When two people get married, they take a vow to be together in sickness and in health. And if this Mumbai couple's love story is anything to go by, it'll teach you a lesson in true love.
Featured in the popular Humans of Bombay page, the couple narrates their inspiring love story that includes a very tragic beginning, but a truly rousing end that sees them build a "wonderful life" together.
How their inspiring story began...
"We first met when our parents wanted us to have an arranged marriage. At that time, a love marriage was unheard of, but even so within the first few meetings I began to love him," she begins.
Explaining how their love blossomed, she says, "I used to live in Panvel, so every other morning before work he would take the bus at 7 in the morning, before work to meet me. If he couldn't make it in the morning he would come in the evening with Gajras for my hair.We would go for movies on the weekend and eat at a small dhaba near my house -- those days were the best."
But then tragedy struck!
Soon after the couple fell in love and were approaching their wedding day, tragedy struck! He lost movement in his body due to a severe paralytic attack and was no longer a 'desired husband.'
"One week before my marriage, he suffered from multiple paralytic attacks and his entire left side was immobile and the doctors didn't even know how long it would take for him to recover, and if a full recovery was even possible," she said.
But this incident did not discourage her love for him.
"I had fallen in love"
"As soon as I heard about this, before even reaching the hospital, I went to my boss and told him that I wanted my job back. I had decided to quit because my in-laws didn't want me to work, but I knew that they all would be in a terrible situation if no one was earning," she added.
She continued, "I then called up my parents and told them what had happened and to my shock, they wanted me to call off our wedding. They all thought that he would be a liability to me and if I wasn't even married, I could easily find another boy. This wasn't even a question for me -- I had fallen in love and if he had a medical condition, it was my condition to deal with as well."
Continue reading to see what she did next, we bet you'll be amazed to see what happened next with this couple!
She did what most people don't
It was in this tough hour that she decided to stick with her love.
"In his most difficult hour, I wanted to be there with him and do everything I could to make him heal -- I didn't listen to anyone who said otherwise," she says.
A few days after her decision, her parents got her married off to the love of her life, irrespective of the situation.
Life after marriage
"We did get married, and 'till date that has been the best decision of my life. The initial few years when his left side was immobile, I would go to work and come home as soon as I could so that I could help with his exercises and read to him," says the doting wife.
The two then moved on to build a life together, helping and encouraging each other.
"We would try to make him walk sometimes even one step the entire day just so that we could see some movement. Slowly, but steadily he began to make a recovery and within a few years he was able to walk again -- he could even go to work! He still doesn't use his left hand, but he's still fit and we've lived a wonderful life together....in sickness and in health," she signs off.
Truly inspiring!
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