Prateik Smita Patil is in a contented house. In the same vein, the Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na actor opened up about discovering love once more in his greatest good friend Priya Banerjee, whom he married on February 14 this 12 months. “Goddesses have blessed me with this stunning chapter in my life. I’m extraordinarily grateful and glad. I’m liked. I’ve a stunning household, a fantastic spouse, and two stunning canine who’re my kids. My spouse calls them our nepo youngsters. I’m trying ahead to every single day along with her. I can’t wait to get up every single day subsequent to her. We are actually greatest pals. I’m so fortunate that I received to marry my greatest good friend. We’ve got a lot enjoyable. Friendships have a distinct form of enjoyable. I believe now we have the very best of each worlds,” shared Prateik, 38.
The actor, who was married to actor Sanya Sagar, admitted “giving all of it” in his first marriage and the way divorce left him heartbroken and bitter. “I used to be extraordinarily bitter about love and marriage. So unusual. I used to be very offended at my scenario, and I used to be very vengeful. Out of vengeance, I ended up following hundreds of fairly girls on Instagram. I used to be like, I used to be so good in my marriage…why did divorce occur…now, let me present,” he stated, including Priya occurred to be one among them.
“We occurred to comply with one another. For the primary few months, we didn’t actually strike up a dialog. Lastly, I had the braveness to answer to her Story, which is once we ended up conversing. Subsequent factor I do know, I’ve requested for a drive, and the subsequent factor, we ended up going for a drive. We began assembly every single day, and the remaining is historical past. And now we’re married.”
In accordance with Prateik’s candid chat with Bollywood Bubble, it was “divine timing when Priya and I met”. “I wasn’t on the lookout for it, and neither was she. We met. We had been meant to fulfill. I don’t assume it could have labored out if we had met earlier. She has simply damaged off her engagement. On the similar time, I used to be going via a divorce. We occurred to fulfill in lockdown. Yeh lockdown ka pyaar hai. Bilkul. (It’s Covid-19 pandemic lockdown love, for positive). For lots of people, lockdown didn’t go properly, however I discovered love, and we had been engaged. It occurred so organically.”
When did he realise Priya was the one? “As tacky as it might sound, our first kiss was after I realised she was the difficulty. Sport over. That is it. There isn’t a recreation to play anymore. We began relationship and finally began residing collectively. For a 12 months. I all the time knew it was nothing like what I skilled ever earlier than. Additionally, we had been older. I used to be 33.5 after I met her. Within the first few months, I knew it was extraordinarily particular. Our connection and our friendship are so distinctive. It was really easy and natural,” he expressed.
When it had been a 12 months of residing collectively, “and we had survived, with out killing one another”, Prateik stated they “adjusted to one another’s habits, we adjusted to one another’s life and choti choti cheezein (little issues) that within the grand scheme of issues are extraordinarily essential…all the things simply match”.
He additionally expressed that they’re very a lot alike. “Holly molly, we’re so suitable. We like the identical form of meals, similar form of reveals, love for canine, each extraordinarily lazy individuals. Few issues we had been polar opposites had been music and some extra issues which we might discover a means round.”
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He additionally opened up about discovering consolation in her. “We’re homebodies. Pajame me baithte din bhar and reveals dekhte rehte hai on our offs (We costume up in pajamas and watch reveals on our offs) . We’d reasonably be lazy than proactive. We’re a nasty affect on one another like that, cutely. Not a nasty means. In my head, I’m like..this is very easy along with her…”.
Prateik talks about his marriage (consultant) (Photograph: Getty Photographs/Thinkstock)
Taking a leaf out of his love story, let’s perceive how discovering love once more with a companion with related likes and outlook on life feeds your soul.
Discovering love once more with somebody who shares your values, pursuits, and outlook on life can convey happiness and gratification, stated Dr Santosh Bangar, senior marketing consultant psychiatrist, Gleneagles Hospitals, Parel, Mumbai.
Dr Bangar described the way it might really feel like assembly a model of your self who understands your internal world with out rationalization or clarification. “Conversations might circulation naturally, silence might really feel snug and shared targets create a way of function and happiness. When your companion displays your passions and priorities, it helps with private progress. This connection nourishes the soul, brings peace, pleasure, and a way of belonging,” stated Dr Bangar.
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Everybody needs to have a companion whose targets align with theirs. For those who discover somebody like this, you need to take into account your self extraordinarily fortunate.