Our marriage to each other is now 44 &hellip;. Gosh!&hellip; yes 44 years ol&hellip;.no young! Young because we don&rsquo;t feel old at all. After our bird&hellip;oops girls flew from the nest we have been busy rediscovering each other and realising that we quite like each other a lot! It is like a whole new discovery: It is relaxation time and resting on our laurels. Not that there are many laurels to write home about. We have not been a great pair or wonderfully unique parents or anything. In fact we had been a very volatile couple and there had been a lot of fireworks before and after Diwali. We were not very good at following any rules of parenting either (though now I lecture Saumya on how to bring up her boys!) We hollered in front of our girls and did not take our fight to the bedroom to discuss or whatever. In fact we did all the wrong things. We cribbed about each other to the girls too. They might have some hair-raising tales to tell about how they were brought up.We were very different from each other, he loved slouching in front of the TV, I wanted to loaf around town. He hated reading anything but the paper, I was a voracious reader. He hated songs, I was a crooner and a loud bathroom croaker. I needed the fan, he shivered under the blanket.But, as we grew older and more mature, we evolved into a better imperfect couple! We learnt to tolerate our differences.And now as an old uncleji and auntyji, I am reminded of Adam Sandler&rsquo;s song in the wedding singer. I wanna make you smile whenever you are sad. (We do this especially when the kids return to their homes after their Indian holiday.)Carry you around when your arthritis is bad (Lord and master cannot lift me so this is ruled out and if he tries this I will have to become a masseuse and as for carrying him around, I dare not! Have you seen his size?)Oh, all I wanna is grow old with you. I will get your medicines when yourtummy aches (I do. he doesn&rsquo;t)! Seriously.Build you a fire if the furnace breaks (fix the gas maybe)!Oh, it could be nice growing old with you.Yes growing old together is a nice feeling. Life is moving on autopilot it seems. Fewer responsibilities, less ambition, less drive &ndash; so less stress.We have graduated from me running to get him a glass of water at any time of the day or night to get your own water and one for me too, he has graduated from ordering me around to actually getting me that glass of water! As they say Samay ke saath chalo (Go with the times).So another year goes by &hellip;..We and our loyal friends Metformin and Olemzest celebrate our 44 years of life&hellip;king size!

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