“We have been in a live-in relationship for the past six years. What would people say, I would have been alone thinking? Who would have been with me in any emergency? In such a situation, society does not come forward to help.”
69-year-old Asawari Kulkarni said this while sharing her experiences with BBC Marathi.
Anil Yardi, 69, and Asawari Kulkarni, 69, live in the Vasant Bagh area of Pune, have been living in a live-in relationship for the last six years.
When we reached their house, both were fully prepared for the interview. Anil Yardi was in a sky blue t-shirt and Asawari Kulkarni was in a pink dress.
Asavari had requested Anil to wear a dark t-shirt as he said that darker colors would look better on camera. After this, Anil wore a dark blue t-shirt.
We were eager to hear about Anil and Asawari. Both are nearing the 70th year of their age and both decided to live in live-in without marriage a few years ago.
Anil said, “Live-in relationship means living together as friends. Proposal is necessary for marriage but no proposal is required for live-in relationship.
The question is will you live in life? Can I live in? “
Escalating the conversation, Asawari said, “Once we agreed to live together, then we didn’t think what people would say.”
Both say that they have no hesitation in putting their views in public.
We wanted to know from them how their first meeting was and how the two decided to live together?
Story started seven years ago
About seven years ago, a trip was organized by Madhav Damle’s organization, which works for senior citizens. Asavari and Anil had their first meeting during this trip.
Anil Yardi says, “I came from my car. There were three women and one man in my car. They were not with us.
They arrived a little late. But they arrived in such a way that I was attracted towards them. Then we became friends and we started a conversation. ”
After this, both of them started meeting every two-four days. Anil was an electrical engineer by profession and was working.
While returning from the office, he started going to Asawari’s house to drink tea.
After a few days Asawari started offering snacks to him along with tea.
Both of them started to like talking to each other and their thinking was very similar to each other.
Asawari explains, “This cycle lasted for 10 months. After that we realized that our choice was the same.
We loved eating spicy meat. Both used to take occasional drinks. Both also liked to travel. ,
We used to go out on a day trip sometimes. Then we thought we could live together. ”
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