Life was good- incomplete, yet good. I was never really intrigued by the thought of marriage. All I had in my mind was if I ever find someone who connects with me, I would give marriage a thought. But my parents were extremely concerned that their daughter wasn't getting married when the rest of the world seemed to be getting married so fast as if it was the end of the world.
On their insistence, I decided to meet a few guys. Every time I met someone, it ended badly (usually with me being rejected). So this time, when the guy said 'yes', I didn't give it much thought and agreed to get married to a man I had interacted with for only 10 minutes. Everyone was excited. I was excited too, to see the rest of the family excited. Settling down with this stranger just didn't immerse my mind. "Love can happen later, right?" I kept reassuring myself. We started talking on the phone. On the very first day, he said that he had...