#MommyTakeOver - Post FOUR
When I was in my first year of Ph.D. Mr. Husband's proposal came in for marriage. I had to travel back again to my hometown again in a few days because he was coming to see me 🤷🏻‍♀️. He has been "the flaw in the plan" from the very beginning.

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Being a Virgo I have and a plan and a list for almost everything. ("Almost" because after all even I'm a flawed human). Most Virgos do. It's in our nature. So besides other plans and lists, I also had a list of things (not qualities unlike most girls) that I wanted my would be husband to have. And the list had the most eccentric things on it:

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✍🏻 He should have a good name. (Why? Because in our culture people tend to have funny names and I was afraid I would have to put my wedding card on the notice board of the hostel and girls would make fun)

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✍🏻 He should have a good surname. (Why? Because in our tribe we have funny surnames since they are based on plants and animals, basically nature, in our regional language)

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✍🏻 He should be tall. (Why? Because I am and our "jodi" would look nice that way and though I am more of a flats person I wanted to keep my options open for wearing heels 🙈)

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✍🏻 He should have hair and not be bald. (Why? Because I didn't want my babies to be taklu as baldness is hereditary.)

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✍🏻 He shouldn't snore. (Why? Because I'm a light sleeper and wouldn't be able to sleep beside a person who snores.) So this was my very short list. You might say what could have gone wrong with such a short list when other girls are getting matches with way longer lists?

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So where was the flaw in the plan? This dude in the picture happened. And he's the flaw in the plan. Ours was a typical arranged marriage and his was the first ever boy I met and said yes.

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✍🏻 His name is Kartik. Very good. 👌🏻

✍🏻 His surname is Kujur. Very good. 👌🏻

✍🏻 He's 6 feet tall. Very good. 👌🏻 Now starts the flaw:

✍🏻 He does have hair on his head. All thanks to Dr. Batra who helps him keep his hair. 😂😜

✍🏻 And he's a heavy snorer. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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But I'm immensely glad that the flaw in the plan happened and now he's my life. By the way, my kid has light hair and that too brown in colour and if I sleep before him I can enjoy a peaceful sleep even when he's snoring beside me. 🙈

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We got married in Jan 2013 - fully arranged. But since I was studying at that time and Mr. Husband had already exhausted his quota of holidays for the marriage we couldn't go on our honeymoon just then. We also lived in different cities and could only meet for a few days (maximum a week) for some 3 times for 4 long years (while I was still a student). And being a conventional arranged marriage we didn't quite get the opportunity of knowing each other the way we would have otherwise wanted to.

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So when we planned our long due honeymoon the next year in April 2014, it was the journey of a lifetime. And it was nothing short of MAGICAL and ADVENTUROUS. We began our 15-day long honeymoon trip spanning Dalhousie, Kangra, Kullu and Manali, literally splurging on almost everything. We had so much fun together and we got to know each other better which has helped us grow our bond stronger. So this was a trip of a lifetime for sure.

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Though, some days I am totally convinced Mr. Husband isn't even the right man for having been married to. 🙈🤷🏻‍♀️😂🤣😅 But most days I am so grateful thinking about how lucky I am to be raising my son with a guy like him, someone who puts family before everything else. It's really beautiful to have another person to share the ups and downs of parenting with every single day who is equally involved and equally shares the responsibilities. Shaarav is obsessed with his Dad, but not as much as I am.

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Care to join in for a new twist in the plan? Stay tuned until the next post 😀

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