Ours was an arranged marriage.
Unlike majority of my friends who boasted of love marriages, their “I Do”
stories and lot of PDA (Public display of affection), mine was a rather shy affair. The only aspect I could
boast of was that unlike poles attract, for we were poles apart yet we
felt the sparks enough to say yes after just half an hour of meeting! Like most
arranged Big Fat Indian weddings of our times, our “I Do” was a rather shy
moment in front of our families. As for PDA, well before we could even break
the ice, we were married, almost like a miracle!
So here we were, a newly married
couple, trying our level best to know each other and bridge the gap between
those unlike poles. As a new bride, I was in the “impress your hubby” mode,
whether by whipping up lip smacking meals, dressing to kill, or charming him by
my creative attributes.
One morning, sitting on my desk
and sipping on my morning cuppa, my mind threw an amazing idea of impressing my
cute, lovely and shy hubby. I used to send a Good Morning mail with an
inspiring thought to my team, few friends, boss and super boss every morning.
As I was drafting the Good morning mail that day, I thought, “Why not add HIM
to the mailing list?” I knew he was the intellectual types. So, with all good
intentions of impressing my hubby and starting his day on a beautiful note, I
marked him too in the mail and hit the “Send” button.
Within seconds, I started
receiving the usual replies of appreciation and Good morning wishes from my
colleagues. But my eyes were desperately looking for this one name in my inbox,
while my fingers promptly kept hitting the refresh button. “Would he have liked
it, or thought it as yet another forward mail in his inbox?” I was curious to
know the reaction.
My wait was short lived, for
after few minutes, my eyes finally spotted what they had been looking for. It
was a reply from him. He had loved the mail and replied, “Loved it baby, just
like your cozy cuddle this morning!”
But, before I could even recover
from recalling that morning “moment” we had, I was disturbed by a “Hmmm…cozy
cuddle” from the next workstation! I was awakened with a start. Was someone
peeping into my PC? No.
A moment later, my eyes went wide
with shock looking at the mail, as if they had witnessed the sun rising from
the west!
My loving hubby, impressed by my
gesture didn’t waste much time in seizing this moment of praising his wife.
However, it so happened that in a hurry to shower his love, he selected “Reply
All” option instead of “Reply”
The rest, as you can all guess is
indeed a memorable moment of my life!
His debut attempt at PDA was read
by my friends, team, my boss and to my horror, even my super boss! As I saw my
friends share naughty smiles and girls say “Aww, so romantic”, I felt like
forcing my tomato red face into the PC screen. A moment
later, my mobile flashed with his number. The poor thing had realized his mistake and apparently tried to recall the mail. But the arrow had already left
the bow!
After a moment of silence on both
the sides, suddenly both of us shared a laugh!
He - It just happened, I swear!
Me -Yeah, I could make that out
He – They must be teasing you na!
Me – Hmmmm (Going super conscious
with all eyes on me)…they find it too romantic (almost whispering)!
He – But I loved it!
Me – What? (Whispering, with my
face going cherry red by now)
He – Your morning cuddle, and oh,
uh, the morning thought as well!
Me – Well, what was the thought by the way?
He – Ummmmmm
And we both burst out laughing!
The ice was melting faster than
we had expected. A true soulmate is the one with whom we can share a good laugh,
I had heard. This funny PDA moment proved it as well!
