Marriage
Definition – The raging epidemic that has afflicted many of my friends lately. It is more rampant in the months of November, December. In a certain instance, about 40,000 wedding ceremonies have been reported in a single day in Delhi alone.
Causes - It has been noted that this disease might have communicable properties. Once one of your friends gets married, soon others either follow the league or atleast start talking about getting married.
Another cause reported for the disease are the species ‘aunty’ which in certain cases act as vector for the disease. The Aunty lurks in weddings, third cousin gatherings, sniffing for young and unmarried blood. She picks her prey after a disciplined interrogation of the victim’s relatives. After extracting all the imformation, she makes call to the victim’s parents and sets the trap.Symptoms – Pre-disease symptoms are characterized by excessive time on phone (with the fiancé ), severe shopping bouts, frequent (beauty) parlor trips. Vast contrast have been noted between the pre-disease and post disease symptoms. Common symptoms such as holding of hands and surprise presents, soon get defunct after marriage . Though some exceptional cases have been noted, where couples indulge in such activities even after marriage. However, the proportion of such population is scarce.
Cures – Yet to be discovered. Some people say that “Marriage is triumph of exuberant hope over dismal experience”. Divorce has been suggested as one of the plausible cures of the dreaded disease. However, it is followed by after-effects such as alimony.
