No Show
The guests have started arriving. Mom and Dad are at the main gate, welcoming them.
Everybody is in awe of the grand decor. The wedding planners have left no stone unturned to give it a perfect blend of sophistication and uniqueness. Floral decorations, flickering candle lights and twinkling lights, curtains and backdrops, all in hues of red, blue, and yellow gave a warm festive look. Even the wedding throne chairs are in the same shades. How perfect and lovely!
But why am I not happy?
What if I don’t show up for my own wedding?
Oh, Mom and Dad would be devastated and people would say a lot of nasty things.
I know, it’s a tad late in the day. Some may call it wedding jitters or the excitement for the big day. But this little nagging feeling that all this is a mistake is just refusing to leave me.
Oh, I do know that anxiety and doubt are not the same thing.
I may be called dumb or coward.
But, I think, a real coward would be the one who turns up looking every inch a bride in all her wedding finery yet doesn’t show up in the marriage.
Linking this to Sunday Photo Fiction – July 19th 2015
July 19, 2015 6:02 pm|
Awww…awesome!
July 19, 2015 9:37 pm|
Thank you, Robert! 🙂
July 19, 2015 8:20 pm|
Shilpa this is superb.
July 19, 2015 9:37 pm|
Thank you, Ma’am 🙂
July 19, 2015 8:42 pm|
Very good indeed, and her logic is sound. It would also be unfair of her to do so too.
July 19, 2015 10:39 pm|
Yes, it’s better to be clear before hand rather than regretting later.
July 19, 2015 8:55 pm|
Valid point.
The bride is so confused. Hope she attends her wedding.
July 19, 2015 10:41 pm|
You think in her confused state she should go ahead with the wedding? 😀
July 19, 2015 9:18 pm|
Your double drabble is super super. Coward is………… and so rightly said.
July 19, 2015 10:42 pm|
Thank you, Kalpana. Glad you liked it 🙂
July 19, 2015 10:06 pm|
Lovely contemplation, though I think she’ll shrug off the jitters and make an appearance. 😀
July 19, 2015 10:43 pm|
Aah! An optimist in you is saying that. 😀
July 19, 2015 11:12 pm|
Wonderful! That last sentence is so wise.
July 22, 2015 11:05 pm|
Thanks Laurel 🙂
July 20, 2015 6:50 am|
She sounds like a wise person…a little late in her decision, but better late than go through with something she may be sorry for!
July 22, 2015 11:08 pm|
Agree. This is not only good for her but for her spouse too. It’s better to have nobody, than to have someone who is half there or doesnt want to be there!
July 20, 2015 11:31 am|
Better late than never that she heeds the call of that niggling feeling, i.e., intuition as it is the wisest of all! 😉 A wise decision to appear a coward now than be one in her marriage! 🙂 <3
July 22, 2015 11:09 pm|
True, after all your purest intuitions are always right 🙂
July 20, 2015 1:06 pm|
Good for her to contemplate…. whatever the time, better she remains true to herself than to have regrets later on … well written shilpa, nice to read..
July 22, 2015 11:13 pm|
Oh yes, the regrets can be killing! Better to think before hand! Thank you Genevive. Glad you liked it!
July 20, 2015 1:17 pm|
Thoughtful. Very very thoughtful.
If she isn’t happy she needs to walk away. Now.
July 22, 2015 11:14 pm|
True… before it’s too late!
July 20, 2015 8:51 pm|
Just curious. Why would someone not turn up for their own wedding? #JustTeenageThings 😀
Nice story, Shilpa! 🙂
July 22, 2015 11:15 pm|
Oh, there could be lots of reasons, Mithila 😀
Thank you!
July 22, 2015 6:28 pm|
Interesting! Well, those jitters are normal but I think she will show up 🙂
July 22, 2015 11:16 pm|
Hope so!! 🙂
July 23, 2015 10:51 am|
Oh man! It is terrible to face this situation. But it is best not to get into something as significant as a marriage if one is not sure.
July 23, 2015 5:44 pm|
I hope she jumps out of the window and runs away… yeah parents would be devastated… but her whole is in front of her… 😀 {this is the drumbeat in me saying it 😛 } Nice Double Drabble.
December 10, 2015 2:29 pm|
BION I’m impressed! Cool post!
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