Madness!

Recently I happened to meet a girl whose ultimate ambition is to go and settle in the United States.

Reasons: 'Leaves of the trees there change colour, there's a lot of snow and you can wear whatever you want.' She doesn't like India because 'people are too inquisitive, there are potholes in the road and people are not really enthusiastic about gender equality.'

She has plans about her marriage too. She will marry only a guy from a big city which has a hall big enough to suit her dreams. In Kerala, that rules out all cities except Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam. The guy must either be already settled or be ready to settle in the U.S. He should have the smile of the film actor Madhavan and must not have too many principles. She wants the ceremony to be conducted at night. Most importantly, she will marry only in the month of January.

I was quite bewildered when I heard the last condition and asked her the reason. She said: 'Suppose you get married on 30 Dec 2010. When a friend asks you, in say, January 2025: 'How long have you been married?', you'lll have to say that you've been married for 2025-2010=15 years. Whereas if you are getting married on 2 January 2011, you can say in 2025 that you've been married only for 14 years. So your friend'll think that you're young!'

How is the logic? My jaw dropped then, and it has not fully recovered yet.