21 years ago today I got married because I didn’t get a visa to travel as a single woman to Doha though I got the job. My then boyfriend whom I met in Indian Express didn’t want to go alone to the place the Lonely Planet called the most boring in the world...

... with the dirtiest airport toilets.
We looked that up on the internet using VSNL ADSL connection, on my unbranded home computer in 1998.
So we decided we would get married. We informed our parents.

We were born into different religions. I expected some drama. He didn’t. He was right. Our parents were boringly practical. Ever since I’ve strived to be as dramatic as possible (often to the detriment of various relationships in my life).

Doha, Qatar was never boring to us. The airport improved vastly over the years. I didn’t. I wrote this 9 years ago. Still kind of true...// Fin // https://ummon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/a-dozen-years-of-wedded-wth-happy-anniversary-to-me/