Who put my better HALF far away!

Till last year December if someone had told me that my life would change in the next six months radically I would have laughed my heart out. The times were rolling so well, there was nothing much to do than enjoy it. The trio of me Chambo and Rit had taken to going around a lot, treks, bike trips, beaches, or visiting other islands for beaches and Turtles. We three had met right at this place in Port Blair within the last year and got to gel together as we three could match vibes. All three had been a part of another big

group that disintegrated as people left for the mainland and we three were just awaiting our turn. One more thing common between us was, we three were match hunting after a failure in each person’s life. Be it under family pressure or something else we had faced the backlash and had been on the lookout for our respective better half. Rit had gone to the extent of getting engaged when all hell broke loose and he was deprived of a happy married life then, same case with Chambo a few years back. In Jan as Rit got the news of leaving PB for Chennai our lives were going in for another big change, right at that time, I had met a gal on the Bharat Matrimony site and felt the sudden feel of THE ONE for me. This particular girl was right in the age group that I was looking for, and seemed to have a lot of things that I wanted in my partner. She had the right combination of charm, poise, neutrality, smartness and spirituality. Nothing seemed to be more in her. I had seen two or three snaps of her and wasn’t sure of what I thought of, so anyway gave a call on the number provided. It was he

r mother who took the call and replied that the gal wasn’t home that time and I could call a while later. I wasn’t in a hurry at all. I had just finished my 35 days leave and back from Hyd 2 weeks back and there was hardly any chance of going back so soon. Later that evening when I spoke to her and reminded her the message she had left in my mailbox, she requested me to talk to her parents first. That was what I was looking for, soon I informed my sister and parents about the gal, and my di talked to her mom. Then started the conversation between us, things were not so common between us, she was a lot spiritual and independent than most other gals who are either of the two but not both usually. She too had a penchant for travel so we clicked at the word go. Other than that she had an experience in the recruitment field so knew pretty well how to work her way. I knew my preferences and found her to be fitting in them like a jigsaw puzzle. Snaps exchanged, experiences shared and dreams and aspirations divulged before I could decide my parents to be sent over to her house. My side everyone was excited as they came to know that I had forwarded the gals info and they all knew I was very much looking forward to this match. Things did go well, what with she pitching in with taking precautions to impress them just

that much and not go overboard. The meeting had gone well, and I was asked to come to Hyd soon to meet her before things could go the next level. Though meeting online and talking long hours on the phone one gets to know a lot, but until a meeting the things aren’t as clear as they seem to be. After a month of the first contact I made my trip to Hyd and met her, the first meeting should have been long I guess, with lotsa information sharing and questions but we two had been talking all general things, the important things had been covered on calls and chats. Still, a few doubts cropped on their side, which were put to

rest as I thought. There were small doubts which could jeopardise the match. For a few days after I returned to PB when I didn’t hear anything the first thought that occurred to me was that the doubts have devoured my dream yet again... this time other’s doubts. I didn’t over react in the meanwhile and just hoped for the best, I had always learnt something or the other from women and felt obliged to respect them just as much every time. Things may go wrong but they have their own way of making us feel good about it. Meeting her and getting to know her had simply added to the admiration that I had for women who touched my life with their thoughts, care and love.

But when it has to rain, there have to be dark clouds before, and after that its greenery all around.

At the end of mid April I was informed that plans were afoot for scheduling our marriage by the 10^th or 20^th of May. Although me and Roopa didn’t get romantically entangled before that cause of her rigid nature, after that the romance has helped our love blossom. As for Chambo and Rit seem to be following suit, on the way, they’ll be getting married soon, hope by the year end.