Tuesday 19 February 2019

Do guys buy jewelry?

Hmmm...never saw a man alone in a jewellery shop or may be never really noticed it before until yesterday. I mean I am sure the guys who wants to propose their girlfriends into 'the marriage trap' definitely go and buy expensive jewelry to woo her to fall for them, but my question is do they go alone and buy the big diamond without the help of a female friend or cousin? Do you guys take the pain and understand what kind a jewelry your girl will love or you just buy because it looks big or looks expensive? Huh?
Well, lets read a story which might answer these questions for us.
                          THE STORY
              All thanks to my sister who got married to an NRI in KSA I managed to get a visit visa to explore the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, so one day I had to follow my mother and my sister to a gold jewelry market in Riyadh, now can you imagine the pain of a guy dragged down to a jewelry market, well I had no choice, so here I am looking at these expensive, unique designer jewelry. My mother having a look into each every shop in the market saying she is looking jewelry for my future wife. 'Rehan'! she yells at me, to follow her into the shops when I insist to stand outside. Not interested in any of the things infront of me my eyes notice three desi(Indian, pakistani or Bangladeshi ) guys, you can easily tell they are desi by their attire and attitude which is very different from the locals of Riyadh. They are giggling and making fun of each other and seriously looking at necklaces and bangles. I, curious about their trip to this market get a little closer to them trying to know their story.
'Come on man, she is fair as milk you gotta buy this white stone studded gold neclace for her, she will love it!' teases the guy in yellow tshirt. Listening to this, 'I don't know man I am not sure' answers the guy in blue jacket smiling coyly. 'Why? She is your fiancee buddy, don't you know what she might like?' asks the another guy beside them. 'I have only seen her picture like you guys, I haven't met her, don't know what she loves or hates. Its an arrange marriage guys, obviously!' says the guy in blue jacket.  'Damn! man you really got gutts' both of his friends pat his back. 'Rehan!' I hear my mom calling me again and we get back to our hotel after an hour of strolling around.
Later, that night I couldn't stop myself from thinking about the guy who was buying jewelry for his fiancée. This middle class guy who came all the way to an alien country to earn money, who was dressed very simply, wore a duplicate brand of a watch, who was obviously working hard every day to earn each and every penny in his pocket, was standing there trying his best to buy jewellery for a girl he didn't even meet. What was it? How does he know she is the right person to marry? How does he take such a risk with his life? Then my heart answers 'faith'. He has faith in his God or on his family. He believes that whatever may happen he will make his marriage work.
In a world where people who live-in together fo years without the bond of marriage finally decide to move on alone. I see a guy buying GOLD jewellery for his would be wife, who he didn't even chose. Irony of life!

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