爱情美食与祈祷 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 59 (128):出嫁

《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 59 (128):出嫁  

But it means so much to the family
to see their children wedded off successfully. Tulsi has an aunt who just shaved her head as a gesture of thanks to God because her oldest daughter—at the Jurassic age of enty-eight—finally got married. And this was a difficult girl to marry off
too; she had a lot of strikes against her. I asked Tulsi what makes an Indian girl difficult to marry off
and she said there are any number of reasons.
"If she has a bad horoscope. If she's too old. If her skin is too dark. If she's too educated and you can't find a man with a higher position than hers
and this is a widespread problem these days because a woman cannot be more educated than her husband. Or if she's had an affair with someone and the whole munity knows about it
oh
it would be quite difficult to find a husband after that . . ."
I quickly ran through the list
trying to see how marriageable I would appear in Indian society. I don't know whether my horoscope is good or bad
but I'm definitely too old and I'm way too educated
and my morals have been publicly demonstrated to be quite tarnished . . . I'm not a very appealing prospect. At least my skin is fair. I have only this in my favor.
我很快看看这项清单，想知道自己在印度社会中是否容易成婚。我不清楚自己的命盘是好是坏，但我肯定年纪太大，受的教育太高，而我的道德已被公认为有污点……我不是太有魅力的候选人。至少我的皮肤白。我只有这个优势。
Tulsi had to go to another cousin's wedding last week
and she was saying (in very unIndian fashion) how much she hates weddings. All that dancing and gossip. All that dressing up. She would rather be at the Ashram scrubbing floors and meditating. Nobody else in her family can understand this; her devotion to God is way beyond anything they consider normal. Tulsi said
"In my family
they have already given up on me as too different. I have established a reputation for being someone who
if you tell her to do one thing
will almost certainly do the other. I also have a temper. And I'm not dedicated to my studies
except that now I will be
because now I'm going to college and I can decide for myself what I'm interested in. I want to study psychology
just as our Guru did when she attended college. I'm considered a difficult girl. I have a reputation for needing to be told a good reason to do something before I will do it. My mother understands this about me and always tries to give good reasons
but my father doesn't. He gives reasons
but I don't think they're good enough. Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing in my family because I don't resemble them at all."
But it means so much to the family
to see their children wedded off successfully. Tulsi has an aunt who just shaved her head as a gesture of thanks to God because her oldest daughter—at the Jurassic age of enty-eight—finally got married. And this was a difficult girl to marry off
too; she had a lot of strikes against her. I asked Tulsi what makes an Indian girl difficult to marry off
and she said there are any number of reasons.
"If she has a bad horoscope. If she's too old. If her skin is too dark. If she's too educated and you can't find a man with a higher position than hers
and this is a widespread problem these days because a woman cannot be more educated than her husband. Or if she's had an affair with someone and the whole munity knows about it
oh
it would be quite difficult to find a husband after that . . ."
I quickly ran through the list
trying to see how marriageable I would appear in Indian society. I don't know whether my horoscope is good or bad
but I'm definitely too old and I'm way too educated
and my morals have been publicly demonstrated to be quite tarnished . . . I'm not a very appealing prospect. At least my skin is fair. I have only this in my favor.
Tulsi had to go to another cousin's wedding last week
and she was saying (in very unIndian fashion) how much she hates weddings. All that dancing and gossip. All that dressing up. She would rather be at the Ashram scrubbing floors and meditating. Nobody else in her family can understand this; her devotion to God is way beyond anything they consider normal. Tulsi said
"In my family
they have already given up on me as too different. I have established a reputation for being someone who
if you tell her to do one thing
will almost certainly do the other. I also have a temper. And I'm not dedicated to my studies
except that now I will be
because now I'm going to college and I can decide for myself what I'm interested in. I want to study psychology
just as our Guru did when she attended college. I'm considered a difficult girl. I have a reputation for needing to be told a good reason to do something before I will do it. My mother understands this about me and always tries to give good reasons
but my father doesn't. He gives reasons
but I don't think they're good enough. Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing in my family because I don't resemble them at all."