10 Honest Questions The Person You Marry Should Be Able To Answer
I am that person who always thought marriages suck, until one day when I watched a Hollywood Rom-Com and realized they don’t. You can actually have great marriages that don’t suck!
Marriages can be a lot of fun if you are getting a fancy marriage with a lot of gifts. And then, of course, I also realized that there’s this whole thing about finding the right partner. Hah! So when I ended up realizing so many things I thought why not share my knowledge with others? What if they haven’t realized and are still getting non-fancy marriages and falling for the wrong partners?
So this is for all those who want to get married but don’t want to settle for a Rajnish Duggal when they can get a Keanu Reeves. This little test should sort things out for you.
Why do you love me?
Make sure that person is not after your dog and is actually after you. Because if your love is after your dog, your love will run away with the dog. And then? And then you will be loveless and supremely sad.
When do you get up?
Because early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise. This proves that the person hadn’t attended school. Where was your love roaming around when other people were busy studying?
Who will cry when I die?
This is important because if your love can’t answer this it means your love hasn’t read the Robin S. Sharma book, not even The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, perhaps not even a Shiv Khera book, and horror of horrors: not a single self-help book. How can this person be of any help?
How many stars are there in the sky?
Parzan Dastur, that kid from Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai, knows the answer by now. But your love? Has no clue!
What will we eat for dinner?
Make sure that person isn’t always feeding you dead rats. Your mom always told you to eat fresh food. Remember at the end of the day, it is YOUR life!
Why do you want to spend the rest of your life with me?
Is it only because of those peanut butter Oreo cookies that are easily available at the departmental store near your house? Beware of people who overdose on peanut butter.
Do we have a song?
It is important for lovers to have common songs. Life gets difficult as your marriage gets old. Things tend to get boring. But a song? A cutesy, romantic song is always new! Can your lover still whistle when you nasal-vibrate to “Aapka Suroor”? If not, you know where this is going.
Are you willing to lose some battles in order to keep the peace?
If your love nods a yes. Ask which battle? Battle of Plassey or Battle of Waterloo. If your love says Plassey you get a clear indication that this isn’t a forever relationship. Because you know your history right. You know that only Mir Jafar loses the Battle of Plassey. You don’t want to marry Mir Jafar, his Wikipedia photo sucks.
But don’t be too happy if your love chooses Battle of Waterloo. Because that’s an even more dangerous thing. Only a loser wants to lose the battle of water and loo.
Can you promise to put us ahead of everything else?
If the person you marry can’t even put the two of you ahead of everything else, you two can’t get tickets at the Delhi Metro. You know what happens to people who can’t get tickets at the Delhi Metro? Yes, they don’t reach Dilli Haat.
Worse, that person might not be able to put you ahead of a running car even if you really insist. Not even on Saturday evenings!
Will you be a grandparent?
Here’s the question of the questions the person you marry should be able to answer: will the person want to be a grandparent? Yes, immediately. Now. If your love isn’t ready to become a grandparent before marriage, this means this person you are so blindly in love with doesn’t even want to grow old with you. That’s terrible.
Debojit Dutta is a co-founder and editor at AntiSerious. Some suspect he secretly writes fiction, evidence suggests he is fictitious.