The title says it all....YES that's how I met him and it also turned out that one of his friends was married to a very good friend of mine. I was just out of a bitter relationship and Satish completely diverted my attention out of it and was an extremely good friend . We never exchanged photos and one fine evening, we decided that we should meet up. I managed to get permission from my mother one evening to stay over at my friend's hostel where they were celebrating Hostel Night. Friends and relatives were allowed that night at the Stanley Medical College and we had good fun dancing and celebrating . I informed my friend that I would be staying with her and leave early in the morning to meet this person who I have not even seen but exchanged a lot of emails and spoken over the phone. She was also a bit scared and asked me to call her to keep her informed that I reached safe etc etc.

That night, unlike many other evenings, we both just spoke for a few minutes and decided where we were going to meet the next morning. I just could not sleep the previous night after the function and was literally biting my nails wondering how this person would be. I had picked up one of my best suits to wear that morning. I woke up very early and also woke my friend saying that I am extremely scared. She gave me a lot of courage and I drove from Stanley Medical College to Ashok Nagar and reached within 20mins only to realise that he had not come and he was not even answering my calls. For a few minutes I thought.....seri idhu oru fake case....nalla molaga ara chuttaan.

Finally, I decide to dial his number one last time and he answered the call saying.....Hi Sweety I am right behind your car. I started shivering and sweating which is very unlikely of me. He was on his way to college with his friend ----- he was doing his MDS at that time. He then walked up to me with a cigarette in his hand....avalo dhaan....I was so pissed seeing that and total mood lost and felt stupid that I did not even ask him if he was a smoker or not rather did not see the necessity to ask him that as we had no other intention. He dropped it and stood out side and I asked him to jump into the car. The first question I asked was -------- Shameless Fellow....ur coming to meet me for the first time and ur smoking and in the best interest of your health, I want you to try and quit. He just smiled away. Even though I did not have any picture about him, I did not expect him to be very plump like an Amul Baby so I said....idhellam velaikku aagadhu in the long run so you better lose weight. He was only nodding his head and did not speak much. I later wondered why I ever said those things to him. After a brief few minutes, he left along with his friend who was still sitting in the car not wanting to get into any trouble. That evening, I went somewhere out and was on my way back when the car broke down all of a sudden on Venkat Narayana Road and the first person I called was him instead of calling Mechanic or my Mom. Adhisayama,,,,,as if he was following me, he was also in T Nagar and came to my rescue within 10mins. He got a mechanic and took care of the whole thing. I had to buy some stuff from Palamudhir Nilayam so dragged him along to do the shopping and he dropped me back close to my place in T Nagar. A few months later, On April 11th 2002, we never spoke much the whole day and then he called around 11pm. I kept talking as usual yapping and midnight struck and we remained silent for sometime. Then suddenly we both together said  ----- ' I want to tell you something'. We were shocked and we kept arguing as to who should tell first and finally I said.....I think I know what you are going to say and he also said the same thing. I am not sure if we were being shy to say it openly or whatever. I took the chance and said .....I have already been out a bitter relationship and you are well aware of it and so this time if you really mean what you are thinking, then you should directly speak to my mother and get her permission. If I have been wrong in my judgement then lets still remain friends and enna naane kottikiren. His response was ....... when should I meet your mother. Appa......I was so thrilled for two reasons

1. I did not get a bulb

2. I found my better half

12th April happens to be a very lucky date as that was the day when my dad proposed to my mother years ago when they were courting each other and that was the day when we both realised our love for each other and the almighty blessed us with our second bundle of joy Anubhav on that same very date .

Now that I have realised that I have found my better half, the next chapter would cover the meeting with the big bosses of my house - My mom and Brother and our courtship days . I really wonder if I will have the patience to write .