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Posted by Shirley from Umaid Mahal hotel, Jaipur

"Can you tell me why wives always live longer than their husbands?" We are unsure how to respond but we can tell that Vijay can't wait to tell us the punchline.  "It's because keeping the wife happy is so stressful that men want to die". He knows he's funny. Actually, he is funny and his joke is like one of my favourites which is that research has shown that married men live longer than unmarried men, but it probably just feels that way. 

We've been laughing with Vijay for a few hours now while we wait for my wedding ring to be finished. Work on it started yesterday after much time spent choosing gemstones and discussing the design and our specific requirements, and less than a day later it's nearly ready. Amazing!  But what is even more better (one of my favourite Indian sayings) is that they are going to all this effort for a cheap silver ring with the tiniest little chips of sapphires, ruby and emerald. It hardly seems worth the effort but they are taking it very seriously and it's turned out that the experience is one of the nicest we've had in India. We have time to drink tea with Vijay and talk about his upcoming marriage and make jokes about how much everything changes the moment you get married. Vijay is worried that the changes will not be good and I say that perhaps it won't be bad. Perhaps every now and then his wedding ring will catch his eye and remind him how lucky he is to have someone who laughs at his silly jokes and calms his fears and cares that he is happy. I hope so.