My dearest Saumya,

Happy 1st Anniversary, my love.

As I sit down to write this, I find myself going back to the first week of August 2024, the day I saw your profile on Shaadi. I felt something instantly. I did not fully understand it then, but today I know it was the beginning of our story.

I still remember our first phone call. I was so shy. We spoke about ourselves, about life, about simple things. After that call, my very first thought was, "She is very strict." Little did I know that behind that composed and strong personality was the most caring, thoughtful and loving woman I would ever meet.

Around mid August, when I met your parents, something quietly changed inside me. Even without talking to you much, I had already started forming a bond with you in my heart.

Then came the end of August in Pune. The first time I saw you in person. We spoke till late into the night. The next day, when we met again and were about to leave, we shared that silent eye contact. In that moment, I just knew. You were the one.

The months that followed were filled with endless late night conversations. Night after night, we spoke, laughed, understood each other more. Somewhere deep inside, I was trying to convince you to marry me. I had never put so much effort into anyone before, but with you it never felt like effort. I was falling in love.

I fell in love with your passion, your intelligence, your thoughtfulness. I loved the way you would say "humko aise karna hai" when correcting me, as if we were never two separate people but always one team. It felt like two bodies and one soul.

In October, when our families met and we decided to get married in Lucknow, everything started feeling beautifully real. In November, when you came to Bangalore for the first time, we grew even closer. I proposed to you and gifted you the watch you once admired. When I said I love you, I meant it completely. I loved you, trusted you, and knew that I wanted to spend my entire life with you.

On 15th December 2024, when we got engaged in Lucknow, I saw you and fell in love with you all over again. After the function, we sat together at dinner, having our own little conversation in front of everyone, completely lost in each other. That memory still makes me smile.

A week later, we were in Delhi applying for our honeymoon visa to Europe. Those cozy days, sharing meals and spending quiet time together, brought us even closer.

Then on 12th February, we got married. We became one. Marriage changed everything for the better. There is a reason a wife is called the better half. You truly are mine.

Our honeymoon across Italy, Rome, Vatican City, Venice, then Barcelona and Paris, was magical. We explored beautiful cities, but more importantly, we explored each other. We discovered more about our strengths, our flaws, our little habits, and loved each other through all of it.

Over the next few months, we became closer and stronger. We celebrated my 30th birthday in Malaysia. We went to Goa in June 2025 and saw a family celebrating their adult daughter's birthday and thought it was lame. But on 12th October 2025, when we celebrated your birthday in Goa with your parents, I realized how wrong I was. That is what love feels like. That is what family moments look like. Being together for special occasions makes everything meaningful.

I promise you that I want us to be together with our families for all the important milestones of our lives. Because for me, you are the most special part of every celebration.

And now, on 12th February 2026, one year of marriage completed, you have seen my flaws, accepted them, and loved me despite them. We understand each other more deeply. We have grown together.

Saumya, I love you the most.

You are my special one. You complete me. I cannot wait to spend the rest of our lives building memories, celebrating milestones, growing older together, and choosing each other every single day.