How I Knew She Was The One

How My Heart Found Home in Him

A family friend named Tony thought we'd be perfect together. In September 2023, he showed my mom Chakku's photo from her birthday—a Malayalee girl in pink with dangling earrings and a cute dog. I thought she was pretty but nothing happened.

Fast forward to December 2023, my dad randomly made me a matrimony profile and clicked on her profile. Her family got the notification and realized it was the same boy from September so they reached out to Tony.

We talked on December 8th. Super awkward. She called me "chetta" and I was like "please don't." I told my mom it wouldn't work—we were too different.

But we kept talking. First she was interested, I wasn't. Then she lost interest, I gained it. Then somehow we both fell for each other. Within a month, we decided to do life together.

A year and a half later, we're married.

Life is funny.

Tony chettan showed my family a boy's photo after my birthday. I liked the one in the blue suit with the gap-toothed smile, but I was moving to the UK for work, so I wasn't interested.

I kept thinking about him randomly though. He was my favourite from all the proposals.

Later, when the same boy sent a matrimony request, I thought why not? Our first call was awkward but he had a nice voice. We kept talking, our interest coming and going like waves.

After a brief break, we both realized we loved each other and wanted to do life together.

Now we're married and honeymooning together a year and half later.

Life is funny.