True reel-life stories

> Sometimes, reality can be more astounding than any movie plotline, especially when destiny decides to take a hand

Reports of brides marrying wedding guests are not uncommon in India, and it puzzles me that any single men dare attend such ceremonies.

Several times a year, young men must come home and have the following conversation.

Mum: “How was your roommate’s wedding?”

Son: “The usual. By the way, meet my wife, Aditi.”

A fourth news report in this category arrived that night.

Two people in the US state of Washington discovered that they were born on the same day of the same month of the same year in the same town – and eventually learned they were twins.

Yes, it’s the exact plot of the hit movie The Parent Trap. But, in the real-life version, a man and a woman found they were twins after they got married.

The scientific term for this is “awkward”.

No doubt they are taking classes in Sibling Rivalry and

Cutting Remarks so they can be “normal”. If destiny is reading this, can I put in a request for the movie Almost Famous to come true?

In that film, the beautiful Kate Hudson falls in love with a notvery-good, not-very-famous journalist.

Real-life Kate, whoever you are, I’m here.

Nury Vittachi is an Asia-based frequent traveller. Send ideas and comments to lifestyle.nury@ thesundaily.com.