14th Feb, 2008.He called me on my land phone and said "bhalo kore exam dis" (good luck for your exams). I had my board exams starting the next day. But I really really expected him to say something else, which he didn't. And I was pretty sure there's no chance between us. Who knows what's on your cards? He is my husband now ;).
We had been dating for like seven and a half years before we both agreed on our sath-phera. Although he was my next door neighbor, he never really stayed next door. First his job in Mumbai then he moved to US for his PhD and I was here in Kolkata all this time,finished my high school and then my BTech. Hope you understand the long- distance relationship I am trying to emphasize upon. This whole journey was never really an easy one. With all the chocolates , flowers and butterflies it also had it's angry bird moments. Phone calls and Skype was never enough.
But he never failed to keep his promise . He crossed oceans every six months to visit me as he promised me.
And Valentine's Day was never really a special day for us, it was like every other day. I used to return hostel after my college classes and wait for him to call when most of my friends would bunk classes and return in the evening with their 'Boyfriend's-day-out' stories. As it is said ' it takes time and patience for something good to happen' and sure it has.
Days turned months. Months rolled into years. Married for two years now.
The other day when we were retrospecting our old pictures, our blurry, hazy, half sociopath pictures looked so full of love. Few of the pictures that I could find....
And with all the love posts in my Facebook home page, this Valentine's week, I couldn't stop myself from sharing our pictures together, of the places we have visited so far..
Happy Valentine's Day to all my readers and viewers...in advance :)!!
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