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What our 8 months of marriage has taught us?

Tomorrow, Ankit and I will complete eight months of our marriage. I still wake up sometimes in the middle of the night, finding Ankit fast asleep next to me, completely flabbergasted, and I wonder who the hell is this man and where the hell am I. After a few seconds when I realize that I am married to him, I take a deep breath and hide myself in his arms and go back to sleep peacefully. I feel the safest, the happiest and most peaceful in those moments of my life. We call ourselves an old couple - not because we have been married for long of course -but because we married quite late in our lives. And to tell you the truth, sometimes we regret that we spent more than three decades of our lives without each other. We could have done so much together had we met a few years earlier. I guess we are still hungover by our honeymoon period. I am sure we are gonna laugh at this thought a few years down the line.  So, what our 8 months of marriage has taught us?  MARRIAGE = LOTS OF RESP...
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Three months of staying (happily) Married - and how my past fundas of life failed here!

I have been *happily married for more than three months now. Though the initial turmoil (read as adjustment phase) is over, it has not been an easy shift. I have been always been very proud that I am extremely adaptable. I adjust to situations. I am flexible. I quickly learn and move on. And blah blah. All my past fundas of life failed when it came to marriage.  Marriage is not just a switch in job sector, function, employer or city. Marriage is not even just about getting into a relationship with someone. It is much more complex than that. Many important variables change all of a sudden. From getting a permanent roommate to living in a strange house to following others' rules to behaving decently - life has toppled upside down, inside out, left to right and so on.  All my married friends cautioned me about the beginning phase. They say that it takes about a few years to really adjust in a new family - to get to know them well, and for them to get to know you well. I used to l...
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From being a Miss to the Marvelous Mrs. Mittal

The year 2020 will be a memorable year for most of us till the rest of our lives. For me, fortunately, and for many other newly wedded couples of the lockdown, this year will be the most special (hopefully) year for the rest of our lives. And maybe, if it wasn't for the lockdown, my hubby and I would have probably never got hitched! My last post on LinkedIn (Life in the lockdown - stress, boredom or fun!!!) dates back to June 2020. I have expressed at length how lucky I have felt being in my hometown with my joint family during the lockdown. I have even said that I would not trade that life with anything in the world . And, yet, I did. Just six months later, I am in a different city today, in a new home, among new family members, with a new permanent roommate, living the life of a married Indian woman. I was a happy bachelorette, financially independent, vivacious, bold, beautiful and whatnot. I roamed around freely everywhere. I woke up when I felt like (okay, unless there was a...
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