Originally posted by: funny_fubar
Oh well why not.
So I did try to change- could never pull off a miraculous weight loss, but did straighten out my hair(regret it ever since, the chemical started a hair fall phase which is yet to stop- keep it natural girls), started wearing contacts(nothing wrong per se- I just hated them, always irritated my eyes). Would try to be prim and proper when going to "meet" the boys. It was a terrible terrible time.
But slowly, after seeing( as in observing, not being in đ¤Ł) a lot of relationships- and believe me, I have seen a lot Dev types of guys, and have seen how much the girls actually suffer with Prince Charming- I slowly developed some spunk and started having a devil may care attitude. My mom felt that was chasing away what few arranged marriage guys were interested in me đ¤Ł
So I had almost reached the end of my patience with the arranged marriage business- My honest to god plan was to settle down alone and adopt maybe 1 or 2 dogs đ
And my mom also was losing patience- but she had just a few boys in the pipeline- so she convinced me to whittle them out. if nothing worked, I was free to go ahead with Condo-buying dog-adopting dreams.
So I start talking to this guy- he was at the same university as me, but he had never met đ He basically did not tick any of the checkboxes on my mom's checklist( think Raavi like checklist) and I was a bit wary of him too. He spoke to me twice on the phone and sent me flowers for my birthday While everyone was gushing about how romantic it was, I went ballistic on my mom for sharing my address with an almost stranger đ
But I liked his voice (terrible terrible reason, but what can I say, it was gravelly). And I slowly realized over more phonecalls/skype calls that he was non-Dev type, he made his decisions and stuck to them, he was a bit rowdyish but never crossed the line đ And he was very upfront about issues he had. I also shared my constraints. And he ended up saying yes on the phone 𤣠I was the first girl he spoke to in the arranged marriage "market".
I ofcourse told him he was out of his mind- he better see me and then decide. He actually asked me what was going to change by seeing me in person? But I insisted and we flew up to my uncle's house. I had prepped as I normally did. It was kind of awkward, but it ended with him saying " I told you I like you a long time ago, what was the point of this exercise đ"
The next day's phone conversation went like this
H(Husband): "ya, so, you straighten your hair right? Is that your normal hair?"
Me: "ya"
H: "Truthfully, scared me a bit. Reminded me of Morticia Adams. Are you attached to the hairstyle?"
Me: "nope, that was [ladka dekhna] special"
H: audible sigh of relief
H:"Also, you wear glasses often like me right? I could see the rim around your eyes. Was the contacts also [ladka dekhna] special?"
Me: "yup"
H:"huh"
And so on and so forth- basically he was totally ok with me being my normal self 𤣠He did not have any issues with my weight(other than health issues ofcourse). He prefers me being natural over uncomfortable beautifications. And the rest, as they say, is history đ
Before ending- my family was not too happy with him- he is dark, balding, brash, something about having a sister(I honestly stopped listening at that point). I put my foot down and said I would marry only him. My mom is still miffed that I "chose" him against her wishes đ¤
All in all he lets me be my dorky self and helped me become comfortable in my skin. I do slip up and revert to old habits of beating myself up. I still don't particularly find myself beautiful, but I am decent. But he holds me to higher standards for health issues- helped in my weight loss journey(actaully helped- dieted with me, exercised with me). Helped me have more gumption too- I stand up more to people's BS these days đ