Originally posted by: Veil
Dear Geet,
I've been thinking too a lot much before I started writing this letter. Like you, I've been wondering what to write or what not to write.
Of course it's not so much of a confusion like you had. Writing to Maan must have been difficult no? But so is writing to you because you know the girl that you are? I think I know her. I think I've been her once.
Being eighteen, sapne dekhna, having so many ideologies about life and love and what not.
And I see you write this letter and I wonder how much has that girl that stepped into this apartment in Delhi on the first day, who was thinking of fainting so that her husband won't get intimate with her... How much has she changed.
She really did, and I can't help but resonate more with her.
It is easy to fall in love with a guy like Maan. It is. I know you don't believe me and I tell you why it is.
It's like drowning in a sea, not being able to breathe. And then you catch hold of something. You hold onto it with all your might. I know I sort of exaggerate but it's hard to find someone who would do what is right and be a just man. Aren't we all trying to be the same and how much do we succeed? We let our heart take the decisions but isn't it easy to find a man who despite of all his imperfections still want to do what is right than what he wants.
Honestly, I think that is one of the reasons women for two centuries still love Darcy. With him you know, there's no question of him doing anything immoral. Yes, he would not be an easy man to be with but at least you can count on him.
And the beauty about your Maan is you can count on him Geet.
That being said I won't ask you to go back to him. I respect your decision. He loved someone else. Your heart broke at that. If I were eighteen I would have reacted in the same way. But you would see, you would know that the real question isn't him loving someone. The problem would be if he can't move on from her.
There's a difference my dear friend and as you age, you understand that love happening just once is bullshit.
And you know what I loved most about your letter, that you know yourself that had you guys met at some other time, some other place, things would have been different.
What would I do, but to hope for it.
Why do I hope for it, you ask? Not because he was your husband. Pssht. No.
Because I believe Maan needs someone like you as much as you need someone like him. Love doesn't lead to marriage in most of the cases these days my child, especially in arranged marriages. But allow me to quote from a movie I really loved in recent times "Can we put restrictions and conditions for love?"
With love,
A reader.
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