Arranged marriages & subtle hints

well i know i am pickin up a topic thats been debated endlessly over the ages...
i got inclined to post this one after a conv with my friend....

"ooh i hate the way the arranged marriages are done"... this how it started...
{well in indian communities,the girls parents tend to look for grooms,once she is 22 or 24 ... luckily for us guys its around 26,27.. but we do look for girls ourselves..now thats all together a different story}

(i am really hearin a lot abt marriages these days, esp after my bro got settled..(unsettled rather from his carefree bachelor life...)

"i really like this guy"
"he is really nice, we talk a lot abt different topics" - (well thats what a healthy discussion is all about.... (but i bet my bottom dollar that he is most vociferous when it comes to cricket or sports)
"i feel he is really comptabile"
i feel he n i have alot in common,same thoughts, same idealogies, .... (well if everythin is same then what will guys together? if u agree on everything,wont life be dull?? (i know priya(my bhabhi) will give me slap if she reads this line...)

"well have u told him abt this ?" - i quipped..
she was in horror's .. "no way! what will he think?" ( well lady u want him thinking abt you ,dont u?)

"u know i jus hate the way the arranged marriage system works, ni dont like the way my parents ask me marry someone, jus because horrorscopes match" .. ( Ah! i agree with that one though... i personally seen my bro go thro this one.....i used to dissagree abt a lot of girls before it goes to him.... needed to spare him the headaches...)

"so what are u going to do?" i ask...
"i dunno, see... , he likes going out with me,calls meout on weekends.. etc etc...."
(i had a feeling this was going tobe long)"well do u see a future with him?".. i break in..
"ummm, welll lookin at the subtle hints.... "(Subtle hints !! WHOA!!! wait a min..)

"hey subtle hints dont work for guys!!!! " - (i had to force this point,since she was speakin without a pause..)
"HUH!"
"Yeah"," unless expressely told,we guys dont take subtle hints!!" (come on lady,there are so many fwd's about them ,u shuld be knowing...she wasnt really surprised.. but i had the feeling she knew...)

{for us, if a girl says"I miss u" , its doesnt mean,that u are the guy whom iam thinking abt day-in and day-out... its jus a "i miss u"
8/10 times we tend to forget birthdays or anniversaries...that doesnt mean that we forgot the person..,that person is still important to us. what's in dates?
well we really dont loooook too much into the lines...(i am talkin abt a general class here... guys who can interpret,are welcome to give me tips)

(My Bhabi has been takin classes for me..abt girls n subtle hints... exasperated by me, she gave up :) )

"do need to tell him this?" - she looked at me with big round eyes..
"well yeah, at least you can take it out of your mind... " i replied...(& whats the point ingetting u r head all screwedup for nothin)
"what will he say?"- (i dunno... 60-40??)
"ok i guess i need to do that"..... she sighed n we went back to work...


will she??.....