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  • - There's a unicorn on my pocket.

  • What's up everyone, it's your girl Superwoman.

  • The other day I was talking to my friend about dating,

  • and she's all like, "My parents love my boyfriend.

  • Did your parents ever get really

  • close to any of your boyfriends?"

  • And I'm just like, "Hoe, you crazy?"

  • And then I had to explain to her

  • that my Indian parents simply do not

  • understand the concept of dating.

  • This is a real thing, I am not making this up.

  • My parents had an arranged marriage,

  • which means that they never dated.

  • So in their eyes,

  • the process of dating is absolutely unnecessary.

  • Even though they don't expect me

  • to get an arranged marriage, they still don't understand

  • the necessity of getting to know someone.

  • AKA, all Indian kids know that you can never, ever

  • introduce your parents to someone you're dating,

  • unless you trying to marry that person.

  • Ain't no room for error up in here,

  • it's a calculated measurement.

  • But yo, this one time, my mom got bright,

  • and she asked me about a boy.

  • (seatbelt clicks)

  • - So I have feeling something going on

  • between you and that boy.

  • - My mom is smart eh, like "Yo let me get Lilly

  • in the car where she can't escape

  • and then bust out these accusations."

  • When parents really wanna whoop you,

  • they'll bring up stuff in the car.

  • Heaven forbid my parents ever get a self-driving car.

  • They could beat me with both hands

  • and still get us home safe enough to ground me.

  • But yo I still had options.

  • - [Lilly Voiceover] Okay, just tell the truth.

  • Actually no, are you dumb?

  • Lie about it!

  • Or, or, could pretend to have a heart attack.

  • That could work.

  • No stop, you're not a kid anymore.

  • Handle it like an adult.

  • (ding)

  • - Well actually

  • (groans)

  • I mean

  • (groans)

  • I think I'm having a heart attack, mom!

  • (screams in pain)

  • (heart monitor beeping)

  • (sighs)

  • Am I dead?

  • - Depends.

  • Are you dating that boy?

  • (heart monitor beeps faster)

  • So I had no choice, I had to tell her the truth,

  • like "Yes mom, I'm in my mid-twenties

  • and I'm dating someone, sue me,"

  • and literally her next sentence was

  • - So d'you talk about marriage, huh?

  • When we meeting parents?

  • - Mom, it's been two months

  • even I haven't met his parents.

  • - Huh?

  • In two months I meet your daddy,

  • get married and get pregnant with your sister, okay?

  • - Yeah well, I'm still getting to know him.

  • - What you mean, getting to know him?

  • What did you have to know, huh?

  • Do you like him or do you not like him?

  • - I'm still figuring it out.

  • - See, that's your bloody problem, okay?

  • Too much bloody freedom.

  • - The only compatibility test my parents ever had

  • was, This is girl, this is boy,

  • parents agree, okay done!

  • So me trying to explain that I need to get to know a boy

  • and see if he's good-hearted and respectful

  • and makes me laugh and brings out the best in me

  • is absolute and utter trash to my parents.

  • Not to mention that dating someone

  • without the promise of marriage

  • brings shame to your entire family, duh are you dumb?

  • By who, you ask?

  • Uh, every person that doesn't matter.

  • The neighbors okay, my sixth cousin,

  • the family dentist, because apparently,

  • everyone's got a chart at home where they monitor

  • peoples' behavior and they're like,

  • Oh, dating without being engaged, that's right,

  • wore a mini skirt out past 11 pm, oh.

  • - If you not going to get engaged,

  • what people are going to say, huh?

  • - That I'm a smart, independent woman

  • who makes logical choices?

  • - Don't be dumb, okay?

  • I don't want you running around with every boy.

  • - One, literally one boy.

  • - Every boy you running with, okay?

  • You bloody Usain Bolt.

  • - And once my parents found out I had a boyfriend,

  • they hopped, skipped and jumped ahead of themselves.

  • Yeah I'm on my third date with my boyfriend

  • and they're at the astrologer's just like

  • - So she is a Libra and he is Gemini.

  • Can you tell me most auspicious date for marriage?

  • - September

  • third.

  • - And this went on for a while, until we broke up.

  • Which, by the way, that's another thing

  • Indian parents do not understand.

  • - Let me get this straight.

  • First you date him and then you break up?

  • What bloody sense this make, huh?

  • - If you going to break up with him,

  • why'd you bloody date him, huh?

  • - Okay obviously we didn't plan to break up.

  • We just both agreed we're not compatible.

  • - Compatible?

  • This is your bloody daughter, okay?

  • This is what happen when kids have Google

  • and internet, they running wild!

  • - Nobody's perfect, okay?

  • If you going to break up with everybody

  • - One person.

  • - Then you never going to get married!

  • - You know, kids these days they want a Disney movie,

  • okay, a knight in shining armor.

  • That's not going to happen, you going to get a Bobby

  • in a Selleck shirt and dress up pant doing peoples' taxes.

  • This is real life.

  • - I always laugh when I see that inspirational quote

  • that's like, Reach for the stars!

  • Because I know an Indian parent never wrote that

  • and if they did, it would be something like,

  • It's okay to settle.

  • The worst part about my parents finding out

  • about my ex-boyfriend was that any future boyfriend

  • I have will never be taken seriously.

  • So there's a boy.

  • - Again?

  • - A different boy.

  • - How different, huh?

  • You still getting to know him?

  • - Well actually, we're getting pretty serious.

  • - You say that last time, then you break up.

  • - Okay well this is different!

  • - I think you like playing games with my heart.

  • - Mom this is not about you.

  • - Oi, marriage between two families, okay,

  • not just husband and wife.

  • - We're not getting married!

  • - Anyways, what was this video called again?

  • Why do kids lie, no?

  • Oh, my bad, what?

  • Just kidding, I'm just saying though.

  • If you weren't the crazy, maybe your kids

  • wouldn't do the lying.

  • - Oh, Lilly telling kids to lie.

  • (pen clicks)

  • Oi, call the dentist!

  • Tell him what we find out.

  • - Yo, can you relate to this video?

  • Comment below and let me know,

  • how do your parents react when you're dating someone?

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  • One love, Superwoman.

  • That is a wrap and zoop!

- There's a unicorn on my pocket.

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