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"I am an only child and my parents and I are inseparable — we don’t go more than a few hours without checking up on each other. Through my dating years, I consciously refrained from jumping into a steady relationship unless the guy understood my deep bond with my parents. And then Kumar just happened. I met him online — he used to often comment on my blog posts. We also connected through common friends and the virtual relationship soon turned real. There was no way I could ignore the emotional or intellectual connection we had. Besides, Kumar also understood my deep attachment to my parents. My parents too showed complete faith in my choice. Naturally marriage seemed like a perfect decision.""There was a significant hitch though —Kumar lived in Stuttgart, Germany. Though I was excited about the idea of living in Europe and soaking in the new experience, I found the idea of living away from my parents very tough. The reality struck me when I moved to Stuttgart. Thankfully, Kumar has shown me that finding love doesn’t mean you have to sideline your own family. He has gone out of his way to forge a friendship with my parents instead of the archetypal formal relationship.""Initially, he was also my sole link to this new land that I now call home. Germany is beautiful, but it is also a tough country to live in especially because you need to know German to get by. (I have managed to learn the language rather well now!) In my first year here, the weather, the food, the culture, everything seemed so different — and difficult! However, now we’ve made our own warm bunch of friends in this cold country. And we have our own German routines like going for a ‘gemütlich’ brunch every weekend or sneaking off to exotic places like Savoca and Bergen. Kumar has made himself an indispensable person in our ‘gang’ here with his awesome sense of humour and sensitivity.""Of course, my connection with my parents remains strong as ever. I fly every few months to Ahmedabad, and my parents come over to Stuttgart every now and then. My father and I are also collaborating on a Gujarati book, and I can never thank the Internet enough. Completing my doctorate and managing my writing career has been possible mainly because of technology and the unshakeable pillar of support that my man has been."“Love has added a new dimension to my closest relationships. It has made me more open towards accepting different, unknown challenges. As for Kumar and me, we don’t have a conventional marriage and we love it that way.
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