The Indian Boys in my family

So over the past two days, I have been to three family meals with three different sets of relatives of mine and have encountered 3 different Indian Boys from my family. Now each of them are around my age and have lived in India their entire life.

This is what happens at these meals. We meet, enter the living room and say hi. I'm introduced to people i haven't met for 10 years and yet I have to say I remember meeting them so that they don't feel upset only for them to not remember meeting me and make me upset. Then we are all brought drinks (non - alcoholic ofcourse) and sit while everyone asks the kids one by one where they are studying and what they are studying. Then once that is done they say "why don't you kids go to the other room and watch t.v. or play board games" as if we're 5 year old kids. So we go to the other room where we're forced to make conversation.

Now let me tell you about each conversation i had with these 3 guys:

Cousin 1: So how many girlfriends do you have?
Rusty: Umm ... i had one but we broke up recently.
Cousin 1: Oh ok ... i have 3 (grins stupidly).
Rusty: Good for you.

I went home that night wondering how the hell can anyone have 3 girlfriends. So i decided the next time i get a chance to ask I will. Luck came my way the next day.

Cousin 2: Hows the females like in Singapore?
Rusty: They're there.
Cousin 2: You don't have girlfriends?
Rusty: Define girlfriends.
Cousin 2: Umm ... i guess a girl with whom you have romantic relationships with.
Rusty: Ok ... then i had one but we recently broke up. Cousin 1 told me he had 3 yesterday. How the hell can you have more than one girlfriend? Strange person.
Cousin 2: Umm ... i have 4 girlfriends.
Rusty: Define romantic relationships.
Cousin 2: Like you know ... kissing, holding hands and the sort.
Rusty: How the hell is that possible?
Cousin 2: What do you mean?
Rusty: How can you have romantic relations with four girls at once??
Cousin 2: I don't understand you.
Rusty: What the hell do you think i'm saying. For your brain ... how can you hold the hands of 4 girls at one go with your two hands??
Cousin 2: ...... (stares at cieling dumbfounded)

That was a very frustrating time for me. I decided I won't get involved in having a conversation with any other of my cousins. So this is what happened with cousin 3:

Cousin 3: So you have any girlfriends?
Rusty: I'm gay.
Cousin 3: ............... (long silence)

(After a while)
Cousin 3: Have you seen the latest nokia phone?
Rusty: I dislke the concept of a mobile phone.
Cousni 3: ............... (long silence)

And that was the end of the conversation. And that was probably the best conversation I've had with any of my cousins so far this trip or ever i guess (apart from my two clsoe cousins in bombay).