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But we did and still do have a good laugh about our "betrayals"!
:)
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well here goes:
the first time i saw my hubby to be was at a picnic at a park. A friend noticed him noticing me, but that was it. I left and I thought that was that.
couple of months later I wanted to sign up at the local masjid for weekly halaqas. And lo and behold he was the brother in charge of registration. We had the whole "you look familiar..." conversation and realised where we have seen each other. At the point in our lives we were both talking to different people for marraige, but neither of them worked out. Everyone at the halaqa (sisters and brothers) were always telling us that we were a good match, and I thought so too, but never did anythign about it (i'm too shy lol). So one day, after a year or two attending halaqa, one of my friends from the halaqa approached him and told him that you should marry afshi before she marries her cousin in saudi lol (my parents were keen on me marrying a relative in saudi, but i didn't want to). A couple of weeks later I got a phone call from hubby to be telling me that he was interested in marrying me...and a couple of months later we were married. :) The End.
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HUM TV can run their whole dramas season solely on this thread 
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mine’s not love marriage, infact never met anyone for this purpose. i was always very reserved person.
We are cousins. Granddad suggested the idea. rejected by parents at first.too much pressure on parents from family members and grandparents and they eventually agreed as few girls in our family had very bad experience of marriages outside family.
not seen him for many years and no contact with anyone back home. i never wanted to marry him, no particular reason. he being very cute, most girls in family had crush on him. i still remember i was rehearsing in my back yard how i should tell my parents, came to my mum and said ‘mum’ she turned around looked at me ‘yes’, i went blank.
i used to cry in shower as i couldnt say NO. each time i went to my parents i would go blank. than i gave up and never thought of it, started my uni. one day, it was EID, i received a msg from pak. didnt know the number or who it was so ignored it. it was him. he msg me again and than called me. we communicated over internet, sms, phone for a year. wasnt really impressed bt still couldnt say NO.
went to pakistan with blank mind, met him there and still blank. we talked few times while in pakistan and could not say NO/YES.
got married had many many issues in our married life for three years. mainly family politics. gave up on everything.
than both of decided to compromise on things. limited contacts with family members and relatives. things changed. now after 6 years everything is perfect. he is the best thing that can happen to me:flowers:
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My wedding took 7 years too, but not that dramatic!
HIs family and my family were family friends so whenever we went to Pak we would meet them. I was 14, he was 19 when his mum first asked for my rishta, but of course my mum said no as i definately wasn't old enough. He had flirted with me when i was 14 and i thought i was in love with him then, he gave me a pen as a gift, and it's the only thing that i have from 14 years ago and have never lost it!
Fast forward 6 years, and his Dad saw me at a mutual friends wedding and asked me to talk to him. He was overseas at the time and i hadn't seen him for 6 years. We started talking, and talking and talking. First we hid it from our parents, then we stopped hiding it and let our parents talk too. My mum took the phone charger out of her room and put it in my room too. At this point, the parents were like you guys are talking too much, just get married. So we both said yes!
My aunty went to Pak for some business, and my in-laws met her and gave lots of things for shagun. When i got it, my parents hosted a party for the whole Pak community in our city, so i had a party with my engagement clothes, jewellery and shoes but no fiance! This was in March 2006 and then got married iwth no tension or drama in December 2006. But i hadn't seen him for 7 years, and only saw him after our Nikkah. He was a bit shocked, i had been shorter than him at 14, but now i was same height as him, so he thought he got ripped off as he said to his Dad that he wasn't comfortable with a wife taller than him, and thought that his Dad had betrayed him, as i was wearing heels, but i am a couple inches shorter.
Also i thought i was betrayed too, he always had thick curly hair, but when we got home and he took off his kulla, he was bald and had lost a lot of hair. But we did and still do have a good laugh about our "betrayals"!
My question is you guys didn't trade pics when you guys started talking?
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My question is you guys didn't trade pics when you guys started talking?
the pics he sent me, he was in the snow in Austria, was wearing a beanie, and all other pics was wearing a baseball cap, but i never questioned him about it, cos i always thought he had thick curly hair. And my pictures didn't show my height. But i still love him, it's not like i left him on finding out he's losing his hair. We didn't trade many pics, only a couple at rishta talk time. i'd seen him when i was 14 so that was enough for me, i'm not too worried about looks, i'm no supermodel myself, so my love isn't based on looks. As long he's not those greasy men, who twirl their muchh and look you up and down
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^^ lol. Nonetheless cute story!! Just a thought that came to my mind. :).