Ooh, I'm feeling illegal!!!

Boys!! Simmi is really going to need your sweet help to escape from this one! Yes, it’s every desi’s worst nightmare come truer than true…..my boss told me that my H-1 visa has expired and the grace period is almost over!!! You know what that means, right?!! I’m an illegal!! Sweet, cuddly me!!!!

I always wanted to feel illegal but not in such a way!!!! Eeek! Ya, life takes some real twists, huh?! The last time I felt this scared was when I was a fresher in Miranda House, Delhi and I missed a period…..And NO,NO, NO, I wasn’t messing around with boys, it was just an accident. But for a week, I was terrified of what my parents would think if I confided in them!!!!!! I’m sure my mom would have believed me, but I couldn’t put her through the strain. I remember my best friend from college, Vicky, lost that, ahem, *thing* while doing Bikram Yoga, and then when she got married, her husband ( it was an arranged marriage) sent her back to her parents’ house coz he thought she wasn’t a virgin…..!!!! Too bad that men don’t have any such *thing* that can expose their affairs! Can you imagine a girl examining a guy’s *thing* and rejecting him?! Would teach them a lesson, methinks…….

Anyways!! Coming back to the issue, I need to apply for a special extension of the grace period, otherwise the company will have no option, they will have to send me back. What will I tell my family then, I can’t imagine. I’m sure parents will understand, but the other relatives will gossip behind our backs and treat me like a zero. Waaaaah! And who’ll marry me???! Coz I don’t believe in love, I believe in good match and chemistry, but many of the relevant factors in the marriage decision have to be pragmatic and one can’t marry people who have had such negative fallouts and bad histories. Guess the only ones for me will be the guys with big potbellies and mustachios who have just divorced their third wife and are looking for some hot chick to take full advantage of. Yes, I personally know of a few girls in our extended family who have befallen such a horrible fate!!! Oh God, what did I do to deserve this……….