As part of our new routine I have introduced a new ritual to our daily routine. Adi was till now required to kiss my feet just after waking up and at end of day. Have modified this ritual a bit now but here is a little background to it.
In a typical Indian marriage wives are required to take blessings from their husbands every morning. In the beginning (I think till we were staying with Adi's parents) I also had to follow this ritual of touching the feet of my father in law, mom in law and Adi. I always detested it and had no way out. However as we started to stay separately I stopped doing it and now only have to do it when were are staying with Adi's parents.
Yesterday someone had commented that as it is a role reversal marriage Adi should have the duty to touch my feet in the morning. I liked the idea and told Adi that going forward he needs to touch my feet in the morning for blessings. He did that today and I asked him what he wanted as a blessing. He replied whatever I felt was right and I then blessed him " May you have serve your wife for a long time ".
Later I asked Adi how it felt and he felt that although humbling it is the right thing to do. I said that is the right answer Adi and then tongue in cheek remarked that he should do this everyday even when we are with his parents. I could see the shock on his face and I quickly added "maybe later".
However I still think this is not a big thing and I can always give an excuse that this is what an astrologer has told us to do (His parents are religious followers and will accept if it comes from a priest or an astrologer)
Will have to think about that. What is ur opinion readers ? Please do share
So what happened to the kissing the feet. Well that just changed time .
Normally I leave office before Adi and he normally says a good bye with a peck on my cheek. Now I have started to stand at the door and call him and then he bows down and kisses my shoes and wishes me a wonderful day.
Well I have a wonderful life !!!
Till Later
Luv Pooja
In a typical Indian marriage wives are required to take blessings from their husbands every morning. In the beginning (I think till we were staying with Adi's parents) I also had to follow this ritual of touching the feet of my father in law, mom in law and Adi. I always detested it and had no way out. However as we started to stay separately I stopped doing it and now only have to do it when were are staying with Adi's parents.
Yesterday someone had commented that as it is a role reversal marriage Adi should have the duty to touch my feet in the morning. I liked the idea and told Adi that going forward he needs to touch my feet in the morning for blessings. He did that today and I asked him what he wanted as a blessing. He replied whatever I felt was right and I then blessed him " May you have serve your wife for a long time ".
Later I asked Adi how it felt and he felt that although humbling it is the right thing to do. I said that is the right answer Adi and then tongue in cheek remarked that he should do this everyday even when we are with his parents. I could see the shock on his face and I quickly added "maybe later".
However I still think this is not a big thing and I can always give an excuse that this is what an astrologer has told us to do (His parents are religious followers and will accept if it comes from a priest or an astrologer)
Will have to think about that. What is ur opinion readers ? Please do share
So what happened to the kissing the feet. Well that just changed time .
Normally I leave office before Adi and he normally says a good bye with a peck on my cheek. Now I have started to stand at the door and call him and then he bows down and kisses my shoes and wishes me a wonderful day.
Well I have a wonderful life !!!
Till Later
Luv Pooja