The Real-life wedding crashers

Wed, May 7 01:05 AM

Crashing weddings and loving it. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn did it well, but we Delhiites do it better.

You're all dressed up, ready for a night out with your friends. A fancy dinner would be nice but it's almost the end of the month and still a couple of days to go before you can think of burning your salary or pocket money again.

No need to fret though. All you need is a fine mix of confidence, poise and stupidity.

Not to mention an ability to face fear in the eye - a fear of getting bashed up. If you have all these "qualities", you qualify for being called the "Wedding Crasher".

So what's it like? Siddharth recollects crashing a wedding with his college friends, "We were really drunk and hardly had any cash on us. It turned out to be a really fun experience - good food and free booze.

And if you are lucky, you might score a date." While for some it's a one time thing, others aren't too shy about talking about their habit of crashing weddings regularly.

Neha and her boyfriend Prateek, both working in call centres, usually crash weddings together. They say, "It's not so much about the free food as much as it is about the thrill of doing it.

Of course it has its risks, but that's where the excitement lies." But like any other 'bunti-babli' adventure, this too has certain rules to the game.

Call it an art if you may, but crashing weddings is serious business. Strike killer poses for those cameras and dress to impress.

And if anybody looks at you suspiciously, just smile. Both the bride's and the groom's side will be left wondering who you are related to.

And considering how overtly gracious we Indians are at weddings, chances are you'll be treated Royally. But never forget the number one rule - always be ready to run.

Or you might end up as another dish on the buffet table.

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