Antics of a man – 1

When I first met Bigshot, I was at a crossroad in my life. I wanted to work and my notion about arranged marriage was..well..meh. But things got out of hand and I decided to meet the guy, he looked less than 28 years old, however had the stern look of a  man on a mission. One thing led to another and we got married and he was one of the most reserved person I had ever met and I was the awkwardest human being there on planet Earth.

When I travelled 9000 miles away from home to be with Bigshot, I had no expectations and nothing to project or plan. I met a lady on my domestic flight on the way and she directed our conversation towards Bigshot and she was drawn towards the system of arranged marriage and the culture and was quite fascinated to know how it works, so when I landed and was waiting in the baggage claim, I know she kept one eye on me to figure out what Bigshot will do when I met with him in a land unknown to a girl, whom according to her looked like a 15 year old. Towards the entrance of the airport, through the distance I met the single most similar face waiting for me. When I reached near, all I remember is giving a formal handshake and then there was an obligatory awkward exchange of smile. The lady was standing behind me now, beaming and looking eagerly towards us so that we would go ahead and start romancing. The absence of it formed a disappointment in her face when I introduced Bigshot to her. Then we left for home and the silence in the car could only be compared to a forest with nothing but snails moving towards the light. Does this post sound depressing?? Well that is not my intension, and I shall controvert it.

That is the smile of a guy who loves his food. I see that smile very rarely, like during those times when we get the freshest meat in the supermarket or when I cook something authentic from his home town or when he gets whole fat milk of his favorite brand.

Then comes the nail biting, dilated pupils and shaking of legs while watching Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Tony Fadell, Albert Einstein, Rajanikanth and Taylor Swift(haha just kidding)(A little preview in the above picture shows him while zoned out doing exactly that.)

I wouldn’t even have known of Elon Musk, his company Tesla or Spacex if it weren’t for him. I wouldn’t have known of Steve Jobs and the gazillion obstacles he faced and how he tackled them if it weren’t for him trying to make me watch ALL the documentaries and videos on it. Then there is this obsession for Albert Einstein, did you know, energy= mass * speed of light??, what a snooze fest that was. I still doze off while he learns and works on his coding. His obsession for doing things adept and with zeal can hardly be seen in my entire life put together.

To give you proof to what I am dealing with, this is the “Personal space/Work space” he has created for the past one month.

I have seen him wake up in the middle of the night, just to stare at this space he has created. Don’t forget the mouse pad was chosen with excruciating thought process for one whole day. And the wiring was done in a whole weekend’s time, Isn’t he fun?? As far as I am concerned, I am all about laid back, people! While I panic about every minutest thing that is going wrong or having to deal with, Bigshot takes up on a challenge and he gets the adrenaline going. Lets just say the awkward airport phase has turned around to some absolute wacky and maniac phase. Here are some of our private conversations to understand a zest of what I deal with on a day-to-day basis:

Scenario one:

ME: “Can we go for a movie today?”
BS: “Ahan”
ME: “Umm..which one should we go for?”
BS: “Ahan”
ME: “Okay, If u are not interested we wont go, sheesh”
BS: “What?”
ME: “Nothing.”
*After 5 minutes*
BS: “Hey shall we go for a movie”
ME: *Mouth wide open*

Scenario two:

(Watching TV together)

BS: “What is going to happen now?”
ME: “Do you want me to tell you?”
BS: “NO NO NOOO, don’t tell me”
ME: “Okay”
*After 5 minutes*
BS: “What is going to happen now?”
ME:  *Walks away*
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Scenario three:

BS: “What are we having for dinner?”
ME: “What do you feel like eating?”
BS: “Anything is fine.”
ME: “Okay, I think I will make so-and-so.”
BS: “Oh no, I don’t feel like eating that.”
ME: “Okay, what about so-and so?”
BS: “No, not really.”
ME: “What do YOU want then?”
BS: *Thinks for a few second* “Anything is fine.”
ME: *Drops dead*

Scenario four:

BS: “Hey, I will go to the washroom and come.”
ME: “Sure.”
*After one hour*
ME: “Everything okay?”
BS: “Yes, I am just done reading this..”
ME: “Stop talking.”

Scenario five:

BS: “Why is the world filled with idiots?”
ME: “To balance out?”
BS: “But I don’t find any brilliant ones anywhere.”
ME: “Please stop talking.”

Scenario six:

(While busy cooking)

BS: *enters kitchen* “Hey, everything done?”
ME: “Not really, give me some more time.”
BS: “Why is the gravy in that color?”
ME: “It will change in sometime.”
BS: “Are you going to put cashews in that?”
ME: “YES.”
BS: “How much more time it will take?”
ME: *death stare*
BS: “I just came to ask if you wanted help. okay bye”
ME: “WHEN DID YOU ASK THAT????”
*Silence* *Owl hoots*

All jokes aside, and without trying to be cheesy, marrying Bigshot was the best and flukiest decision I ever made. When at one point of time in my life, I was stuck and fouled up, he lifted me from the roots to make me much stronger, encouraged me to take risks and most importantly tried to understand my true self and made me go after things I could have never EVER thought of walking towards. They say the journey is much sweeter than the destination, but when you have someone walking along side as imperfect and crazy as yourself, the destination hardly matters.