I was so wrong about him..!!

I'm not gay....let me clear that first...dont get me wrong there..!!! Its about my close friend's dad. And the friend that im talking is from a gujju family, abt 28 yrs in age today, unmarried. She has been looking for a match for about 4 years now. However whenever I hear from her she is still looking for one. I was kinda cool about the whole thing initially, but after a few instances I started feeling that she was pushing it too much and rejecting all the poor chaps which she came across as the "prospectives". After enrollments at lots of matrimonial community centres, online matrimonial websites she still is single. Growing up with a staunch gujju upbringing she grew up in a relatively (I have my reasons) conservative family and she was not allowed with us to most of the late night outings. She had to be home by 9 pm in the evening. However, she never complained about it. But she used to keep refering that she used to have fights with her dad over petty issues here and there and feel irritated at times...thats just for the back ground.

After 4 years of "looking" for a match I feel she is kinda loosing intrest in the institution of marriage (God help her...!!) and a few days back when i was thinking about her it suddenly striked me that in a gujju family where the girls are married off at a very tender age, her father has stood by her daughter, irrespective what issues he has with her, in allowing her to take all the time required to take the right decision of her life and not forcing her to get married to a person whom she will not love in the future. Suddenly the person whom i used to not appreciate (with due respect), for not allowing my friend to be with us when we used to have all the masti and dhamaal, suddenly grew in respect in my view. He suddenly became a hero from nothing more than zero (with due respect). I used to always say to myself that how can a parent not want his child to be happy. I guess he was waiting for the right opportunity and situation to show his never ending love and support for his daughter.

Its not necessary to go out to prove our love to someone by showing it, sometimes silent support also speaks volume. Lesson learnt.