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 It was Wednesday evening and, I was
climbing up the stairs of the building,
where I lived. My phone rings...
tringgggggggggg... tringggggggggggg... I
watched at the screen of my phone, and
the number seems to me totally unknown.
I did not have that number in my phone
book. I was little confused, and I
wasn't ready to pick up the call, so I
just ignored it, but again it rings for
few seconds, and now I did not know what
to do, so I just answer the call "HELLOOO"...
There was male voice at the other end,
said "HELLOOO"...
I asked him, whom is he looking for, and
he said..." could I speak to Pradeep
dai"? (Pradeep dai is my uncle). I said,
its wrong number, it’s not him, and the
person at the other side on the phone,
says... "Yes, I know". I was surprised
to hear that answer, and I asked him,
then why did he took trouble of calling
my number, if he knew that, it was not
Pradeep dai? I hung up the phone and,
passed the message to my uncle.
And, next day when I got back home from
my work, it was almost 7:00pm. I was so
tired, I came walking home, because, the
bus was taking too long to come, so I
just walked home, it took me almost 30
minutes to get home. I rang the door
bell, and my aunty, came and opened the
door for me. She told me as usual, to
change and come; she will get my evening
tea ready. When I came to the kitchen,
she was preparing kind of varieties of
food, I asked her, whom she is making
the food for?
She said the guy who called my phone
yesterday, looking for my uncle, is
coming over for dinner tonight.
I asked my aunt, who the guy is exactly,
and how do they got to know him?
She said, they met him oh the train,
while they had been to home town,
and he is very nice guy and
etc...etc....
After I had my tea, I went to my room
and started correcting the test papers
of the kids, as I was a teacher in
primary school and I used to teach.
And, after a while the door bell
rings...my uncle opened the door and it
was him I guess!!!
I was in my room, I just heard, was the
noise from the living room, they were
talking.
My aunt calls me out and meets him, I
was so embarrassed for being rude and
hung up the phone on him previous day,
but I still had to go and greet him. He
was in his late twenties, with black and
big dreamy eyes, friendly smile, little
bald and very nice build and perfectly
looked like a decent gentleman.
He was wearing blue formal shirt, gray
trousers and tie on his neck.
He had dropped in our place straight
from his office. I spoke to him only for
couple of minutes and went back to my
room and
continued with my work again. It was
dinner time, I had to come out again,
which I was feeling really uneasy, but
had no choice left,
so I had to come out and have dinner
with all.
And the guy left, around 11:00 pm, and
we all went to sleep as well.
Next, evening when I was getting back
home from school (work), I got the call
again from him. Now, I had saved that
number, so I saw his name blinking on
the screen, thought for a while and
answered the call. And had normal talk
for couple of minutes, and from that
day, he started calling me once in every
single day.
So on and on, some times I used to call
him too, but very rarely, and my aunt
and uncle started talking about him
every time I am around them, I had no
idea why, but slowly and gradually, I
came to know that, they likes him and
wants me to, get to know more about him,
and they wanted to know, how I feel
about him, and what I have in my mind
for him.
I told them that, he is too old for me,
and I have no such feeling about him,
but they wanted me to try to know him
from close.
One day, he came to my house and wanted
me to take him to the Hanging Park,
which was close to my house in Mumbai,
because, he lives out of city and it
takes 2-3 hours to reach my home by car.
So, by that time we knew each other more
or less, we sat in the park and talked
for a while, and we talked about our
likes and dislikes and etc.. etc...
As and then the days passed, we became
more and more close to each other. We
started seeing each other more often; at
least once in a week, he used to come to
my house, because, I never used to feel
comfortable meeting him outside. And he
proposed me after few months, and I
didn't know what to say, because I also
had started having feelings for him,
but somehow, somewhere, in the some
corner of my heart, had feelings that
his and mine relationship wont last. I
had that feeling from the very
beginning.
But, I could not say "NO" too. And after
couple of weeks passed, my answer was
"YES", but I was not that sure, though I
accepted his proposal, and 6-7 months
went like that, and it was February,
little cold outside, and I was home in
the evening. He called my phone; I spoke
to him, he sound little upset, his voice
was down... I asked him what happened,
he said come outside and talk, don't
talk in front of uncle and aunt, I got
really worried, and I said okay and went
outside to the balcony of 3rd floor.
Then he said he got a call from home,
and they (his parents) want him to come
over, but he said, he doesn't want to go
home. I asked why, he said because his
parents wants him to get married with
the girl they have looked for him, as
they did not know about me.
And he asked me if I want to run away
from home and get marry with him, but my
answer was very tough and heart breaking
for him,
I wont be doing that, firstly, because I
am too young to get married and,
secondly, his parents would never accept
me as their daughter-in-law, cause his
and mine castes were different, they
were Brahmins and I was Buddhist.
And I was told that his cousin brother,
who got married with a girl out of their
castes, for more then 12 years,
he was boycotted from his family. His
parents were from an orthodox family,
though they were well qualified, but
they used to keep the difference between
castes and communities.
And, I met him very next day, and spoke
to him for almost 3 hours and was trying
to convince him to go to his native
place and meet his parents and come
back, if he is not willing to get
married yet, he can go and talk to his
parents.
Running away like this is not going to
help him or neither me.
And, it was 6th of February,2003', he
went to his native place, I had been to
the train station to see him off , and I
knew its going to be for the last time,
he called me in every 5 minutes as long
as he was getting the network, but
after, his phone battery was dead.
And no calls for 3 days… while he was on
the train. Once he reached his home
town, he called me from there, and said
he reached safely, and I knew very well
that his parents would convince him to
get married, and I started to have some
feelings of loosing the valuable
treasure I had, and felt suffocated,
confused, did not know what’s going to
happen tomorrow.
He called me after 3 days, and my first
question to him was, did u see the girl?
He was zipped for a while and says, how
do I know that?
And I said, just say, Yes or No? He said
Yes!
And, suddenly my eyes were filled with
tears, and I could not speak up
anything, anymore.
He was trying to explain me that, he
hasn't said Yes, yet though.
And, I said not to wait, just say Yes.
His family will be happy if he does so,
and he can be happy only if he listens
to the family.
If he gets married with me, giving no
respects, to the family, he will suffer
and will regret after few years.
Though he will be happy with me, after
we get married, for few years, but after
the time passes, he will start to get
frustrated,
because he will have no one else around
from his family when he needs them,"
EXCEPT ME"...
That is the reason why, I wanted him to
get married with his family's choice.
And, I think his answer was "Yes' to the
proposal. And, it was 22nd of February,
I was just getting ready to go out with
my uncle and aunt, he calls me and says
his wedding is fixed; it’s on 24th of
February. I was utter less, could say
nothing, but started
getting panicky and weeping so loud, my
aunt and uncle heard, and he was crying
too at the other end of the phone, he
was trying to make me understand, and my
uncle entered the room and was very
furious and wanted to talk to him, but I
told my uncle, he is doing according to
me. He is not wrong.
And, after he got married, he came to
Mumbai and his wife came along with him,
and his mother. He wanted to meet me
terribly, but I just did not let him
come to my house, because I don't wanted
to be any part of his life and don't
wanted to ruin his family life and mine
too.
But, we started talking on the phone,
not as usual as before, but once or
twice a day, and he was dying to meet
me, I too was longing to see him, but
had to put some control on my self and
make up my mind, what I wanted to in
future.
And the couple of months passed by,
without meeting him, he was begging me
to meet every single day, finally, one
day I went to his office to meet him, he
was a general manager in BAJAJ GROUP OF
COMPANY.
He came to the station to receive me, as
soon as he saw me; his eyes were filled
and mine too. Because he had not expect
me in that condition, he thought I was
not bothered about him getting married,
the way I forced him, made him feel that
I was not in love with him.
But that day, he realized that, whatever
I was doing, it was all for him and his
family, I had lost so much of weight, I
used to cry everyday, I used to hate
eating, I realized, how much I also was
in love with him, after I came to know
that he is not mine anymore.
He was in the same condition, he had
become so weak. He hold me so tight and
cried, we both went to the restaurant
below his office and sat there for
couple of hours and talked. We felt like
as before, but we knew that nothing we
can do.
He said, he care nothing now, he got
married because of his parents, now he
wants me to come with him to his house
and he would admit to his mom and wife,
that he is in love with me and want to
get marry. I said getting married is not
a joke, if I did sacrifice for his
family, how can he imagine of me getting
back to him and ruin several lives.
So, after that, I could not stay near
him and his family, the more I stay
close to him, the more he will get close
to me and far from his wife. So I
decided to get away from there, without
his knowledge, I tried for my, foreign
country visa, and with luck I did get
it.
And, told him one day before I was
flying, and he came to my house, and got
really upset with me for not letting him
know in advanced.
And was asking me, why am I doing that
to him? But, I answered him nothing and
SMILED, and he knew what my SMILE meant,
He came to see me off in the airport,
and from the same day he started to try
for the visa for the same country I was
gone. But FORTUNATELY, he did not get
it, and went to another country. He is
now a father of a boy, junior is 2 years
old now. They all are together, happy.
And I am happy for them too. But I have
no contacts at all with him since 3
years, I want to
LIVE AND LET THEM
LIVE....
This is what I had been gone through.
But, now I am happy with my life, and I
was single for all those years, and
hated to fall in love, but now finally I
have found the right person, who loves
me, and cares for me and respects me and
my feelings. I love him so much, and we
will be getting married soon, if luck
favors us. And I told him all about my
past, and he has no problems with it.
Past was yours and the Present and the
Future is OUR. And he respects me more
then before, after he heard the life
history of mine he says.
He (my present man) is
My Ultimate Man!
But, I always pray for him and his
family for their better future. Thanks.
Comments:
Hi, I read this story, this is so cute n I think this is true love.
Getting love is not the only name of love. Falling in love is very easy but to sacrifice it for someone else is hard, so this is TRUE LOVE.
--Sheerika Arora, India
I went through your article...
My eyes filled with tears....
--Tenzing Lama, Kent, UK
It's much good to read & feel.... if it is true story.
--Lagan, Doha, Qatar
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