Brides

Ah...I was shocked when I heard my cousin has a Vietnamese bride. I'm not shocked over the origin of the bride, I could not care less where the bride comes from. I am shocked because neither he nor his family ever mentioned it to me or my family members. Hello, we're supposed to be f-a-m-i-l-y.

Turns out he met the girl through an agent. Ok, now I may guess the reason for his secrecy. I have to admit he is the quiet type and for the more than three decades I've known him, I've never heard him having any gf. I thought he and I have resigned to lives without spouses. Well, looks like I'm the only one in the club. Saw a pic of the bride. Not bad looking. My Sis said hurrah, now we can enjoy Vietnamese cookings. She's always one to look at positive side of things. I think all the positivity of the family flowed straight to her leaving me all the negatives. Yeah, I'm admiting I'm a pessimist. When someone invites me for a trip somewhere, I'll look first at all the possible things that could go wrong ... plane crashes, missed coaches, food poisoning, etc.. Ooopps, I'm straying from the topic.

Soon, when my cousin T gets married, which will be sometime this year, I'll be the only one left in my generation not married. Oh no...I can just imagine the questions and looks from aunts and uncles when next we meet. Aw....(grimace).