When Things Are Bit Strange…

That was our third meeting and we were going to beach. He had already told me that he liked me wherein I was in the process of getting to know him better. This was second marriage for both of us so I treated things very carefully. During the drive to beach he asked me


‘ What can go wrong at this stage?’


I replied as though I descended from the family of Sherlock holmes ‘ Our family people are enquiring about you. So in case we get a negative feedback….’


He asked me ‘ Do you want to speak to my ex’s family? Shall I share the number?’


I did find it strange as so far the guys I met never even shared much of their ex details, but this guy was ready to share their contact details. Might be is it because she is no more….?


Fast forward we got married and living happily every after


Sometime post marriage we were talking about our respective pasts. Oh…We never shunned from talking about the past as that was the reason we got married now.

He told me one day ‘ I know you thought it’s strange that I wanted to share my ex’s family contact number…’

I told him yes that was strange. He told me that one day when we visit Bangalore he will take me to their house. I didn’t comment anything that time.


Coupled with Job, new married life, pregnancy, child birth we never got time to visit Bangalore though my brother was living there. One day we received couple of wedding invitations I asked him whom it was and he replied it was wedding invitation of his ex wife’s siblings. They were still in touch with him and he was in touch with them.


Around that time I had completely understood my husband and marveled at the whole thing. I’m not going into details here of their divorce but he and his ex had an amicable split. She expired years later from divorce due to Cancer. He used to say that we had some differences and split up. It doesn’t mean I hate her. I respect her decision. During the married life I got closer with her families which still continue. His ex’s family too loved and respected my husband a lot


My brother invited us to Bangalore for his house warming function. So we cleared our schedule to visit the function. At that time we visited his ex’s family after informing them.


I was not sure of how the behavior will be when they see me in person. How can someone welcome a woman who took place of their daughter though she is not alive? Won’t I remind them of painful memories they badly wanted to forget? I went ahead because my husband was sure they will be happy to see me and our son.



It was like a family reunion when we visited them except the one who brought them together is no more. They were overjoyed to see my husband settled (married) and having a kid. They showered us and our son with various gifts. His ex wife’s siblings introduced themselves as uncle to my kid. It was strange, weird but yes it was true. I couldn’t see a flicker of jealousy or hatred in their eyes. They asked us to come often as they would like to see our son growing up.


I’m happy to witness the love, respect of the family towards my husband and vice versa. This post is to just to iterate the fact that such families do exist.

 

That's right. These are days where even bond between siblings are really week. Just the bond between people matters..

 

Correct. Many families outshine with love. I'm blessed to be a part of it.

 

Thank you dear. Few instances like this make's one to trust in relationships and human values...