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Seema Nayyar Tewari's avatar

At least learn from your cat----be snooty and disdainful just with a flick of your tail! 😼

Chakar Makar to ho gayi na!

I loved the part about you waving to your brother and lots of waves back!!!

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

Jan ki dushman bani hui hein amma meri kitty cats ki 😿

Chakar makar to pyar hone se phly hi flop hogya kahani or agy jati to maza ata 🥴

You loved and meri halat asi patli hui thi k kia btaon apko itne sare larky dost bhai cousins chacha mama yahan tak k abba b un k sab ki gardanen jab ghumin meri halat blkul ice cream jesi thi ak lamha pehly full cool cool thandi thandi agly lamhy jese ice cream par blow dryer pher dia ho, pani pani. Itni mushkilon se apna composure sambhala. Toba krli ainda kisi ko b wave karne se. 🙉

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Ashok Chowkulkar's avatar

Hath uthake wave karne ke bajay, ankhon ka istemal kijiye - ankhon hi ankhon mein ishara ho gaya...

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

Yehi to masla tha.. hath lehrana majbori ban gya. jisko dekhna chaye tha wo dekh hi ni raha tha jisko ni dekhna chaye tha uski ankhon me khun utar aya dekh k.. 😂

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Seema Nayyar Tewari's avatar

😐😂

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Krspeace's avatar

78r right back to your cat. 😅

As usual a fun read from you (at your expense 😁). You are always educating us on your culture in such a fun way (when you are not gulping anger from an empty glass).

The part with women love a man who can stand up for himself is pretty much everywhere if I'm not mistaken.

In pretty much every culture/community, friends, family and/or strangers can still trample you if you cannot stand up for yourself. Bullies/opportunists are everywhere.

Thanks for the hither thither giggles of observing hoomans...till next time, fffuuuuuuuuuu 🔥🔥🔥

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

😜 wow your speed is unmatchable. You didn't leave me with any time to edit this and that from hither and thither. Buttt i still did..

You're absolutely not mistaken. Bsssss if only man understand this.

You're absolutely right again. We're living in such a time we need to stand up for ourselves men/women both rather than waiting for someone else to step in and save us. It has become a survival ki jung. 💪

Hehehe thanks for reading my hooman reading fuuuuuriend 🙌😁

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Mark's avatar

This one reads to me a little bit like a soap opera, some excellent descriptions where I could really imagine it. Like when you nearly took a bite from the glass and your waving incident 🫣😂

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

I bet all o' those soap opera characters would never have ever imagined, someone somewhere might've made them into a post 🤣

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Mark's avatar

haha they all unintentionally became your muse for the day!

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Ashok Chowkulkar's avatar

I was eagerly waiting for this fun story. I would have loved to download it, out my comments to each of those segments, save and upload as reply. Kaash!

Line marne di kahaniyan baddi pyari houndi hai ji!

That reference ' Tall, dark and handsome...' isn't it generally in any Mills & Boons novel?

While reading that story, I remembered Rafi Sahab's song

" Muzhe dard e dil ka, pata na tha; muzhe aap kis liye mil gaye...

Mai akela yun hi maze mein tha

Muzhe aap kisi liye mil gaye".

Pata kijiye woh Banda kahi yeh gunguna to nahi raha hai?

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

Why kaash? Why can't you download now sir? And how do you download exactly? i wanna learn it too 🤔

hayeee kaash kadi me line v mar li houndi ghusa chor k ty aj me bhi 4 bachon di amma houndi 🥴

I haven't read Mills and Boon's novels yet but i will. So then where i heard it? hahaha from girls secret talks 😜

I never understood what's a perfect image of tall, dark and handsome why girls prefer dark what's so attractive in dark complexion. But i fully grasped it now why..😉

Ab to ata pata sab khoo gya jii... Do pal ki thi ye dilon ki dastaan or phir chal diye tum kahan hum kahan... (Veer Zaara)

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Ashok Chowkulkar's avatar

I think I should do that🤣 which would be hilarious. But tell me, when you have a glass of cold drink, you don't gulp it down, and when he approached you you don't empty it, you should get up, assume you are tripping and empty that on his dress.... and foolishly (not truly)say sorry and then Ankhon ka takarana...

Hey I am screen writing...

In the meantime, listen to this desi Masla- e -Ishq mere labzon mein:

https://open.substack.com/pub/ashnomics/p/masla-ishq-ka?r=2xn1p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Natalie White's avatar

Hehe entertaining as always 🤓

I love watching hoomans myself… and was quite amused with your comment of people using their eyes and ears as much as their mouths 🤭 lol, that would be nice but alas most do not 🤭🤭

Also, thinking of people making a fuss about you “coming out of” your “hiding hole.” Yeah… I hear you. Like when people would say to me, “Oh Natalie, why are you so quiet??” Or- even better (and by better I mean worse *ahem*) when they say, “Omg Natalie, stop talking so much!” As if saying THAT will make me magically chatty 🙄 people love making big deals of these sorts of thing 🙄🙄🙄😑 cuz saying these sorts of things reeeeeally hellllps yeah. Lol

Anyway. I enjoyed your wedding story and how you enjoy entertaining yourself

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

I was certain i backspace this line oops 🤣

It's exactly as you said they point your quietness and shyness and thinness, then they point your talking so much and laughter and boldness and chubbiness. They'll absolutely never let you be you. I mostly listen to these sort of compliments from one ear and OUT from the other. Who cares! i'll do whatever i feel comfortable with. Blehh :p

Thanks Natalie for reading it.. it makes me very happy to see i'm getting better and better with my niche-less talk. (Ahem.. better in absolutely worst sense) 😜

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Steve York's avatar

I’m interested to know more about the fruit throwing part of the courting ritual. I mean it’s charming but surely there are quite a few half blind men who barely survive. An arranged marriage seems like the safer option.

Thank you for the head patting tale. I feel there was less back slapping this week.

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

I'm not gonna tell you the full story of that chikoo (that was the fruit) throwing ritual if you wanna know the full story.... go watch it yourself :p

31 episodes oh and it has subtitles (CC) too. Ta ta 👋

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbVdwtmx18stTtCjoSSn7qHWzT_O9wPsd&si=-6Qxy3Cz4a1aKnXt

Thank you very much for reading and commenting and restacking. May you get many slaps for it as a reward.. on the back i mean.

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Ashok Chowkulkar's avatar

That last para🤣🤣🤣

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Steve York's avatar

If you don’t tell me I’m going to make it up, and you know what happens when I use my imagination. If not then wait a few minutes and i will have posted my latest nonsense.

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

Ooooo bhai me nokar ni lagi kisi ki. Bhaar me jao apni imagination k sath. Now you won't know what i said blehhhh :p

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Steve York's avatar

So I plugged it into the fish translator and fish like to read between the lines too much. I will have to presume it was something about going to the markets and buying a few kilos of chikoo for no reason in particular except that you like the flavour.

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

Your fish translator will never tell you that Bhaaaaaar me jao is actually not go abroad but GO TO HELLLLLL!

Now you won't have to presume nor have to buy kilOs of chikOOs. I saved your time and money, how generous of me. Aren't you still thankful to me uncle?

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Steve York's avatar

My fish translator is set to child so my delicate sensibilities will not be harmed by such words. But I have tasted this fruit (we call it sapote or chocolate fruit, but I do not taste the chocolate). I didn’t try throwing it. I did not realise I might cause a wifey like this, thanks for the warning. I imagine Pakistan to be one great fruit flying place from one end to the other. So much love its juices seep out through even the internet.

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

Even if you tried throwing it you wouldn't have caused a wifey. it's only Pakistanis crazy enough who cause wifey like this. In fact you might have been arrested for throwing a chikoo at a lady... (Whisper) she might've reported you to the police for disrespecting her ladyship. 😜.

Ohhh yess it is... Coz love is cheaper than criticism and so that's why fruits are much cheaper than eggs here 🥚😂

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Virginia Curtis's avatar

Now I understand your name! I , too love to quietly observe the crowd from outside. It's human nature to judge without knowing, and I make my assessments and make up stories about those being observed and I'm sure I'm 100% right. Our US culture admires strong men to a degree. We also love a man who loves his mother and is kind. Toxic masculinity is a turn off. Thank you for this slice of life! Love, Virg

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

Thanks Virg for your lovely comment 🤩 oh my you cracked the code behind my sneaky name! 😜

And you're right about people-watching and crafting little stories, i do exactly the same and i think i'm 100% right but sometimes my 100% gets a minus -1 🫣 but it's overall fun, perceiving broadens our observation right..

And your point about admiring strong, kind men who cherish their mothers is absolutely right again. Additionally i think men are expected to be strong and kind all in one, from the first man Adam till today. And now we've updated the stats strong=men don't cry and kind=men must solely take responsibility when anyone cries. And that's where the character started to shatter.

Thanks for sharing your perspective Virg. Really glad to be connected with you 😊

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