It is exactly one month earlier, on 27th of October 2011, I hooked the chain around the neck of Priya Devadhas and made her Priya Jebaseelan. Splicing or tying Mangalyam has become old fashion even in Tamil marriages. It is now hooking. Take the chain; bring it around the neck of the girl; hook it and tighten the hook: you are married. This simple act brings phenomenal change in your life.
You have a partner of gentler sex sharing your room, bed and kitchen. She invariably disapproves of your tidiness and the way you keep things in the house. She wakes you up every morning with a smile and say, “Honey, get milk from the shop”. When you enter the house she stops you by the door by gently touching you and say in a romantic tone, “Remove the sandals before you enter the house” (I used to trample the nook and corner of the house with my shoes and sandals, I don’t go to bed with footwear though). But as for me, I calculated the cost before embarking on this life-long enterprise, as the good book says.
There is a positive side also. She brings sunshine in to your life and house. Some of our friends came to our house next day to the wedding. One uncle in the group made an accurate observation saying, “I have come to the same house two days before but now it really looks like a ‘house’.” Apart from this, the sense of feeling one have that he is now a responsible husband and head of a family is the greatest turning in life. You don’t feel like spending money unnecessarily as you have one extra mouth to feed. You don’t simply buy anything you see just because it looks nice. You don’t roam around aimlessly and return home at your own time. You can surely savour the pride of feeling that you have a family of your own now and you are the head of it. Marriage definitely makes a man more responsible.
