Is it for him or her??

I accompanied one of my friend to the Central mall in Hyderabad. He wanted to buy a present for his fiancee. I was acting as the experienced consultant :)

We approached the watch salesman and my friend told him "I'm looking for a present for my would be" the salesman asks him back "is it for a him or her". We were stunned. This is India, I thought we don't talk in these lines :)