Union of hearts…
I liked Chetan’s synopsis about his recent story, 2 States. It read, love marriages around world are simple, but in India it has few more steps. True.
Then imagine an arranged marriage:
Girl’s family should like the boy’s family. Vice versa.
Girl and guy’s horoscope should match.
Girl and guy should like each other’s photo.
Both the sides will have to clear operation “family background check”.
Then comes grand finale, boy meets the Girl. If they like each other, the wedding bells ring...
After all this if you get a considerate partner, then god indubitably likes you. Because having a wonderful partner in life means a lot!
Ours was an arranged marriage, slightly different. After step 3, both parents let us speak and decide. Lucky Ah!. Since we were in different countries, we talked only twice. With few basic questions, we found our frequency matched to some extent and decided to get married. We met only after our marriage got fixed.
Our lifestyle, our society, habits, everything was different. I had dreams about my post engagement-pre marital life (totally influenced by my society), like.. “To be pampered with lot of gifts, sweet nothings over the phone till late night, hanging out whenever possible”……believe me I had a catalog!
He, an abstemious, realistic and a prompt person. No late night talks, rare outings…God! Needn’t mention, why we fought till our marriage day.
With stars in our eyes, faith in our hearts, and dreams in our minds we started our journey of togetherness.
Marital Bliss!
Our world is just two of us, to rely on, confide in, laugh at, and cry for. I talk talk and talk (poor him). He listens uncomplainingly. We chill out, shop, play and do everything possible together. Love is not” two different people seeing the same world together”. It is “two different people enjoying two different worlds, together”. Love happens when we learn to enjoy the differences! Rejoice!