I’m another week closer to my wedding, and I just finished up having my first pre-wedding party. On Saturday my mom invited her closest friends over to the house to listen to a short talk (dars) on the etiquettes of dealing with in-laws and other new relationships post-marriage. It was a lot of fun to have everyone come over and get into the wedding mood. If I wasn’t sure I was getting married in just a few weeks before the party, I definitely know it now after the party.
This is primarily because everyone and their mother kept referring to me as the dulhan (bride). They kept asking me if the dulhan was excited, or if the dulhan was nervous, or if the dulhan was prepared for leaving, or if the dulhan was happy, etc. After a while it became kind of… annoying. First of all, it’s weird to ask me questions in the third person. Second of all, I don’t like being called the dulhan!