Champagne. Bouquets. Several courses of meal without the hassle of deciding what to order (that’s a big incentive to me!). Birthday cake. A linen jacket that I wanted for several months, or maybe years! All this without the slightest hint. Yes, that’s what Sakshi did on my birthday on Jun 9.
She insisted on picking me [...]
Posts under ‘Relationships’
An evening of a lifetime
How do you tell you’re in love?
Well I don’t know. Or maybe I didn’t know…
More often than not I guess the first time someone murmurs the ‘I love you’ words they are out of infatuation, or with ulterior motives, or as in most cases as a response to someone’s murmurs (whose murmur is attributed to Reason 1 & 2!). Subsequently [...]
The Third Man
With the entire Indian media busy covering the Ash-Abhishek story how could I be left behind! Abhishek is the third ‘public’ man in her life and Aishwarya is tying the knot with him. This made me think/invent the third man theory — many women I have known and read have gone [...]
Marriage brings boredom?
Somebody told me that I’ve become boring after marriage. The premise — I’ve stopped writing on my blog; rather stopped writing longer and maybe more thought provoking posts. Does that mean that I’ve become boring?
I don’t think so! I don’t feel that much talked about ‘change’ after marriage. My life [...]
Is life arranged?
I have an arranged marriage. So has my wife — or is that obvious! Both of us were into ’serious’ relationships with other people in the past that at some point in time both of us believed will transform into marriage. Neither did. Those relationships could only transform into chaos, ruckus, the works…
We [...]
Who can handle reality better?
Somebody asked me this question. Can men handle reality better than women? I don’t think so — women are far too adept at handling changing situations. What’s reality — its what changed today from something of yesterday. To my mind, women will just crib till such time they think ’someone’ can [...]