A husband's Love story

A Story by Suchi Pawecha

Every love story is unique in itself. It is not always important to show your love by saying" I love you" all the time. The best way to love your life partner is by becoming his or her strength

I met him for the first time at my aunt’s home. We were deeply indulged in our talks about our family, likes and dislikes. Suddenly I made an eye contact with him and my heart said “yes, he is the one with whom I can spend my whole life.” He also liked me for sure and soon we were tied with the knot of marriage. This is how arrange marriages are usually done.

Usually it takes time to understand the nature of your partner in arrange marriages especially if you have a smaller courtship period i.e the time period between your engagement and marriage. You hardly know anything about each other and same was the situation with me and Swapnil. He planned a trip for us after 20 days of marriage to Uttarakhand as I have told him during our first meeting that I am a nature lover and I also like doing adventures, trekking, sports and my other likes and dislikes. The place which he has chosen for us was a complete combination of my kind of things.

Swapnil is an introvert kind of person, very soft hearted and is full of patience on the other hand I am simply opposite an extrovert, aggressive and always ready to take challenges. Also he is much more caring than I am but his way of caring for others is very different. He generally never shows his love and care to others and similarly he never showed the same to me.

Uttarakhand is having a mesmerising beauty, it is truly like a heaven on Earth. After spending 3 days in the lap of beautiful nature we went to a place called Chopta for trekking. Luckily we got the first snowfall of the season on the same day. There was a snowy mountain on which we have to do the trekking of around 5 Kms. But due to snowfall the trek has become somewhat risky. I was full of excitement as trekking in the snowfall was like a cherry on the cake for me.

We started the trek, took so many selfies, made romantic videos and reached at the top where there was a temple of Lord Shiva but due to weather the temple was closed. We stayed there for sometime and again started our journey to reach back to our destination. By the time the snow has covered complete path and the weather started becoming clear. Due to bright sun the snow started to melt and the mountain became slippery. I was facing a bit difficulty in walking and my shoes were unable to make grip in the melting snow. In the path there was a big rock, it was not visible as it was completely covered with snow. By mistake I kept my foot on the rock and tumbled down from there. My legs got hurt badly and I was unable to stand and walk. There was nothing which can help us to get back down and still half way was left to reach back to our destination.

Swapnil was also unable to do anything to help me. He tried to motivate me, hold my hands and slowly we started our journey again. But I was suffering from pain and was loosing my courage. Swapnil completely understood my situation and was feeling helpless, but he can do nothing other than motivating me. Finally he got angry and shouted at me” You are a big coward, no one can help you because you yourself don’t want to fight with the situation.”

Suddenly drop of tears started falling from my eyes. I put back up and started walking alone thinking about the Swapnil’s rude behaviour. In few time we reached down but I was so upset that I was not talking to him. I really wanted to know about my mistake for which he shouted on me so badly.

We reached our hotel and In the night Swapnil planned a surprise dinner for me. But I was so angry that I didn’t even want to see his face. He send me an apology card and asked me to come along with him. I made my mind and decided to go. During the dinner both of us were quite but I only wanted to know the reason for his behaviour. Several thoughts were going on in my mind. I couldn’t resist myself from asking him about the incident and the reason for doing this. I asked him “ Why you showed such an arrogant behaviour when you were knowing I was suffering from severe pain?” He remained silent for a while and replied” I am sorry that I shouted on you but there was no other alternative left with me to make you to go back. I tried to motivate you by many things but I failed and this was the only way left with me. I was knowing that my harsh words will definitely make you angry and you will be ready to face that challenge. The things happened in the same way and we reached down in the less time, even you forgot your pain because of your anger. I am very sorry that I made you cry but it was the only way to put a fire in you.”

On that day I understood the type of love he does me, the best part of him is that he understands me so well and always want me to cross all the hurdles of my life without stopping.