I looked at his profile picture, zoomed it in, and smiled a bit. I wanted to type in a ‘Hello’ but just could not. Suddenly, he came online, and I felt seen. My fingers danced on the screen, but I refrained. Is he thinking about me as I am? Is he equally excited? Why isn’t he initiating the dialogue? We exchanged the numbers today in the roka ceremony! Then what is stopping him?  

Maybe I am just overthinking. Our kundlis have matched & it is an arranged-marriage set up

“Rajyog!”  Panditji had declared.

He is the one for me. My heart, please believe!

Love,

Chinmayee

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