Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Being Married!

I have never believed in gory flashback sequences. So, to cut the chase, you all need to know that I got married nearly 3 months back!

Life has changed since marriage and however many "Just Married" movies one may watch, it truly is a unique experience. Our courtship was 2 month "long" in which we met only 3 times for not more than 3 hours each. Though we didn't get much time together, we really increased our mobile phone bills with all the Good Mornings, Good Nights, and other "Sweet Nothings" during the day. And for the uninitiated who don't know what people talk about for hours on end in such calls, my answer is "Nothing"! Yes, thats why these are called "Sweet Nothings".

Well, the day we got married, as I was waiting for her on the stage, one of my friends walked up to me and said,"Dude, you still have time.....run!" I didn't reply but just smirked. I was so ready for marriage. Then slowly, she emerged from the room, dressed in red and looking stunning, slowly stepping down the stairs to walk towards me, I really got the chills and realized, "I was getting married!" I turned to this friend in a sudden, and asked, "Do you have a hidden tunnel under the carpet somewhere?" He smiled, a knowing smile, as if he knew it was going to happen and just patted my shoulder as slowly i stooped my head and accepted the garland from her. As I later came to know, she was as scared.

Later, being the nice and charming self that is me, I even offered her to use my shoe rack and my almirah for sometime, till the time her almirah was ready. I soon realized that life was about small happinesses. I celebrate the days when my shoes find their way back on the shoe rack :-)

In the last two months, we have had a good time together. Giving wierd logics for driving home our points. But one has to mention here that none of my logics makes sense once she puts her foot down. So much so for logical reasoning.

But after having cribbed much, it needs to be pointed that I really like my life with her. This is for the seriousness and meaning she has brought back into life. May be cribbing is a part of how much I appreciate the banter we share :-) In a moment of reckoning, I had surmised them in a few brief lines....

I like life.
Its twists and turns.
Its strange and innocous ways
Yet with its good surprises
I like life.

I like it when someone walks in
And makes me want to talk more and more
Share all that has happened in the last so many years
I like it when someone brings a smile Just by their thought
And how perfect it feels to miss them

I like it when that someone goes speechless
On hearing something stupidly romantic
I like it when the reply comes....I don't know what to say :)
And I say..
..say no more

I like it when I find no more words
But want to write so much more
Life's just started for us and there is a long way to go
And am sure its gonna be good, 'cause....
I like life...with you.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow dude, nice! who knew that the parantha-pelo-ing colleague next to me had an inner poet! You're wife is a lucky lady... yer x-box obsessions nothwithstanding!

Terms of Meanderment said...

Voila! Marriage does make life beautiful and brings the poet out of you.... Keats just turned in his grave and farted in agreement.. LOL:-)

dg3a said...

lucky wife! :) and yes, i didn't know about the hidden poet in u either

Anonymous said...

Wonderful expression of emotions.. I liked your encounter with poetry.. ;)

God bless you both..

Anonymous said...

People are so married....

ahem ahem....

Manvi said...

wow gr888 work! ur wife is really lucky.. and i totally agree with u marriage makes life really different :)

Anonymous said...

Whoa... that was so sweet!! Best wishes to both you guys.. BTW.. get another shoe-rack soon - don't think u r getting the old one back ;-)

Rush said...

Just loved this one... always knew you were a dormant romantic....just waiting for the right person.... This a wonderful phase and will just get better as time goes on .... there would be up's and down's ... but at the end there would be someone you would want to come back home to ... and that's what's important....Take care and lots of love to you and chutanki !!!

Deepti's Space said...

I really liked it ..It was very positive after a long time
with an end that is so truly just a beginning...your stories have always seemed incomplete before this but then they were stories with fractions of truths embedded in them. This is different and this is real!All the best to both of you...Have a great and really successful married life ahead!

Anonymous said...

very nice, very nice!! Astounded (I looked it up on dictionary.com today) by the poem... where it you chori it from?? :)

P.S. - this has been posted under duress!!!

Vishal said...

This is good one. Loved it :)

Marriage is a journey, enjoy it.

Yes there will be twists & turns…
But each twist would intermingle you both……
each turn would open a new horizon

Yes you would go speechless…
…will find no words

But remember

smile speaks better than words
doting touch brings an immense sense of oneness
glance across the room will lit up the sky for you

So keep singing a duet…… a duet called “Being Married”.

Rush said...

Wow... what do I say now... another dormant romantic in the family !!! Saurabh see what you've done... my husband's talking all mushy now !!! But you know what he's right... lots of twists and turns.., but you'll end up closer to eachother...one look across the room ... that's it...very very worth it....

Sid B said...

:D

What about perspectives from the other side?? ;)

Unapologetic Confessions said...

"My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher." SOCRATES

Saurabh - "Happy Philosopher" WOW!!!!

Anonymous said...

this is so beautiful....good stuff saurabh...
marriage indeed is an amazing journey, makes u encounter all the emotions humans are able to feel!enjoy each and everyone of those emotions and moments..
God bless you both...wish u loads of happiness and love together forever!:)

Anonymous said...

Hi Saurabh...

Good piece of work worth publishing in etcetra column of Delhi Times..oops sorry Hindustan Times.

Deserves an encore-- Marriage Six months on... !!