And I said Yes!!!

"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing"

I remember reading this quote on the wedding day of a friend who had a love marriage! I was happy for her and I remember thinking to myself how would I feel when I finally say yes to someone! 

Well, ladies and gentlemen pardon me for this little love note blog of mine :) But yes I did finally say Yes... 

So on the 10th of this month me and Aswin got engaged! 

It was one extremely special day in my life. I Missed you dad! 

When i landed in office a day later, the first thing someone asked me was 'So, how does it feel to be trapped?' :) Hmm...strange question. I didn't expect someone to ask me that! 

I did contemplate for a while... How does it feel now that I finally said Yes... 

To be honest... It feels wonderful. It doesn't feel trapped on the contrary it feels more relieved. I am relieved that I finally have someone with whom I can be myself... completely... 

And yes... over the course of time as I keep discovering new things about him it makes  me feel responsible, happy, pleased and above all grateful to god! 

I have always failed to understand why people take years and years to select their partners... i picked mine in less than 10 secs. He made me wait for almost 25 mins on the very first date! How audacious... Yet the minute I saw him and looked into his eyes I knew deep inside.. that this was it! 

I am never the 'Love at first site' types. And it was not Love when I first met Aswin... It was something better. A feeling of closeness, camaraderie, friendship... it was anything but love... 

I knew we would be friends forever... love will find its own way ;)

And true to itself... friendship is helping me discover new things about him and love is close on its heels... 

Its a long way ahead to the day when we are formally proclaimed Man and Wife but the journey together has already begun... This is one journey I was waiting to take...