From best friend's wedding to mine

It was my best friend’s wedding and as the bride’s best friend I am more than excited. The excitement comes from two reasons; one: it’s my best friend who is going to get settled with the choice of her own and second that I have been chosen as the bride’s nearest company throughout the whole function. We are friends since our 9^th standard when I shifted to this town and took admission in her school and since then our friendship just grew stronger and beautiful with each passing day. I know how much Kanika has suffered and gone through to convince her parents for Karan. But as the saying goes “all is well when end is well”. So now we all are gathered to celebrate the occasion where two souls are getting to be one soon. And as a Punjabi culture, the functions start about 15 days in advance and so was the case with Kanika’s wedding.

The best part about her wedding was that it has been fixed in Udaipur as a destination wedding. So all the relatives, close friends and also the groom’s family have come to Udaipur in the hotel come resort and the fun has already began. In Kanika’s family everyone knew me well and I also knew everyone. But in the groom’s family I just knew Karan i.e. the groom himself, only.

And as we all know that how this mobile phone is doing wonders these days by keeping each and every one busy either with the social networking or clicking pictures. And when you are all dressed up and looking the finest version of yourself, then all that you can concentrate is to look the best so as to get clicked most beautifully. My motto, without a shadow of doubt, was also the same. I wanted to look the most noticeable among all others.

During our stay at Udaipur, I have made many friends in Kanika’s family and the list was topped by her handsome cousin Rishabh. He was also the best photographer among all of us because photography was his hobby. He was also a proud owner of a big camera with that big lenses and big nose type thing. Actually I am expert only with the mobile photography, so I just don’t know what those cameras are called. All I am sure is of the fact that its cost was somewhere in lakhs. He clicked some real amazing pictures of all the moments and also some funny moments were well captured by him since only we the group of young friends was there to enjoy the same without any interference of professional photographers or even the elders of the family. I really had a great time during that stay of mine in Udaipur.

After a week or so, all the photographs were shared on a family group, of-course to which I were also a member. By now, even the people from Karan’s family were also the member of that group. And simultaneously, another group of only young crowd was formed which also have the people from both the families. And the crazy captures by Rishabh were shared on that group also. We laughed and felt like crazy seeing those pictures and also missed the time we spent together leaving and forgetting about all the worries and rest of the world around us.

And that was the time, when I observed one of the group member being very active and commenting on every picture of mine and liking almost all the pictures shared on the group. He was Sid oh I mean Sidharth. No doubt, he was every girl’s favorite in the wedding function and every parent’s desire for getting their daughters married to him but at the same time he was kind of little rude or ignorant of the fact that many people are eyeing him as an eligible bachelor. Although he also knew and was absolutely ready to be booked but his preference and choice, as per his attitude, has to be someone out of the world. So during the functions I interacted with him just as a guest and never tried to open up much nor I played any pranks, knowing the fact that he is from groom’s family and as a part of Punjabi culture, he should be given some doze and must be played some pranks on from the bride’s side but I restrained myself. Don’t know why, but thought that it is wise to stay away from him.

He saw me in those pictures and told his mother that he has found his match. I got to know about this from Kanika only. Actually she was approached by Sidharth’s mom for asking my parents to think about it. When Kanika told me about the whole instance, then I could relate his comments on my pictures. It was actually a confused state for me. I didn’t knew how to react to it! I knew that he was the handsome among all, I knew that he doesn’t had anyone in his life by that time, I knew that he was the most suitable groom for any parent’s daughter…. Actually I knew it all but still I was unable to digest to the fact that he has shown his willingness to getting married to me.

It took some time for me to accept but when one fine day he along with his parents came home to meet my parents, I was all cold and was shivering inside. I just could not understand that how should I react to it and what to do when I see him. I came in the room and we all were chatting. His parents wanted to know about my studies, my choices and lastly, if I am ready to accept this proposal or not. I kept quite about the question and at that moment only Sidharth said that he wants to talk to me in person. We were asked to go on the terrace and discuss the matter. And assured that even if I take a decision as NO, there won’t be any issues. I felt little comfortable and we moved on the terrace.

He had many things to say, whereas on the contrary, I was all silent and was busy observing his way of communicating things. He was very convincing and I just asked him for some time to take any concrete decision and in the meantime he assured that he will convince his parents to wait until they hear from me and my family. Although my parents had already agreed to the proposal downstairs but still Sidharth could manage to convince his parents to wait for some time. He did all this manipulatively, without bringing in anyone’s notice that it is my wish and desire.

Days started to move on. I had rounds and rounds of discussions with Kanika about him. And lately, I started talking to Sidharth over phone and he always made sure to make me feel comfortable. We started meeting and one fine day he asked me again, if I am ready to accept him as a life partner! That day I officially said yes to his proposal and conveyed to my parents also about my decision.

Although it took some time to say “I love you” to him. It was the day when we were together and he had to drop me at my place after my hobby class. That day he stopped for something in between. I went curious and asked him about the reason. Then he took out a pendant and said that today is 24^th of March and we are completing exactly 6 months of knowing each other. And in such a small duration, we have come such a long way that both of us have decided to stay with each other for rest of our lives. That day, in his little more passionate voice, he said “I Love You”, and that was the first time I reciprocated the same with same passion as his. I said “I love you too and now cannot imagine my life without you”. He came closer and kissed me on my cheek and moved on to kiss my lips. Initially he kissed in a way that he just touched them but when he could feel my acceptance to that, he became more passionate and stayed like that for next few minutes. That was the day I felt what loving is and how does it feel to be with someone who loves you more than anyone else.

Finally after all the match making we got married on 24^th April 2014. Till date I cannot forget the day we first kissed. Whereas he remembers that day as the first day when I told him that I love him. Today, we stand for each other, no matter what! We hate, we fight, we disagree, but no matter how worse we fight, we have a promise to keep to each other and that is to sort everything before falling asleep at night.

This makes our life new each day and more love-able each second. I don’t know if it’s true for all of you or not, but I believe that marriages are made in heaven and the right person will come in your life at the right time. And when someone is destined to be in your life, no one can stop that to happen and God will make his own plan to bring you together.