Life as I have Seen It

Author(s): Urmila S Dholakia
Publisher: Urmila S Dholakia

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Life - As I've seen it
boy. He was about four years older than me so neither one of us understood the real world. We would secretly meet, providing trust and comfort to each other and dream of a lovely life together.
. We were getting serious. We vowed to marry each other and start building our dreams without any foundation of reality. It was becoming difficult to meet secretly, with all sorts of social policing and under the watchful eyes of our parents. But who can conquer the love of lovebirds? We were so absorbed in each other that we forgot the rest of the world. Time was moving fast and finally time itself revealed the truth. Slowly, signs of our love life were taking shape on my body. My mother became very cautious. She kept a very close eye on me.
My problem was that I was ignorant of my own situation. I had no knowledge about this subject. I was afraid of my mother's questioning eyes. I was beginning to understand her concerns. I never imagined that: my love will express publicly so quickly. The result of my action sent a chill down my spine. For the first time, I realized my reality. : After revealing my indiscretions to my mother, she explained what was happening to my body. She understood and immediately took control of the situation. She started looking into my lover's family very closely. She soon concluded that he was useless, and not worthy of my hand in marriage. The reason why, however, was unclear to me.
My mother informed me of why our marriage
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