When you get back to your native.....

If you are a male, born in a considerably big south Indian family, in a village or town in the 80's, been a city dweller for sometime now and still unmarried, the following are bound to happen when you get back to your native after a considerable gap :

( Disclaimer : These are mere observations arising out of changes in cultural & personal attributes. Not intended to mock at anyone - just in case anyone who is referenced below gets to read this :-))

1. Your grand parents & relatives think you are not healthy any more just because you've lost your tummy fat. A toned body according to them is a sign of weakness and not health.

2. All of them think you do not take good care of your health & try making amends by taking turns to serve you heaps of rice.

3. There is always a distant cousin marrying whom the whole family except you will be happy.

4. You are expected to call every man of the previous generation uncle & every lady aunt ( in the regional language of course..)

5. People think you are crazy to keep studying well into your 20's.

6. You find it extremely difficult to have a conversation with few of your cousins who stayed back (in the village or town) for more than a couple of minutes. You wonder how on earth you spent entire summer vacations playing 'hide & seek,' 'police & thief' or 'street cricket' with them a decade back.

7. Your cousins think you are a playboy because you have many friends who are girls.

8. You are growing by leaps & bounds in life if you have managed to own a car and vice versa.

9. A government job is the best job more so because it is recession proof. You are not doing good in your career if you happen to pursue anything other than a 9-5 job.

And, last but not the least,

10. Flaunting gold is the order of the day. The more gold on your body the richer you are perceived.

Despite these difficulties and differences in perception, it is always fun to be in your native town or village*

* conditions apply!