The wedding season is here, and this year, we’ve seen some of the biggest weddings we could ever imagine. And we’ve been blown away by the display of wealth and power in some of them.
At the end of the day, we couldn’t help wondering about the point of it all. The main point of the wedding is celebration of love, right? The coming together of two people who have decided to spend the rest of their lives in unison.
But somewhere along the way, I feel the extravaganza has taken over. It’s more about who has a bigger and flashier wedding now. In fact, social media has a big role to play in this.
Amidst all this, this one guy’s wedding story stands out and teaches everyone what a wedding really is supposed to be like. He decided to share the story of his wedding.
Guys shaadi season hai so here's my wedding story in a thread so you guys know that having apni marzi ki shaadi is possible.
My guest list had 25 names: friends and parents. The venue was my terrace. The menu was chicken tikka, seekh kabab, pathooray chanay halwa strawberries.
— Rizwan. (@RizwanTakkhar) December 22, 2018
Fairy lights. Homemade food. And all the love one could possibly imagine.
I set my max budget at Rs. 20,000. A friend lent his cooks, I bought the chicken and masalay from that money and helped prepare it all. Wife cooked khattay alu as a starter. Dad bought fairy lights n put them up on the terrace.
— Rizwan. (@RizwanTakkhar) December 22, 2018
This is what a wedding is supposed to be, you guys.
I borrowed 25 chairs from the neighborhood election committee lmao. I forgot dessert so @RizWanKenobi_ brought strawberries n ice cream. He also brought tables for the food. @HaseenaAtomBum and @hiranajam FLEW IN FOR THIS.
— Rizwan. (@RizwanTakkhar) December 22, 2018
Talking. Laughing. Endless fun. Love. Khushiyaan. That’s it.
My wife and I wore plain blue shalwar kameez (mom n sis paid for this as a gift). We all ate and talked till midnight when wapda cut us off. The whole shaadi then moved to Manji Munch DHA and then bas. Khush! Done!
— Rizwan. (@RizwanTakkhar) December 22, 2018
He also added this:
What I'm trying to say is. IT'S. OKAY. Sukoon karo. Do whatever you want ofc and whatever you can afford. But HAVE FUN. Be happy. Big or small, all weddings should just be HAPPY. Khush raho sab. Bye. (wedding pic added for saboot thanks) pic.twitter.com/xf2OJHqTVH
— Rizwan. (@RizwanTakkhar) December 22, 2018
And Twitterati agreed:
Thank you for bringing sanity back to having a wedding.
— swadhinata trust (@SwadhinataTrust) December 24, 2018
If this doesn’t make you want to get married, I don’t know what will.
