees, then is it a bad deal? No na...Mom – You don’t know about the world, Aman. You are just a kid and you are naïve. Nowadays, all are cheaters and frauds on the internet!Aman – I know, mom. But this website is a very genuine website. I have checked reviews about it. All are saying that we can trust on this website. Mom – Reviews can also be purchased. Don’t forget that. Aman – No, mom. It’s nothing like that. It’s a very popular website. Please trust me. Have some patience. I guess by tomorrow evening, I will surely get some responses. I have sent a message to ten selected profiles. I guess at least one will reply for sure. I went on checking the website for about five days, minimum ten times a day but nobody replied to my message! I thought, “What! Nobody replied to my message! Have they seen my message or not. Let me check if I can check if they saw my message or not.”I saw green double tick on the seven profiles out of ten. I thought, “Out of ten, the seven have seen my message. But why didn’t they reply to me? If you didn’t like my profile, at least they would have told me that they didn’t like my profile. But now, what can I make out of their no response at all? It has been already five days since I have been waiting. Now, I can’t wait any more. Now, I have to do something.”I said to myself, “Perhaps, I have not got any reply because I sent messages to girls who are government teachers. Their value is much in the market of marriage. I know it’s bad to use the word market here but I don’t know how to describe my feelings in other words. Anyhow, from now on, I will also send messages to girl’s profiles who are working in the private sector. At least, I will get some replies and I will be able to check how this website works.”I clicked on the “Advanced Search” tab and this time I searched for the girls who had completed their B.Sc. or M.Sc. and are working as a private teacher. I found more than a hundred profiles. Then I started reading each and every profile very carefully. Then I started shortlisting the best profiles among them. I spent about twelve hours in reaching my final decision. I selected twenty profiles whom I was going to message. Then I copied the same message that I sent to the ten girls with government jobs before and sent to these newly selected twenty profiles. I thought, “Now, I will definitely get replies because a government employee has sent messages to private employees. Haha.”I kept on checking my inbox for four to five days but I didn’t get any reply! Two among them had declined my message request too! “What the heck! Nobody replied to my messages! And two rejected my message request! I spent about twelve hours in shortlisting the profiles and the result is zero! I can’t believe that.”My mom found me upset. She asked, “What happened, Aman? Why are you so upset?”Aman – Nothing mom. Sometimes it happens simply. I wondered, “Today I lied to my mom! If I told her the truth the she would get hurt. Therefore, I lied to her.”Mom – How is your website going on? Aman – Going okay mom. Mom – Not great? Aman – We have to wait for some time to see the results. Mom – Hmm... Uncle Mohan also has not called us. Aman – Hmm...Mom – And what about newspapers? Aman – I have not purchased this week as I was busy in using this website. That also, I would buy. Mom – Keep on checking newspapers also. Who knows we may find a girl there?Aman – Yes, mom. I will keep on checking. Mom thought, “His face shows clearly that there is some problem. Don’t know why is he not sharing his problem with me?”The Next DayI woke up and sat on my bed. The first thought ran in my mind was “Nobody replied to me! Damn it!” “What should I do now? I am feeling very bad. I want to meet someone but who? Yeah! Let’s call Paras and Amit!”I telephoned Paras. He picked up my call. Paras – Hello Pal! What’s up? Today so early in the morning. It’s just seven a.m.Aman – I want to meet you today. Paras – Now? Aman – Haha, not now, in the evening. Paras – Then purchase two bottles of wine from the bar. We will need them.Aman – Haha, you know, I don’t drink.Paras chuckled, “But you know I drink.”Aman – Anyhow, I am not going to buy it. (Giggled.)Paras – You know Aman, the meeting between two friends is never successful without a wine. Try once only then will you realize what’s the worth of wine. Aman – Haha! I don’t want to realize the worth of it. By the way, the meeting is not going to happen between two friends but among three friends. Paras – Wow! Means, Amit is also going to join us! Did you call him?(It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)