Some People Come Into Your Lives To Change It Forever. This Love Story Proves Just That!

“I had been in Bangalore for a few years before I moved back to Bombay. When I got here, I didn’t have as many friends so I downloaded Tinder, hoping to just meet new people. I came across his profile and the first thing I noticed was that he had the lyrics of Smooth Criminal as his bio — I swiped right without really giving it much thought. We matched and started chatting…and the conversation just seemed to flow…he never once felt like a stranger. After about 4 or 5 days of chatting about Beef Fry and South Indian Food, he called one evening and asked if I was free to meet him…and I instantly agreed. Funny thing is, we were both talking to other people as well but had he not called that night, maybe things would have been different.”

“When I went to see her the first time, it was pouring so much that my rickshaw kept breaking down every 500 meters on the flyover. To add to that, my battery completely died out so I couldn’t use Google Maps. I had to keep stopping, running out in the rain, asking for directions and somehow making it to her building 3 hours later — but it was more than worth it. We spoke for hours over cups of tea and when I hugged her to leave…I knew that I wanted to spend more time with her. We started going on dates, I began to make plans with her and everything just happened so organically I knew I had to be with her.

She was apprehensive when I asked her to date me only after about a week because she had rushed into things before and had been hurt…but I wanted to do anything to gain her trust. I told her how I felt about her, honestly and really meant it…and I’m so glad she trusted me and gave us that chance. On our 3rd date, she introduced me to her parent’s as a ‘friend’ and after two weeks told them we were dating — there was no stress and no apprehension. We still don’t know how the conversation came up, but within one month of dating, we were talking about a possible future — and it just fit. Then one day, randomly out of the blue while we were at her house, watching TV she looked to me and said – ‘Will you marry me?” and her words were so innocent and heartfelt that even though I’d known it all along…I felt it on every level — that this is the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.”

“What has been the happiest memory so far?”

“It’s all been so exhilarating but I think the time we were in Goa for his birthday was definitely something special. There was this one night where we were sitting on bean bags on the beach, under the stars and drinking beers when we randomly decided to take this quiz — 36 Questions to Know Whether You’re in Love’. I know it sounds really childish, but as we began answering these questions, it just hit us that we found something so special and meaningful… it was one of those beautiful epiphanies that will stay with me for a really long time. I mean what can I say…he swiped right into my heart!”