Hazards Of Being Married

• Your status (finally?) changes. You are now supposed to appear in all Haldi-Kumkum functions.
• If your husband works in your office, your colleagues will suddenly be too much interested in him, as if he is an item on display. If he is a calm and quiet guy, your frustration and irritation with your colleagues won't rise to alarming levels.
• Every new relative, neighbour, acquaintance wants to know "Amchya kade kadhi yenaar??" It's as if we have got married to do just that...visit them.
• The time between a Friday and the following Monday contracts drastically. When you do realise it was a weekend, you are practically staring at 11 p.m. in the clock on Sunday.
• You learn all rules of room sharing, right from finding clothes all over the place, to books, papers, and trash too.
• Your relatives are easily ignored. Now your "family" means your in-laws and other relatives on your husband's side.
• You gain new immunity to things. You are now supposed to like things that you might have hated before being married, because your in-laws and husband likes them.
• You suddenly find yourself having no time for yourself. Most of it is gone in office, with your man, or then with the in-laws. Only at 11.30 at night will you then realise that another day is gone again without you even touching your favourite book, forget about reading it.
• TV, TV remote, and your favourite programmes might become alien things for you. You might even forget how to use the TV and its remote.
• You might also forget what hobbies are and what you did in your pastime. Because after all, you won't get time to pursue your hobbies.