Fall of the Goliath

He called up and told me that he got engaged. Wow when, how , where ? who is the gal , where she lives ? what does she do ? . He talked about her for long long time ( to be precise for 7 minutes ) . Coming from the techie it was rally long long time. the guy we thought will never get married . The guy who will never grow beyond play stations , computer hardware and hacking . And how could a girl ever say yes for him , yeah last time I met him he beard , long (untidy) hair and a face that would make you think that he has not slept for days ( and the fact that he has not slept for days). 

He was the one who said he can never love again ( though I knew that his first love was software's I never knew of girl that was there in his life  ) . and now he is chirping like free bird yes yes I could see it love has struck him (finally) . He was the last strong hold of bachelorhood in our group. ( there are 2 other guys who have not married and I could and would write 500 pages on both of them , for the first no girl can match his expectation level cos he is perfect and for second guy its always more time needed to decide ) 

We promised each other a long session of drinks and songs ( our own private numbers )with all the guys in the group ( gals and wife's please excuse )  as soon as I am back from Rajasthan. 

I would see his smile through the phone , the voice was ringing and he was talking like a small boy , telling me how he managed to pass on his number to his Sister in law ( he called sali but i rubbed it in by reminding him that its sister in law )  and he is expecting a call. 

We kept on talking and talking and talking and then he said bye as he need to go and work. 

I was smiling at the end of the call despite that fact that he called me at 4.30 in the morning and mind you its not a time zone factor he is very much here in our Delhi. I went out in the balcony and there was chill in the air and I could smell it so sweet , maybe its the fragrance of the morning or its just love in the air. 

Techie : A no nonsense , women baiter and hater , lover of all gadgets made for man , self imposed workaholic. in his late thirties . No known girl friends ( apart from the ones he goes out on parties ) .  Party freak . Home as open dhabba and shelter for all and sundry who do not find the gates of their homes open at night , finds all the solutions in software (open source is his specialty )  or white wine.

I was wondering what hits a man that he gets crazy and does things like this . ( like getting excited about nothing and then get married ) . I am happy that he is getting married and I am sad that he is getting married . Happy cos he will no longer be happier then be ( he he ) and sad cos we will loose that safe heaven where we used to go at anypoint in day and night to chill and relax.

May his (free) soul Rest in Peace.

update on the story :------------- Last night techie talked for six hours on phone with her -------------------reminds me of my old days , but the only diffrence was six hours long chats with six diffrent babes .