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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.48,0:00:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It all started on a Tuesday.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.69,0:00:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm at work, working away,\Nand I get a call from my mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.91,0:00:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had declined.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.42,0:00:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get another call from my mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.41,0:00:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had declined.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.73,0:00:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get yet another call from my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.49,0:00:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I pick up, "Mom, I'm busy at work,\Ncan I call you back?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.76,0:00:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, Son, I need to talk to you\Nabout something important."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.88,0:00:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, Mom, I'm busy."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.08,0:00:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You need to go to New York\NCity this weekend."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.34,0:00:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.34,0:00:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You need to go to New York\NCity this weekend;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.48,0:00:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a proposal for you,\Nand it's my best friend's daughter."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.06,0:00:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mom! I'm not going to go\Njust to New York City
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.32,0:00:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like that to meet a random girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.60,0:00:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not how love works.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.74,0:00:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to get me\Narranged marriage."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.64,0:00:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just check your email, and when you\Nbuy your ticket, let me know."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.18,0:01:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother, if nothing,\Nis a determined woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.66,0:01:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She decided that, at age 30,\NI needed to get married,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.57,0:01:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at age 32, I was already\Ntwo years too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.23,0:01:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother, being from Hyderabad, India,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.31,0:01:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a royal city in India,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.03,0:01:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believes in the custom\Nof arranged marriages.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.67,0:01:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She believes that first\Ncomes the right person,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.39,0:01:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the love comes afterwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.62,0:01:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm an American,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.76,0:01:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an entrepreneur,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.36,0:01:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a millenial.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.05,0:01:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm also a curious guy, \Nso I checked the email.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.62,0:01:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.04,0:01:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I do, I look,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.85,0:01:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.01,0:01:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, next thing you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.49,0:01:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I buy a ticket,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.55,0:01:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm off to New York City,\Nlater that weekend.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.84,0:01:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.68,0:01:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as I'm flying to NYC,\NI'm prepping myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.78,0:01:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, Omar, remember\Nyou have to be a gentleman,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.97,0:01:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to do all the right things\Nyou know you have to do:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.79,0:02:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pull chairs, pay the bill,\Ndo everything, be sincere, be funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.13,0:02:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just be you."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.02,0:02:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I meet her at a restaurant,\Nand I do all of those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.70,0:02:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have what looks to be a great time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.55,0:02:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at the end of the night,\Nafter dropping her off, I text her,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.24,0:02:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, it was great meeting you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.48,0:02:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here one more day.\NI'd like to see you tomorrow for coffee."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.16,0:02:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Send.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.06,0:02:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't get a response\Ntill Sunday morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.06,0:02:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I get a response,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.33,0:02:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so excited, I go outside by myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.56,0:02:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a body of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.71,0:02:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to read it by myself. I look ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.10,0:02:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It was great meeting you Omar.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.09,0:02:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see you that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.20,0:02:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just a friend."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.60,0:02:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.75,0:02:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was devastated.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.45,0:02:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called my mom, "Mom,\NI can't believe you made me do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.26,0:02:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told you arranged marriages\Nwere not for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.87,0:02:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not how love works.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.90,0:02:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, that's it. I'm done.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.41,0:02:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said 'No,' Mom. She just said, 'No.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.78,0:02:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Click.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.50,0:03:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now I'm off -\Nback to Miami, back to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.88,0:03:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't talk to any girl \Nfor months on end.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.38,0:03:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like a hamster on a hamster wheel:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.87,0:03:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,running, seven days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.87,0:03:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Monday through Friday,\NI work as financial building analyst;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.48,0:03:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saturdays, I'm doing my MBA at FIU;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.42,0:03:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on Sundays, I run\NMr.Omar's Chess Academy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.64,0:03:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I teach my students\Nhow to make the smart move.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.78,0:03:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had no time for love anyways.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.17,0:03:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother calls again,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.64,0:03:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Son, marriage is essential in life."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.09,0:03:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.66,0:03:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mom!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.01,0:03:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Think of your life with a wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.68,0:03:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of your future generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.77,0:03:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of your mother's\Nand your grandmother's happiness."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.37,0:03:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.74,0:03:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother's a smart woman -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.22,0:03:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she knows that by invoking\Nmy grandmother that she'll get to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.60,0:04:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born in America, raised in India\Nby my grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.70,0:04:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my upbringing was not that\Nof the average American.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.88,0:04:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raised by my grandmother for the first\Nfive formative years of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.03,0:04:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my grandmother was my mother,\Nmy father, my everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.68,0:04:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She taught me to speak Urdu,\Nour cultural language.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.08,0:04:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She taught me to honor\Nour religion, and our customs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.86,0:04:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to have love for humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.51,0:04:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I loved and adored my grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.88,0:04:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she wanted me to get married,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.51,0:04:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she even joked that she\Nwanted to be a grand-grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.74,0:04:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After months of denial and deliberation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.27,0:04:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I give in to another arranged meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.31,0:04:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is all my mother needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.100,0:04:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother is a persistent woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.96,0:04:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did she do this time?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.74,0:04:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gets a matchmaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.83,0:04:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She finds a family -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.19,0:05:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a distant family member\Nwho does matchmaking as a hobby,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.13,0:05:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.21,0:05:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mrs. Fatima was a fun, \Nlighthearted, bubbly woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.89,0:05:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she tells me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.96,0:05:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Matches are made in heaven;\NI just bring the right people together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.66,0:05:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.66,0:05:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.20,0:05:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That sounded OK to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.87,0:05:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.26,0:05:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now, I'm set for the first process,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.56,0:05:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is to create a biodata.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.93,0:05:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A marriage biodata.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.16,0:05:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that, you ask?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.74,0:05:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, basically like what a CV\Nis for an employment base,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.68,0:05:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what you call a "marriage resume."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.22,0:05:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.25,0:05:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you enter your age, your education,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.26,0:05:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your employment, your family background,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.98,0:05:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your ambitions, desires,\Nwhat you look for in a woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.68,0:05:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you include pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.18,0:05:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Easy enough, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.21,0:05:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The matchmaker gives me a format\Nand says, "Follow this,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.87,0:05:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is very bullet-pointed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.54,0:06:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, "No, no, no" ...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.21,0:06:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I'm going to be creative.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.60,0:06:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this is going to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.79,0:06:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to write the story\Nas from the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.87,0:06:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I do, I intel all those things,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.92,0:06:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make it funny, and just\Nlet my personality shine,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.30,0:06:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after a week long,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.85,0:06:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sent it to Mrs. Fatima, the matchmaker,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.57,0:06:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my biodata becomes a hit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.71,0:06:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girls from all across the country\Nare calling my matchmaker;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.07,0:06:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even got proposals\Nfrom England and Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.54,0:06:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.54,0:06:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My matchmaker's an agent\Ncalling me, telling me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.79,0:06:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What about this girl?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.89,0:06:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.89,0:06:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'll move to Miami?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.94,0:06:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No she"s not."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.94,0:06:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, no."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.00,0:06:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.70,0:06:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After months of this process,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.62,0:06:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still am a skeptic,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.43,0:06:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't find the one,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.79,0:06:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't think arranged\Nmarriages do actually work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.70,0:06:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, like my grandmother had taught me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.04,0:06:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept faith in God,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.36,0:07:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just was just optimistic\Nthat somewhere out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.22,0:07:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my true love was out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.40,0:07:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,June 21st, 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.53,0:07:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The summer solstice,\Nthe longest day of the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.68,0:07:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the third day of Ramadan,\Njust last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.08,0:07:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother calls me and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.15,0:07:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We got the perfect proposal."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.53,0:07:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a "we" again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.89,0:07:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.39,0:07:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quickly check,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.17,0:07:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I find out that her name's Areeba,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.90,0:07:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.50,0:07:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As nervous as I was that first time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.63,0:07:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call her.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.95,0:07:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was natural chemistry.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.13,0:07:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.13,0:07:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talk and talk and text for 30 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.77,0:07:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go on and ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.72,0:07:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything seems to be going really well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.50,0:07:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We decide to meet 30 days later,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.85,0:07:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but prior to that, I find out, I learned \Nthat she's a pediatric neurologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.74,0:07:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she loved kids, just as much as I did,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.82,0:07:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she loved that,\Nalong with my career in finance,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.66,0:08:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I ran a chess academy \Nfor kids on the weekends.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.87,0:08:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.97,0:08:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were set to meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.06,0:08:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything up until this point\Nwas going very smooth,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.95,0:08:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up until the day of travel.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.67,0:08:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starting off with my first morning flight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.12,0:08:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get to the counter,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.76,0:08:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything is set,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.98,0:08:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm there - 60 seconds -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.03,0:08:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm late, I missed that flight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.70,0:08:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.75,0:08:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to get to Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.94,0:08:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look, second flight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.17,0:08:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get, I find out this airline,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.97,0:08:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get through the line,\Neverything, I get there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.91,0:08:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm set to pay.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.91,0:08:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gentleman's like,\N"All right that'll be 1,175 dollars."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.26,0:08:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.46,0:08:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my God, OK!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.46,0:08:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know she's worth it,\Nof course she's worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.70,0:08:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I'll do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.70,0:08:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to get to Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.89,0:08:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take my license, credit card,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.37,0:08:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm set to pay, and immediately\NI think, "Southwest,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.30,0:08:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I run, grab my everything and run,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.58,0:08:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.58,0:08:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,run to terminal three.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.15,0:08:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Breathes hard)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.15,0:09:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get there, I see a line,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.04,0:09:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I get through it,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.96,0:09:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm set to pay,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.96,0:09:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I need a flight to Chicago ASAP."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.89,0:09:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lady says, "All right,\Nthat will be 375 dollars."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.62,0:09:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, I'll take it."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.19,0:09:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give the credit card.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.72,0:09:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK sir, your license?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.73,0:09:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, my license ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.48,0:09:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, um ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.49,0:09:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's my license? Oh my God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.95,0:09:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I have my license,\NI should have my license.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.33,0:09:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and immediately I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.64,0:09:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, terminal two!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.01,0:09:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So quickly, I grab my bags,\Nand I run, I run,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.81,0:09:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get back, the gentleman \Nleaves this license out,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.10,0:09:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grab the license, run back.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.95,0:09:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the line is a mile long -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.41,0:09:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking there's no way
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.75,0:09:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make the line to make this flight,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.56,0:09:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have to get to Chicago today.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.59,0:09:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as I'm searching and looking,\Nat the corner of my eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.91,0:09:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see a woman clocking in,\Ngetting in to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.47,0:09:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I run to her ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.47,0:09:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Breathing hard)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.98,0:09:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I need to get to Chicago\Non your next flight.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.96,0:09:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight I'm meeting the woman \NI may marry tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.92,0:09:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.92,0:09:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please help me, in the name of love."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.20,0:10:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.80,0:10:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lady says, "I don't hear\Nthat one very often,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.82,0:10:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.14,0:10:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and quickly my bad luck\Nturns to good luck.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.09,0:10:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She prints the ticket, gets it to me,\NI skip the mile-long line,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.45,0:10:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm set,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.46,0:10:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm thinking everything is set\Non this last flight to Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.32,0:10:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now even that, Mother Nature \Nplays its hand and "thunderstorm."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.12,0:10:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another delay.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.41,0:10:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And quickly, I text her, let her know\NI'm on my way, everything is fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.26,0:10:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get there seven hours later.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.25,0:10:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven hours later, I'm in Chicago,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.09,0:10:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm thinking there's no way \Nshe's going to say yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.80,0:10:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm late. This is not going to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.49,0:10:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But love was in the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.70,0:10:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was just happy that I made it,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.19,0:10:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she just wanted to see me,\Njust as much as I wanted to see her.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.46,0:10:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as I walk\Nin that door and I see her,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.07,0:10:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my first glimpse of her,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.76,0:10:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt a deep affection,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.15,0:11:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a feeling of gratitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.31,0:11:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, if you look in the dictionary,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.37,0:11:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt the definition of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.64,0:11:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt it, she felt it,\Nand my hopes soared.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.55,0:11:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later that evening, we talked more,\Nwe get to know each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.05,0:11:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sister was there, my mother was there,\Nher mother was there -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.31,0:11:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we sat all together.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.84,0:11:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.45,0:11:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, Areeba and I do take a walk,\Nand we talk by ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.21,0:11:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so ...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.52,0:11:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.12,0:11:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Towards the end of that night,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.78,0:11:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm instructed to sit here,\NAreeba sits across from me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.34,0:11:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother and then\NAreeba's mother sit across.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.90,0:11:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother begins and asks Areeba,\N"Do you like Omar enough to marry him?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.41,0:11:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.99,0:11:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.78,0:11:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she asks Areeba's mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.98,0:11:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you like Omar enough to be your son?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.34,0:11:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.69,0:12:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Areeba's mother does the same,\Nand Areeba's mother asks my mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.84,0:12:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you like Areeba \Nenough to be your daughter?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.48,0:12:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom says, "Yes, I do."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.08,0:12:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before she can say, "Omar do you like "
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.95,0:12:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes!"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.95,0:12:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.98,0:12:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then both mothers\Nask us together in unison,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.87,0:12:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Omar, Areeba do you ... "
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.11,0:12:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes!"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.19,0:12:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of us nod.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.82,0:12:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That Saturday night, I went home,\Nand I knew that she was the one for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.97,0:12:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That Sunday morning, I wake up,\Ntake my mother and sister,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.51,0:12:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go out, buy the ring.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.12,0:12:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sunday evening, I'm set to meet her.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.46,0:12:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sunday evening, I see her,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.98,0:12:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I propose that next \Nday after meeting her.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.15,0:12:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were set to get married\Na year after that,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.78,0:12:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we did in July,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.77,0:12:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a few months ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.18,0:12:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Aah!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.82,0:12:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Woo!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.21,0:12:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.02,0:13:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After our wedding, we went for an 11-day\Nhoneymoon to Andalusia, Spain,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.95,0:13:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we just had a romantic getaway,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.96,0:13:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we came back.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.38,0:13:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I used arranged marriages,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.78,0:13:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I found the love, \Nthe woman of my dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.19,0:13:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I listened to the wisdom \Nof my mother and my grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.34,0:13:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arranged marriages\Nhave been practiced for centuries
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.66,0:13:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from civilizations, from dynasties\Nin Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.82,0:13:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my research, I found an article\Nin the Chicago Tribune:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.61,0:13:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A surprising new look shows\Narranged marriages in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.60,0:13:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lead to love, satisfaction,\Nand commitment."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.78,0:13:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arranged marriages\Nare not forced marriages.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.80,0:13:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arranged marriages, rather,\Nare a chance to meet someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.13,0:13:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an arranged meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.76,0:14:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found love behind arranged marriages,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.81,0:14:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so can you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.34,0:14:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.42,0:14:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)