It is wedding season once again, and I have a bold claim to make.

I think I have made my peace with 'Please consider this as a personal invitation'. And just as well. People just stopped writing it in their emotionless mass e-mails.

There's a new demon that has, meanwhile, raised its rather abominable head. It is called 'Please let us know of your travel plans in advance, so we can make suitable arrangements.'

This baffles me. Mostly because typically, this is the concluding line of a meaningless mass e-mail sent out to a thousand and twenty seven 'undisclosed recepients'.

I wish someone with a huge amount of time on his/her hands and a wicked brain would take up every single one of these people on their fake, thoughtless promise. I wish someone would begin replying to all these mails with a curt: 'Congratulations! I'll be there for your wedding. I'll inform you of my travel plans shortly, please make accommodation arrangements for my family and me. Thanks.'

'And you would be?'

'I am your seven years junior from IIM Kozhikode. Remember the invitation you sent on the Alumni group. Congratulations once again :)'

'Oh. ah, yes of course. (gulp) What's your name again?'

(I think I know someone with a huge amount of time and a slightly wicked bent of mind. Please post a comment in case you do too. And please do consider this as a personal request. Thanks!)