“Isn’t it amazing how one day someone walks into your life, and you cannot remember how you ever lived without them?” This case is only possible in a love story. After all, love is a beautiful, soul-searing emotion that pulls your heart out of the chest to make it belong to someone else. What’s best in love is having a happy ending with the same person.
Our today’s couple Elisha Chauhan and Digvijay Singh, had a similar story. They fell in love and got married. They had the longest relationship of 8 years before tying the knot. Hatke Story is featuring this couple so everyone can learn more about healthy relationships from them. Let’s hear their journey.
I’m Elisha Chauhan, and currently, I’m living in Seattle, USA. It’s my story before moving to America. Delhi is my hometown, and I started as a software engineer. Later, I switched to the hair and beauty industry. The profession fascinated me, and I decided to explore different sides of the industry.
I currently work as a trainer, and I prepare makeup artists and hairstylists for international competitions. I’ve represented India in fashion shows and won the Asia Cup Bronze Medal in Creative Hairstyling.
My love story with Digvijay started from school time. We lived nearby, and I saw him for the first time in 9th-grade tuition. His mother was my tuition teacher. I had never spoken to him much till that time.
Then he topped Delhi in 10th class. He was everywhere, from newspapers to hoarding boards. He became famous among parents, and everyone was praising him for his achievement.
In 12th standard, my mother suggested being friends with him and said we should exchange numbers for taking his guidance. We both were looking for engineering colleges, so we did it. She unknowingly played the matchmaker’s role in my story.
Initially, I used to think that Digvijay was a nerd who studied for hours, but my assumptions vanished when I started to know him. He’s the perfect guy, sort of an all-rounder. He had a way with words, loved watching movies and quoting cheesy Bollywood dialogues. His uniqueness and innocence stole my heart.
He’s a very well-groomed guy, and he respects women a lot. With him, I could discuss anything, the most secret and private things of my life too. We became best friends.
Love Story of Elisha Chauhan and Digvijay Singh
With time, I realized I had feelings for him, and I decided to confess because I’m an expressive person, and I don’t believe in hiding my feelings. One evening, when we were sitting together, I broke the news and confessed everything. I said, “I like you, and I’d love to be in a relationship with you.” It came as a shock to him, and he didn’t answer. He said I needed time to process it all. I was okay with his answer.
Then, he took his time to come up with the answer and finally said yes to me. Our relationship was one of the best kinds anyone can have. We had our struggles. He went to Columbia, and we were in a long-distance relationship for three years.
It was constantly tussling for both of us to manage work, family, and our relationship together. We had fights, challenges, and ups downs like any other couple. Love is always the same, but we rose over these obstacles. I don’t know what is there in this man that he understands me silently. One look at my face, and he can fathom everything. It’s from both sides. The understanding we share is very precious to me.
We don’t need words to communicate as we know how the other one will react to which situation. Sometimes I feel truly blessed for having him in my life. I might have done something so good to deserve him.
Something as ordinary as sitting beside him in Bangla Sahib, listening to holy chants, can be so peaceful if I’m around him. They are the best memories we share.
After dating for so many years, we decided to get married, and my family agreed. They were hesitant as we had caste differences like I’m a Rajput and Sikh, but our family accepted our relationship because they knew each other very well. We didn’t face any issues.
It’s been four years, we got married, and I haven’t changed my surname and religion. Surprisingly, I like following Sikhism. It does play a massive role in my life. I love everything about this religion, be it their dedication to humanity or compassion for God. Their beliefs, courage, virtues, everything they possess is praiseworthy.
We shifted to America as he works with Amazon. My life is perfect when I’m with this man. But I have learned some critical lessons from my experience. It’s my opinion regarding love and marriage that I’m sharing with you.
Relationships, marriage, love, or two people staying together, you can call it anything. I think it’s all about adaptability. Two people in a relationship are like honey and water. They have to leave their characteristics and adapt to one another to create something new. Similarly, in marriage, you have to keep your ego aside to blend with your partner. Either love can stay or your ego.
So I’d say sacrifice your ego whenever required and make the first move when you feel like doing it. I am not telling you to leave your identity behind but respect your partner’s choice as well.
You can understand the whole concept through these lines “Love is not just about finding the person but creating the right relationship. It’s not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you built till the end.”
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