TRANSFORMATION

Here, I am talking about my transformation from a girl to a woman, that is, my life pre and post marriage!

I was the first among my friends to get married and I loved all the attention and Ahhhhs and Ohhhhs that I got  

Many of them got married within six months after my marriage but that’s a different story altogether.

Below are the few differences that are popping into my mind right now, not in any particular order:

1.  Previously, I was a “Didi”, now, the moment they see my sindoor/mangalsutra (sacred symbols of Hindu marriage) I become an “Aunty” (which I find very funny) , especially with the maids, doesn’t matter if they are the age of my mother, I am still an “Aunty” .

2.     I was working in Pune before, which is closer to my parents’ place, so I used to run home whenever I wanted. Now, I’ve moved to Bangalore. The distance has increased which has decreased my frequency of going to my native. (I haven’t been there since March ) This is the only major difference.


3. My cooking skills have improved greatly  and when someone compliments me for it, my day is made!

4.  My relatives have doubled and so have my friends and I am loving this change. Earlier, I had one set of parents, now I have two and so goes for other relations as well! Apart from it, I am somebody’s daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, bhabhi, mami and what not.  J*'s friends are in my list of friends as well. In fact, they were the people who made me comfortable in this city which was new for me then.

 5.       A lot many aunties have started harassing teasing simply asking that “When’s the good news? *Wink*”.  For the uninitiated, it means that when am I going to bring a new member into our family, which at times is very irritating.  With time, I have become used to it and I feel its harmless, its just their way of starting/continuing the conversation (or probably they too were harassed asked the same way and they are just continuing the trend )

6.      Previously, life was carefree and responsibility-free.  (Things like cooking, cleaning, maids were never on my list) Now, I have responsibilities, which of course I share. I am blessed with a husband who understands that even I get tired (and when I am tired I tend to be cranky), who bears my mood swings and cranky behaviour. He helps me with my chores and since he has a great sense of humour, everything becomes fun.

PS : None of my friends can bear my mood swings, so I guess, post marital life is better since I can be as cranky as I want

7.       No major transformation in either mine or J*’s weight which is met with a lot of exclamations. Many people tell us “You have not gained weight” or “You are looking slimmer” stressing “AFTER MARRIAGE” and we are given sympathies (I can feel that!) Come on, I was a bunch of lazy bones and J* is a lot more conscious about fitness and he makes a point that we eat healthy, go for walks and do Yoga/Pranayama in our day to day life and it shows. I like a fitter me and J*

8. I always used to ponder that why do people get married, because of love, family pressure, society pressure, frustration or whatever. I guess I now know that why the married people want the unmarried ones to get hooked. At least I want some of my single friends to get married. Its BEAUTIFUL and fun!

Apart from it, nothing much has changed. I am still in contact with old friends, I still love sleeping and Sun still rises from the East!

Do I miss my earlier life, well, sometimes I do.. but isn’t it human tendency? When in college, we miss our school life, when in corporate world, we miss the college days and so on.. So I believe it to be natural and harmless!

However, on a calm evening and with a calm mind, if I look back, I conclude that I was happy then and I am happier now!!

Time Pass

In Office, not in a mood to work because I have worked a lot today (or so I think :) ), so thought of posting a blog, just for fun..

Got tagged on Facebook, but thought I’d use it here, because it’s such a fun one.
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Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people.

Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real . . . nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can’t use your name for the boy/girl name questions (#3,4).

1. What is your name: Sneha
2. A four Letter Word: Sand
3. A boy’s Name: Siddhant
4. A girl’s Name: Simran (reminded of DDLJ :P)
5. An occupation: Software Engineer :)
6. A color: Sea Green
7. Something you wear: Socks
8. Something found in nature: Snakes
9. A food: Sandwich
10. Something found in the bathroom: Soap
11. A place: Seychelles
12. A reason for being late: Sickness
13. Something you shout: Shut up!
14. A movie title: Saagar
15. Something you drink: Sprite
16. A musical group: Silk Route
17. An animal: Sea Horse
18. A street name: S.G. Road
19. A personality trait: Sweet
20. A song: Saare jahan se achha, Hindstan hamara..
22. A celebrity: Shah Rukh Khan
23. A brand: Soch (a popular ethnic wear brand in Bangalore)
24. Something found in an office: Stapler
25. Something found in a school: Students ;)

If you found it interesting, please tag yourself!!  :)

A Warm Hello to One and All !!

Hello Everyone.. Since this is my first post, I thought to introduce myself.

My name is Sneha. I am a Computer Engineer and working as a software professional. I am married and I live with my husband whom I'll refer to as J* in the subsequent posts.

I love reading and given a chance, I can go on reading whole day, all my life :) Apart from that, I like listening to music, travelling and sleeping.  I am also getting an inclination towards cooking these days. Being an Indian, I am a complete movie buff. If a movie appeals me even 1%, I make it a point that I watch it! I can watch a sadi hui movie (in my friends' terminology) and still like it. :P

Why I started blogging?
One, because everyone seems to have a blog these days and two, to wake up the writer inside me and of course to hone my writing skills.

I can go on and on about myself, but better I stop here as I am in office, pretending to work ;)

Will continue to be updated.

Till then, ciao!