The married truth
It was our wedding anniversary couple of days ago. Somehow we managed to live with each other for four whole years!! ‘How time flies’, I crooned.
‘Only I know how it crawled,’ sighed he.
We decided that we have been married long enough to get excited about resorts and heart shaped Jacuzzis. So we went to the next romantic place we know, the gym, where we met some friends (Pi's juniors) who were scandalized with our behavior. They felt so sorry for me that I started feeling sorry for myself pretty soon, though going to the gym had been a joint decision.
‘Comon Alpha, we’ll take you out for dinner’ they suggested. I declined saying that we were fine and that they shouldn’t really worry about us. Dates never had significance in our lives. We did a celebration of sorts on the weekend anyway, I explained in a wee attempt to console myself. And I got a gift, what more do I need. But those bachelors were inconsolable. One guy was really worried if this was the fate of all married couples.
In order to spice up the evening a little more than the rest of the world was led to believe, Pi did a take out from our favorite restaurant, bought champagne, lit candles etc... he even had the TV & phones switched off. It was really romantic, as much as we could take it. We just about got to sipping champagne and taking a bite that we heard a loud unexpected knock. We jumped up in alarm, put on our normal clothes, blew out the candles, covered the food and sheepishly opened the door looking bewildered to say the least. A group of guys including the ones we met at the gym were at our door looking rather pleased.
‘Sorry we had to barge in like this. We thought we’d spice up your boring life a little. We brought you guys a cake to celebrate your anniversary!’
So we ended up cutting a cake with a dozen friends cheering on, feeding it to each other, taking pictures while the champagne and candles got shelved for another year.
Friends! Our marriage wouldn’t have lasted a single year without them. Thank you all, especially you, Gratisgab. You know what, this year I have decided to stick with Pi again. *clink*
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| Name March 30, 2005 02:48 AM PST  Congrats you two... by the way we also completed 4 years... this time.. we are deciding to take an expensive one out too.. I am crossing my fingers and hoping not to die !!! :) | ||
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| anumita March 27, 2005 11:53 PM PST Congrats! I make the 4 year mark next month myself. Am stealing tips on dressing in silk and sipping champagne. | ||
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| alpha March 27, 2005 11:23 AM PST that was me..wonder how I got nameless in my own blog. | ||
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| Name March 27, 2005 11:22 AM PST Fillsu: Thanks for warning me. I won't go that way. jeez man.. imagine that.. the whole reason why I fled from Chennai is coming to haunt me here. Doing research on cake-cutting and you come up with this? Suds: *shiver* so plans are still underway? Ashi: So cute...Girls are great. Kash: The umbrella was shut. We were indside the house, remember. :-): Six-piece nighty? The poor guy who has to go through removing all the pieces! Thanks for the wishes everyone. | ||
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| the fillerman March 27, 2005 09:32 AM PST Alpha: have you seen this? Puraitchi talaivi vazhke Jayalalithaa's portrait in Chicago Hall of fame Chennai, March 27. (PTI):A pastel painting, depicting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, clad in a green saree and against a yellow background, will be on display at the International American Friendship Society's 'hall of fame' in Chicago. The painting was drawn by Ruckmani Thiyagarajan, general secretary, youth wing of the World Tamil Youth Federation and also a student of the college of arts and crafts here, a Federation press release said here today. The painting was presented to the Society's chairperson, Sharley Hammond and is "in recognition of Jayalalithaa's efforts to empower women", the release said. | ||
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| suds March 26, 2005 06:34 AM PST Goddaammmn!! How I wish I did make that trip to your place now!! Cant believe I missed playing kabab mein haddi on your anniversary!! Those lucky juniors!! | ||
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| AmitL March 25, 2005 09:01 PM PST LOL.Twin,that's a nicely celebrated anniversary,for sure.Congrats to u and Pi.:)And,here's wishing for another 40 more to come.:)And,what nice friends..arriving at 'just the right moment'.:) | ||
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| the fillerman March 25, 2005 01:57 PM PST Why do we cut cakes for all occasions? Need to look into that. Here's to wishing you a lifetime of happy anniversaries. | ||
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| m March 25, 2005 11:11 AM PST congratulations- would love to fast forward and see what you say after 21 years( like me)............though i am married to a romantic- lilies and caviar every year......... | ||
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| Yogustus March 25, 2005 09:51 AM PST Silly Married People...bah! (kidding sweetheart!)...belated hee sahee...wishing you both a very happy anniversary and the best that life has to offer. | ||
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| Apple March 25, 2005 07:00 AM PST Congratulations!! And I agree with EC on the prize thing.. Only I think it should be the nobel peace prize.. LOL! | ||
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| elaichi chai March 24, 2005 11:37 PM PST 4 years! .... ek World Cup ka prize dena chahiye .... Pi ko ;) | ||
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| Aaar March 24, 2005 11:19 PM PST Silk lungis, eh? happy anniversary! | ||
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| Jennelle March 24, 2005 11:04 PM PST Happy Anniversary! | ||
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| Kash March 24, 2005 10:13 PM PST Wishing you a very happy anniversary, Alpha and many more to come. So was Pi holding the umbrella? How was he eating then? or did u mean to have all the champagne to urself? :) | ||
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| :-) March 24, 2005 10:05 PM PST Lets cut back on the cake thing and straight away cut to: alpha in silk part. Yeah..bless us more of your tom and jerry posts for many more years (read: forever). Hey wait! Next year try that six piece nighty. (you can rent it from vinny). | ||
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| alpha March 24, 2005 09:34 PM PST Thanks for the wishes. Ashwin: Nothing inappropriate except the 'younger' part. What's wrong with my old age? Ash: I was in a Kancheepuram silk sari and Pi was in a silk Kimono with a silk umbrella and we were eating silk worms. hope that abates your curiosity. | ||
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| Pleomorphous March 24, 2005 08:02 PM PST Congratulations! :) | ||
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| Ashwin March 24, 2005 06:22 PM PST wish you a very happy wedding anniversary :)!! on a different note..if a girl who was a younger version of you ever existed ..i would marry her right away!! ;) :D. (does that line sound inappropriate? :-s) | ||
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| alpha March 24, 2005 05:18 PM PST gabby, thanks machi (universal brother-in-law hood). And thanks for divulging that classified information. Now they'll all think he cross-dresses. *shudder* Matrix: Maybe a 'Tolerable married life' is more like it. Bowflex? Yikes! No no, we are not that much of health freaks. We just go to the gym three times a day. Font size looks ok..wait let me remove my microscope...yeah, i think its rather small. If one more person complains, I'll change it. That's how much I love you, matrix mah boy. Gabby: yeah, looks like your man is not the only old man I know. | ||
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| Matrix March 24, 2005 05:15 PM PST Gratisgab, u filling in for Alpha today?? :p...well wishing a happy married life is like running the credits at end of a show,ppl simply walk out of the hall but u still need to run them! | ||
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| GratisGab March 24, 2005 04:38 PM PST matrix - happy married life????? What is with that???!!! | ||
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| Matrix March 24, 2005 04:36 PM PST did u decrease the font-size or i forgot my glasses @ home?? wishing u n Pi a happy married life! u got a gift?? let me guess, bowflex?? or one year subscription @ gym? u need not wait a year for the champagne, i'm more than willing to have it now. | ||
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| GratisGab March 24, 2005 04:05 PM PST you and pi are the cutest !!! love ya'll! for the people interested in knowing what the un-normal clothes consisted of, let me tell you there was a lot of silk involved, yes even pi was in silk! LOL!!! here's to a gazillion years more of happy complaining!!!! :) i'm hear to hear both sides and then spill the beans of course! | ||
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| alpha March 24, 2005 03:50 PM PST patrix, thanks..i'm kinda glad there's someone who can deal with me D: ahem..Tried to keep it as PG 13 as possible. But you know when guests pour in, you generally wear decent clothes. | ||
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| D March 24, 2005 02:48 PM PST "put on our normal clothes..." Hmmm... Congragulations on your anniversary! | ||
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