A few days
before I got married in Delhi, under the watchful eyes of my father… many came
up to me with their advises. Here are some of the advises I got.
1. Don’t get
married. I know a few places you can visit. You don’t have to be on your
honeymoon for that
2. If it is
such a big issue, why don’t you get a cook? Or get another flat mate to share
rent?
3. No doubt
gifts is a highlight, but consider the expenses
4. Dogs are the
best solution. They don’t nag/ argue, they listen to you talk all the time,
they don’t snore and are always excited to see you.
5. Don’t get
married. It is all rosy till you keep meeting for only 2-3 hours a day. Once
you get married you will start discovering things about Ashish you didn’t know
and didn’t want to know. Things he has successfully hidden from you all this
while.
The 5th
advisor, also a very good friend of mine (though I forgot his name) was right.
I started discovering things about Ashish. Things he has managed to
successfully hide from me. Like his love for cartoons… No, I am not talking
about animated movies. I am talking about super hero cartoons. In fact, the
only time he doesn’t criticize my cooking is when he is so engrossed in his
fictional Batman/ Heman/ Superman/ Shaktiman characters ;) That’s when he’ll
eat anything (even boiled-stir-fried vegetables).
I always
knew I was marrying a cook. Honestly, it was a huge pressure off my little
head. I knew we would be a happy couple, as my husband would never find faults
in my cooking because he’ll never let me cook J But little
did I know, that this cook only enters kitchen when in the mood, and takes
HOURS to prepare a dish. So all those –I’ll-be-your-chef-for-life promises went
down the drain. Now we just eat out and maggi (instant noodles) has become out
staple diet ;)
Ashish is
known to be a very humble, patient and a serene person. Someone who never loses
his cool. Someone saintly. In so much contrast to my personality, that we
completed each other like a jig-saw puzzle. But I saw a completely different
person in him when he started yelling at me for jumping a red light, and then
bumping my car, and then crashing into a dumpster. His personality drifts to
this ghastly monster, every time I am on the driver’s seat. There is yelling,
uncontrollable screaming and some sulking (Latter mostly from my end), followed
by the entire drama about “That’s it! I’m never driving with you again”, or “I
am pulling over, I’ll take a cab back”, or “stop screaming, you are making me
nervous”.
SNORING.
It’s been ages since I’ve had a good sound sleep… if you know me, you’ll also
know how important my sleep is to me J His snoring
has created distances between us (literally ;)) His snores are enough to wake
up an entire floor of apartments. So much so, sometimes he wakes himself up ;)
But the most annoying part is when he denies it all and plays innocent, “no, I
never snore”. Somehow, even an audio and visual confirmation didn’t satisfy him
as a proof ;)
Ashish has
always been a very soft spoken person. So soft spoken that sometimes he can’t
hear himself. At times, I think he doesn’t even open his mouth to talk ;) My
dad has to turn off the fans every time Ashish is on phone with him, else
Ashish is not audible. We never thought it could be such an issue in our
relationship, until one day we realized that most of our fights end up with
“You never told this to me”. Ever since that day, we decided that he will raise
his hand every time he had to make a point ;) so if you ever see him raising
his hand, that is not because he has to use the washroom, he simply has to make
a point. Rest of the time, you’ll just see me talking ;)
But this
post is not meant to only highlight the imperfections. It could also have a few
praises in it for Ashish.
Quiet, shy,
reserved, timid were usually the synonyms associated with Ashish. But ever
since we got married, he has made it a point to accompany me to all the social
gatherings, infact, now he even smiles back at people who pass a smile to him
;) he has been my permanent dance student and very boldly participates in every
stage performance with me. If you knew him as a bachelor, it’s time to know him
all over again. Because he is a changed man! My changed man! J
