Saturday 14th December ’24
Well, today was the big day. It was the final day of the wedding, and let me tell you, I have never before seen an event start so much later than it was actually meant to start. So the wedding was meant to start at 9pm, and they had called everyone to the venue for 6pm for the pre-wedding celebrations like the groom’s entrance. So we get there at 6pm and no one was there, we were the first people at the venue apart from the people hosting the wedding. I didn’t really mind, to be honest, as I got to meet all the family that was filtering in at different times, but the core family got to the venue at around 9pm, which was after most people had arrived. So all the family is talking and before we know it is 10pm. At this time, my cousins and I decided to go to the groom’s wedding procession and start dancing there, which was a great time. We were all dancing at the entrance at around 11pm and the wedding was meant to start at 9pm!
Finally, we had the groom’s entrance, which took about half an hour to get to the actual venue where the wedding was taking place. While this was going on, I had a quick bite to eat, and then it was off to the wedding rituals, which started at 12 a.m., a whole three hours after the designated start time. It was decently fun looking at all the rituals, but when I looked out at around 1 a.m., the whole venue was empty, and only the core family was left. I have never seen such tardiness in my life, and I guess all of the stereotypes of Indians are actually true. But overall, the food was pretty good, especially the cake. P.S. it was bloody cold in the evening and my tonsils are killing me as I am typing this.
Anyways, I will see you guys tomorrow.