Meet the Patels Page #8

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- We thank God, because we both share God...

- 'Cause Jesus isn't God really.

You have Guru Nanak, I have Jesus.

But see they're gurus,

both Jesus and Guru Nanak,

They're both gurus, they're not Gods.

Dude, you can't call Jesus a guru.

- I think he's...

- He's not a guru.

Have yourself a merry

little Christmas

You have no messages.

Let your heart be light

From now on

Our troubles will

be out of sight

Isn't this a cute picture, Ravi?

Have you guys ever considered

getting a clothesline?

Why do you think we can

afford a million dollar house?

Because we don't waste money.

I love this picture.

This is like the closest

an Indian picture ever gets to kissing.

This would be considered

obscene by some people.

Geeta. Hey, this is Geeta.

And this is Geeta.

And this is Geeta.

I waited until you left for the gym,

because I knew we could

not do this on camera,

and I didn't want to run

the risk of you being around.

So, Mom and Dad were

both in the kitchen,

Mom was cooking, Dad

was reading at a table.

And I just sat down, and I said,

"Hey, I need to tell

you guys something.

"And I don't know any

other way to say this,

"but before we went to India,

"I had been dating this

girl for two years.

"And I never told you about

her and I'm sorry about that.

"But we broke up just

before the trip."

Then Dad looks up,

and asks "Well, wait,

"so all this bio-data

stuff, this was a lie?"

I told him,

"No, we broke up, but every

time I went on a date,

"I think I was comparing

them to Audrey."

Mom was just staring at the floor.

And then, she goes, "Well,

do you still love her?"

And I just said, "I don't know."

And then, that's when you came home.

Dad, how's your trip going? Turn around.

Trip is going terrific.

We are having great time, Geeta.

Very good time.

Mom, how's your trip going?

Mom, the way I look at the way

you're handling this right now,

is... I consider the way you're handling

this... Put that camera down right now!

There's a mature way...

I know your mom.

And you know how great a person she is.

She is emotionally just...

Taken away, and she is very emotional.

And she'll come around.

I really trust both of

you guys for the decisions.

I may disagree,

I may do different things,

but who are we that we always

know what is right, you know?

We don't know always what is right.

After I told them about

Audrey, they were...

In shock.

You know, Dad was coping with

it, we were communicating,

but with Mom, it got really bad.

She barely spoke with you during that time.

Her and I couldn't seem to

communicate, and I don't...

I mean, I don't think it was coincidental,

I mean, we just started fighting.

About everything, like, little things,

and I was home one day and...

I just kind of sat her down and I was like,

"What is this, what's happening?"

I was like, "I don't understand, like

I feel like I can't make you happy

"with anything I do, and I just

don't feel like I'm your son anymore."

She says, "You know, it's not that

you might not marry an Indian girl.

"It's that you lied to me for so long.

"That you could do that."

And I just said I was sorry,

and that I won't lie to you again.

Okay.

All right. Okay?

Okay.

I used to think that the way

I was feeling, my struggle,

was because of them.

And then one day they came to

visit me and I started crying,

I was just like, you know,

"I don't even date any guys,

"I don't do anything, and I feel

so... Like my hands are tied."

I said, "I feel like I

have to marry an Indian."

Dad stopped me and he said,

"I want you to know that

no matter what you do,

"we love you and we'll accept it."

And he said, "Nothing matters

more to me than you being happy."

I thought that I would feel different.

I thought that I would feel

like the weight had been lifted.

And when I drove home,

the weight was still there.

And I realized that it

wasn't them, it was me.

I was scared

that if I married a white guy,

even if it was okay with them,

that somehow, I would

be letting myself down.

Don't give me too much food, Mom.

Okay.

You want vaal, my prince? You want chole?

Mom, you're like a traveling...

You're like a food truck.

Like world hunger progr...

- Ten minutes, okay.

- You want tuvaro?

- Mmm. Yeah.

- Tuvaro? Okay.

You want samosas?

No, I'm okay right now.

You're okay, so I'm

giving you samosas then.

Give her some, okay? Because

I know she will like it.

Ravi...

This whole year...

You met different girls from all over,

and I really want to know,

what have you learned?

You know, when we were

doing this, you know,

it was very much about

finding that Patel girl,

but I honestly, like, I

don't... after doing all this,

the one thing I feel like I've learned

is that I don't... I don't need that.

You know? I mean, I still

want that, but I don't need...

What do you mean?

Well, like, I don't need her to be...

- Indian.

- Yeah, I don't need her to be Indian.

Mom, what would you think?

Mom, what would you think if I ended

up with a girl who wasn't Indian,

but she's Indian in

every way that you want?

She has a beautiful family and

she's a family-oriented person,

and she loves me and she loves you guys.

If she learns how to cook Indian food

with you and you love hanging out with her?

Are you cool with it?

Are you cool with her

just not being Indian?

I would just love whoever you

fall in love with, my dear.

- I would be just happy...

- I would be happy.

...the one you find.

- And I mean it, too.

- So, Ravi...

I just want you to get

married now. Seriously.

Bottom line is, go and get married.

Make a decision.

Time is running by...

Let me tell you one thing,

with the girl you get married,

you will never know her enough.

Never know enough.

Even after 35 years of marriage...

- He still doesn't know me.

- It's still a discovery.

So if you think, "I

want to know her enough,"

that's an impo... that's why you get married,

and that's the fun of getting married,

because you keep discovering.

Yeah.

You know, after 35

years we tell each other,

"Oh, you don't understand me."

Now, after 35 years,

I don't understand her.

You're gonna know somebody in two years?

I do, I tell him that.

- What do you say, Mom?

- And you know what, Ravi? After 35 years...

She goes, "I do, I tell him that."

Ravi, after 35 years...

She's still trying to change me.

- And I keep telling her.

- And you, too!

- Let's not have one way here.

- Okay.

- So...

- Thank you.

Every day,

"You should have done that," and,

"You should be not doing this,"

and he should be doing this,

I should not be doing this.

And how do you handle this?

And I'm like, "Go to sleep."

That's right.

L is for the way you look at me

O is for the only one I see

V is very, very

extraordinary

Let me catch you up to speed.

In December, I broke up with Audrey.

He needs therapy.

I then went to India,

then back to America,

then did some bio-dating...

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