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Of men and sandals.

At this juncture, my groom hunting has lots of things in common with my quest for a nice,decent pair of sandals. My friends know how fussy I am in shopping to get only the perfect ones, be it clothes or sandals or anything. They dread the thought of coming with me to look for a sandal for me. Perfect Sandals For Me, I believe are as rare as a perfect alliance! I have always mercilessly ignored stuff like clothes,shoes if I don't like them cent percent. Even if they are gifts or are carefully handpicked by my parents with lots of love. Now, that could be deadly in the case of a husband.;)

My idea of a perfect sandal would be:
1) It should be comfortable to wear.
2) Should look good on my feet.
3) Should not be too expensive.
4) Should last enough

I believe, broadly, this would be eveyone's criteria while buying a pair of shoes or sandals, though there could be ppl who dont care about point no:3. But there would be different factors for different ppl for each of these points. Like for eg, there would be short/striclty stylish girls, a high heeled-platform or pointed shoes/sandals would be the right one. And a pair of sandals looking good on your feet would depend on if your feet are broad and short or thin and long or fair or dark or petite.

So THE one for me would be flats as they don't make me look taller and also because they are better for my spinal cord, striclty with backstraps which gives me the proper gait. And for it to look good on my feet, i would go for less broad sandals with thin-strapped, light coloured, preferably beige, sandals. Also, I can't think of wearing something very expensive out to the dirty roads.

(Of course, groom hunting problem is of greater magnitude than mere sandal shopping due to many reasons, one reason being the fact that I myself am not clear about my idea of a perfect life partner. So no exact definitions for points no:1,2,3 and 4.)
I might never be able to find the pair of sandals which suits me, I might have to be just happy with the okay ones..
Since shopping for a sandal has always been so difficult, I have stopped the search and thought that I'll wait for the right one to come along. So whenever I go out shopping for anything with anyone, i keep my eyes open for 'Merawala Sandal' just to find out if it is out there somewhere...
something somewhere is made for you.....:)

PS: Please note that I am no feminist and there is no intention of projecting an analogy:men and sandals. Any resemblance of the kind is purely a coincidence.

Comments

Unknown said…
hi Deepthi
Well that was an intresting stuff.Well from my personal experience if you go out looking for something rare chances are that you will find it.Shopping for sandal has become difficult for you just because of the same reason.So keep uer eyes open SOME SANDAL IS SOMEWHERE WAITING FOR YOU...

PS:By SANDAL i meant onl SANDAL
Mithun Krishnan said…
So i guess u r waiting for a sutitable groom to come looking for u !!!! hmm "Merawala Groom".. iwas thinking of putting those sandal points to ur groom hunting but when i compared the last pt it was a nasty one . just kidding :-)
Anonymous said…
Over time people get tired searching and compromise (on both).
deepthi said…
Thats very depressing, Mr Anonymous!
Anand K said…
You never lost ur touch EP Bhai. Hats off! :)That's a deeply philosophical and at the same time humorous post.

BTW, I've attained the KaivalyaJnana -"The Hunt is always better than the Kill". I attained this supreme knowledge after 4 semesters of meditation beneath the Acacia trees of CET following attempts at corporal mortification.

Peace. :P
sp said…
A great prince once enshrined a pair of sandals on a throne and ruled a kingdom in proxy.

The practice continues...
deepthi said…
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deepthi said…
I was thinking of the story in which the girl whose feet fit the best into the glass shoes, got the Prince! :)
Anonymous said…
Hi Deepthi,
I enjoyed ur this particular blog ........i agree with u on most of the points .........but do not compromise .....do not get tired of searching sandals ........
anyways if you expect someone to share ur burden u r being stupid .......take things in to ur hands .........anyways no compromise .atleast that is what i feel as of now
Anonymous said…
if your man wears sandals when you are going to meet him,then what will you do? first will you like his sandals or that person or his taste of waering those sandals or you will give him some suggestion, what kind of right sandals he needs to wear???
aMyth! said…
hello!
i just remembered that u didn't take much time in choosing ur sandals the last time, especially after we rushed you ;)

well..happy hunting :)

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