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 RESPONSIBLITIES + UNLIMITED FUN (Read: SEX)  + C

One thing is crystal clear to me today that marriage is largely about a lots of responsibilities (don't worry) added to unlimited sex (yeye). Though I had married believing that it's only the latter. Nevertheless, it has been a ride full of several metric tonnes of happy moments and hundreds of fights and dramas. What I realized is that most of the fights arise around the areas of responsibilities. As a happy bachelorette, I never had to do any of those tens of things that I now do on a regular basis. For a long time, my biggest complaint has been that why only I am expected to take up all the responsibilities? Why does the guy get to sit in the couch after his work and watch tv or just lie down on bed? Even though, Ankit always says that I could do the same and that there is no need for me to slog in the kitchen after work. But, we both know that that is not gonna happen. 

I started to realize that I am not the only one whose life has changed or who now has several new responsibilities. Ankit's life has changed significantly too after marriage. And, I just feel lucky that he is trying hard to be an equal partner in all ways. He tries to share all responsibilities for sake of my happiness. 

I feel blessed every moment. And, that has been my biggest learning. Marriage is not a gateway to any fun zone. Personally, I have learnt to feel gratitude in all moments. That's all!