On her belief in soul mates
I am a complete romantic. I believe in waiting for the one and I think soul mates exist. When you fall in love with a person, and you get married to him, you want to believe that he is your soul mate. Usually, such a thing is a rarity and it does not happen to everyone. There are people who have fallen in love with their soul mates and they also end up marrying them; I feel that they are the luckiest ones. Soul mates have this strange, unfathomable connection. While one has something in mind, the other expresses the exact thought; that is something that happens only with soul mates, their connection is extremely telepathic. I have seen people who are not married to each other behave like soul mates. It is just that they are not meant to be together and that is just destiny. It is sad that not all soul mates end up getting together but I certainly believe there is ‘the’ person for everybody out there.
On her take on the ideal man
At the moment, I don’t believe that there is anything called an ‘ideal man’. There is no ideal man or ideal woman because everyone comes with their own negatives and positives. I think that whoever you are going to end up being with, you sort of has to grow on each other and learn to live with each other. I think the term ‘ideal man’ is only restricted to dreams or fairy tales. It is very difficult to find loyal men these days, but if you do, what you have to remember is the fact that these husbands who are doting and faithful now and who also make wonderful fathers have done their share of mistakes in the past. Men change for the good because they learn from their mistakes, so I don’t believe anyone is perfect or ideal for that matter.
On her idea of a happy marriage
I think the key to a happy and an ideal marriage is transparency. There should be a lot of transparency between a couple and the minute you start hiding things from each other, the problems start. When you start lying, it never stops; you lie to hide your first lie and it goes on and on. Unless and until one is honest about what they do, I believe a marriage will not work. Other than honesty, I also think compromising goes a long way in any marriage. You have to give and take. But it also depends on what you are compromising on; you can give up on things that happen on an everyday basis but I don’t believe in giving up on the bigger aspects of life. I think if the newlyweds respect each other for who they are and function as best friends more than anything else, the marriage will sustain. I think if your husband is a friend that is the best thing you can ever get.