365 Days

I first saw her photo on Bharatmatrimony.com. She was wearing a green saree with blue border. Her hair was left open and flowing to the beat of air. She had a big smile on her face and i could see all of her teeth. She seemed to be tall in the photo, but her profile listed her height as 5 feet 2 inches. All in all, she looked like a model.

I decided to 'Express Interest' in her. I was nearly sure that my interest would either go un-noticed or it would get rejected. But, i was sure impressed with her pic, so decided to give it a shot.

Two days went by and i noticed that she had accepted my interest. I was happy beyond words. But, there was a catch. Neither me or her were premium members. That meant that we cannot exchange mails until we became premium members. Premium membership involved around 1500 rs. I wasn't in the mood to shell out so much money. Neither was i interested in letting her getaway. Kya karoon???

At this time, my mind thought of a ingenious solution. I decided to try my luck in orkut :)

Her name listed on Bharatmatrimony.com was "Pankaja Thimmaiah", i decided to search for that name on orkut. And, "Voila!" i found her at the first go ... The photo was not the same as in BM.com, but the face looked similar ... There you go, i had found my future "Half Shirt" on orkut ... It was really funny that i had not paid any money to BM.com and still found her, thanks to orkut. Hope no one at BM.com decides to sue me for this :D

Once i found her on Orkut, the logical thing was to add her as a friend. I did that with the comment, "Hi, I had contacted you on Bharatmatrimony.com". Then the wait began for her reply. Everyday, i checked my profile and there was no reply from her. I was confused as to what to do, "maybe, she doesn't like me. Maybe she found a better match"



Finally, i decided to give it one last try and left her a scrap stating "hi, you had accepted my interest in BM.com, can you please accept my friendship request?" ... It was time to hope and wait. The gamble paid off the very next day. She had accepted my friend request and asked me to forward the BM.com profile id ... ohhh, god!!!

The same day evening, i saw her online on Gtalk. Was it she who initiated the talk, or was it me? Hmmm ... i don't seem to remember. The main thing is we got talking and well, i can't divulge all that we talked about. We just talked the general things like, names, family, work etc etc. In b/w all this, she asked me my birth date.

I told her "15/09/1981"
And then she baffled me by saying "you are younger than me."

My whole dreamland crash landed with that statement. Not sure what to say or do. Should i just close the conversation here? Should i say, sorry for wasting your time.

I asked "what is your date of birth?"
she replied "july-1981"

hmmm ... it was a difference of three months. How should i proceed? i knew very well that my family would never agree. Damn man!!! i should never have raised my hopes.

But something within me was not ready to drop it. I wanted more time to think about it. Maybe, talk to my family once. So, with that idea, i told her about my family's position. I also told her that i would get back to her, once things clear up a bit in my head. She was good enough to accept.