" E L E V E N T H "

" I Love You, and I am very serious about it " with great difficulty he managed to say these words to me, I could see him muffling with his words, he was happy as well as scared, his eyes waiting to comprehend the thoughts running in my mind, and his heart wanting to listen to those 3 magical words again.

For the first time I felt very conscious being with my best friend. He seemed so strange and new to me. I had no idea as to what I should respond to. In order to break the ice I said " come, let’s sit there ", indicating to our group of friends who were playing guitar and singing songs ignoring his proposal. The expression on his face after this statement was a "Kodak moment" :)

We went back to our group and joined them, however I knew that he was restless to listen to my response and I was totally confused as to what I had to say. Though I always used to be very comfortable with him, after this incident I started avoiding his eye contact, I had jitters in my stomach and probably deep with in my heart I too knew that he is the love of my life.

This incident occurred on October 11th 2002. My husband proposed to me and I accepted it after a long wait of 18000 seconds :) ,Since then 11th has been a very special day in our lives.


Every month we do celebrate it in our own little way .We become nostalgic and start recollecting our good old days, all the moments where we had walked hand in hand, those singing competitions, those silly fights, sharing ice-creams and demanding chocolates, messaging all the night, traveling in the same bus just to have a glance of each other, bunking classes, those advises and arguments etc...

Time has passed really fast, though it’s a relationship of 6 years we feel as if its just yesterday we knew each other. Silently in my prayers I thank god for having him in my life and dream about the wonderful days stored for both of us in the future. I must say, every moment I look at him I fall in love with him all over again. He is my best friend, my worst critic and my well-wisher.



Thank you lord for giving such a wonderful gift in the form of my husband "Pritam”, and making Eleventh a special date in my life.