How I Almost Broke Up While Traveling to the Hills

There are times when you find someone you love and you never want to lose them. It happened with me as well when I met Shashank on my first job. I worked in that office for three years, and my career and relationship really took off well. When it was time to switch the job, we thought of going for a vacation to the hills during the break that I had taken before shifting to the new office. However, things were not as rosy as they appeared in our dreams. The four days of being together with each other showed us the real picture of what it means to be married. We closely observed each other during the vacation, and I am glad to say now that I did not break up with Shashank, though we almost did at a point.

Learning patience

Being roommates with different girls over the last five years had taught me immense patience, though I had never expected that even I would burst out while living with a man only for four days. I can say that I had been lucky concerning the roommates I had gotten. And for those who were not nice to me, I could simply say good bye to them and move on to the next flat mate. However, when I shared the hotel room with Shashank, I realized how messy a man can be. Everything that the TV shows and movies talked about men, he was a true copy of it. I had to mention it to him that he needed to mend his ways in terms of hygiene and orderliness if he was planning to be with me in the long term.

Changing myself

It is not that the other person is at fault all the time; there were times when I had to think about changing myself as well. I am not an extrovert by nature, but Shashank is. Whenever he would talk to the travelers he met on road or the locals he met at various places, I would feel out of place. I had become very comfortable being an introvert. I would always take an eternity to make friends and talk to them only. On the other hand, there was Shashank who was making me sore with his continuous displays of social nature over the road trip.

He sensed that something was not right with me when he saw me being upset. When he was inquiring about a Car Rental in Manali, for example, I was being stupid when I thought that he doesn’t care about me anymore. Nonetheless, it was mature on his part to address the problem and ask me about it when I was again being shy in front of the person I loved. Rather than laughing over my concerns, he hugged me and told me that he is habitually making casual talks with people. It took an hour’s session to convince myself that he sees a happy future with me. Just a vacation showed the ups and downs of our relationship to us, and we both pledged to take it forward positively.