Love Thy Forever (A short Story)

It's my belief that love is not dependent on age, the amount of grey hair, appearance etc. If you love somebody they look beautiful and you stop seeing any faults in them. Whatever they do seems correct. This is the theme of this short story.

 Ram was a good looking young man considered an eligible bachelor in his community. His parents wanted him to marry a beautiful girl from their community. Ram got introduced to Suparna a good looking young girl who was not from his community and was obese. Ram found Suparna to be a good person their frienship grew and they fell in love with each other and decided to marry her. Ram was hesitanet to inform his parents of his decision. One day he broached the topic with his parents. Both parents felt Suparna was not the right choice she was from another community and that they would not match as he was slim and she was obese. Ram informed his parents that both things did not matter to him and he liked Suparna as a person and would like to spend the rest of his life with her. Ram's mother came up with the arguments like "what will others say, we got you married because she earning so well - for her money" and "Has Suparna fed you with some medicine to fall for her". Ram was sure that he loved Suparna and went ahead with his plans. Ram looked for a flat on lease to stay after his marriage knowing there would be resistance. After a week into the marriage Suparna shared with Ram that she wanted to slim down. Ram said "Why do you want to slim down? I love as you are it does not matter to me at all - how fat you are, how many streaks of grey hair you have, how many rinkles you have etc.". To this Suparna replied "I always wanted to slim down - none of my siblings or parents are fat, I am so fortunate to have you, I know it does not matter to you". Suparna went on a good exercise routine and with in a few months slimmed down to normal weight. Suparna than mentioned to Ram "Lets visit your parents it will be a surprise for them". Yes it did indeed Ram's parents were happy though to see Suparna. The get together went on smoothly. Slowly over a period of time seeing Suparna's behaviour Ram's parents accepted her completely as their daughter-in-law.