Marriage..The life ahead!

I got engaged on 11th March. Quite obviously, I am excited over this new phase of my life and have, through various modes of communication, informed almost everyone I know about the same. I have received a whole lot of congratulations and good wishes from all and sundry. But the disturbing thing is that a number of people have also chosen to tell me that these are the last few days of my life that I will enjoy.

With due respect to them all; I beg to differ!

A few days back, I did an impromptu dance jig in the office - Right Here Right Now was playing – and a colleague of mine told me, 'Dance all you want now, you won't be dancing after marriage.' And I am like, 'What's up with that?'

Okay, so some people have had bad marriages and are in a way stuck in it with no way out. But if they have ended up in a dark tunnel with the light at the other end being the one of an upcoming train, doesn't mean I'll too end up in a similar tunnel. To a certain extent, I do believe that such people have pushed themselves into their dark tunnel, and revel in self pity of someday being crushed by the upcoming train. And ofcourse, when a person starts reveling in self pity, he's not going to look for obvious and simple ways out.

On the other hand, I have also seen couples who have never been in such tunnels and thankfully, I have a number of them around me. And it is they who make me have faith in the institution of marriage.

That said, I dedicate this blog to my fiancé Anshul. Ours is going to be a Love cum arranged marriage .In the short time that we have known each other, we have fallen head over heals in love with each other. So much so that, it doesn't feel like we have known each other only since the past 10 months. Our parents deserve our thanks for arranging this love for us.

And I wish the both of us a lifetime of happiness, something I am sure we'll work hard towards. Love you, Anshul.