Marriage - 2

Just got news that a friend of mine is getting engaged. This is quite a common occurance, the engagement, that is.

Now the thing that is different is that this is what we call an arranged marriage. You know, arranged marriage is quite common in India, though, it is loosing its ground to the new fangled "Love" marriage.

This arranged marriage is unique as he is getting engaged to a lady who's mother tongue is different from his. Now, you wonder, what the hell is strange about it. Well the strange thing is that, he does not know her mother tongue and she does not his.

I was wondering as to what problems there could be in this arrangement. Talking to another friend over the phone - this guy also is a well wisher for my friend- we reached the following conclusion.

1. If they have a fight, what language they would use. Because, when we fight, we generally revert to our mother tongue (being more effective for cussing). Now this would lead to a funny situation, she would not under stand him and vice versa.

2. When they are in a romantic mood, again, our mother tongue, is the best way to express our feelings, so, again it would be lost to both of them ;-)

3. The main benefit would be that their children would be multilingual. That is quite a major boon in this country of ours.

Well my buddy, wish you a happy married life!!!!!! It would be quite interesting to keep track of your progress.