How we met…
Nitin and I both grew up in Hong Kong but had never met until a night out in the city. I had just quit my job to start my own business, so my girlfriends and I had planned a pretty wild night out. I walked into the bar and I caught a glimpse of him standing on the opposite side of the bar, staring right back at me. I turned to my friends to ask who he was because I found him very good looking. Before I knew it, I felt a tap on my shoulder and when I turned around, it was him! We chatted for the rest of the night. I really liked how genuine and charismatic he seemed. The next day he messaged and we went on a date a few days later.
Our first date…
At this Mediterranean restaurant in Hong Kong. We ended up talking for hours – drinks became dinner, dinner became dessert and more drinks afterward. We ended up going home at 2 am.
When I knew he was the one…
Six months into our relationship. He was the most genuine and the most hard-working man I have known. He is everything I wanted in the man I want to marry and have children with.
Marriage to us means…
Loyalty, trust, and commitment.
The proposal…
Nitin travels a lot for business, so I always tell him to message me when takes off and lands just so I know he’s safe. He was supposed to leave for Mumbai for one of his trip, but I never heard from him. Getting worried, I called his family members and his workplace but never got through to them. After repeatedly calling, I gave up and waited to hear from him in the morning. Still, no word from him, even though my messages to him on WhatsApp had been read. I was furious!
I asked my parents to help locate him but they threw me off by saying he was probably on a work trip I didn’t know about. The entire morning went by with me on a ranting spree. At lunch, my nephew came up to me with a letter. It was a love letter from Nitin with a ticket to Koh Samui. The flight was departing in three hours. Emotional from reading the letter, I was in tears while my entire family was couldn’t stop laughing at how I’d been fooled.
When I arrived in Koh Samui, Nitin had arranged a car to pick me up, arranged for people to do my hair and makeup and bought me a new dress and shoes to match. I looked and felt so spoilt. I was ushered to the beach with a beautiful candlelit dinner arrangement, where I met Nitin and he popped the question. It was just us and the ocean. I was in tears again – everything was so magical. I still remember the butterflies in my stomach from that day.