WEDDING AND RECEPTION IN THE PRECOVID ERA 175




The Incident  being cited below is during  the
   PRE - COVID AND LOCKDOWN ERA . Marriage and Wedding Reception were places where friends and relatives gathered in large numbers to wish the newly wedded couple . Masks and Sanitizers found  a place only in the Dictionary or when you Googled  . Its use was restricted to only  those in the elite medical profession.

Weddings were just fun places in which everyone wanted to be a part and enjoy .



THE WEDDING GIFT WITH A DIFFERENCE

There was a huge pile of Gifts and Presents at the wedding reception of Suraj and Sharmista . Even as  they were opening the various boxes , one particular gift item  caught their attention . Beautifully gift wrapped was a Dazzling stone embedded necklace for Sharmista and an equally attractive Cuff - Link for Suraj . What made the present even more exciting was a cinema ticket for the two of them for the Shahrukh starrer  " ZERO " the next weekend at the posh new theater in the city . The ONLY surprising thing was that it did not mention the name of the person making the present except to say
" GUESS WHO , YOUR TRUE WELL WISHER "
The couple in spite of all their TRY  could not come to a conclusion regarding the person who could have come up with the  present .

Came Sunday and the couple saw the Shahrukh starrer  " Zero " at the posh theater and the lunch to go with it .

The happy couple returned home only to see that all the valuables in their house had been stolen with a neatly placed placard that said

        " DID YOU ENJOY THE MOVIE "

THE COUPLE FINALLY REALIZED AS TO WHO HAD MADE THE LOVELY PRESENT.


Moral of the story:FREEBIES ARE GIVEN ONLY TO EXPLOIT YOU AND THAT NOTHING IS GIVEN FREE IN THIS  WIDE - WIDE WORLD

Comments

  1. balu14 May 2020 at 05:03

    Poor guys . I agree with you there are no free lunches I somehow am very much against things gs like buy 2 get 1 free

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  2. seshadri22 May 2020 at 09:02

    i think durng the ensuing KOLU festivals every one will be distributing masks and sanitizers as return gifts

    ReplyDelete

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