ASHIKA

The speaker talks about their childhood fascination with fairy tales and their desire for a perfect love story. They then share their own love story, starting with a crush on a neighbor and eventually dating them. The relationship becomes long-distance, but they still maintain their connection. However, the partner eventually ends the relationship, citing the need to focus on their studies. The speaker is heartbroken but eventually moves on and finds someone who truly loves them. They conclude by expressing their happiness and gratitude for the experience, as it has led them to a better relationship. Stop, stop, stop. Where are you guys? Stop for a while. Should I take you to a ride? So guys, today I am going to take you to a magical world where there are vast valleys and great, great walls with Cinderella's and all the great dresses and the good-looking and the handsome guys you have ever thought of and and also to the night where our grandmother or my father has taken us to a magical world where princess and prince always are in love with each other and fighting against all the odds. So, are you aware of the magical world that is our fairy tales that we have always heard in our childhood by someone not always close to us but even our friends who used to tell us their best stories that they have heard from their parents. So guys, welcome back to my podcast Once Upon a Pod and I am your host Ashika Goyal. So guys, tell me one thing, whenever we heard of any fairy tale, the first thing that came to our mind is, oh my god, there is a beautiful girl with a beautiful dress and long hair like a phantasm. Even I wanted my hair to look like a phantasm but oh god, we are living in the 20th century guys, when we have a lot of hair fall and dresses, it's very costly to be as you all know that and boys, yeah, I always wanted a dream boy, you know, who looks very handsome and tall and fair but after looking at Vicky Kaushal, I should say even dark and brown boys can be hot too. Yes guys, but it's only now our imagination and imaginations looks good only in our mind and not in reality, in all the cases. So guys, I always wanted a fairy tale so should I narrate you my own story or I think you can also tell me a story but later you know. First, let me complete my story and if you are able to relate to me then we can have a quick chit-chat together also in my next episode for sure. So guys, when I was a kid, not kid, okay, in my teenager, okay, so there was a guy who used to live to be just within 500 meters or something and he was one of my hottest neighbor, I must say that. All the girls had eye on him but his eyes were on me, yeah, but I didn't knew that once upon a time when we were close to each other, he used to tease me with other boys but I was like why he's teasing me with some other boy name when he's in love with me or maybe he likes me. So yeah, that's how it started, started as in our friendship started when I told him, please don't tease me with someone else. Then the distance because he was in a hostel, so he shifted to the hostel and I have to wait for months and months to talk to him or maybe to see him and with time, I don't think so I was ready to think about him or actually I was thinking about him. No, it was not the case but suddenly once a day, it was a very beautiful and a sunny day guys and it was a Sunday morning. I woke up and I received a text from him saying that, Ashika, I'm coming next month to our hometown, are you free to meet me? Oh my god, that was the amazing morning for me guys and I told him, okay, we'll meet and I was so super excited. I told all my friends, oh my god, I think my friend is going to be like, I'm going to fulfill all my dreams one day with him. I started imagining all those things that my father used to tell me that a guy will come to you, he'll bring roses or he will bring chocolates or any beautiful things just to make me feel good, you know, and the day finally came when I was about to meet him. I was wearing this red color dress, you know, but actually I wanted to wear a blue color dress as it depicts Cinderella but I was like, okay, let me take it very slowly. So, okay, starting with the red color dress, I went to him, we met and I was wondering where are my flowers or where are my chocolates and it was not there guys and it was my first date of my life and I was like, why, why it's ruined? I didn't like it. Then I was like, okay, we'll see. Okay, then what happened was like, I met, we met, we talked with each other for a while and then I got to know that, okay, there can be some kind of connection between us. So, we exchanged our numbers and finally we started talking to each other on a daily basis, day, evening, night, every time I used to talk to him only and he used to talk to me. So, guys, that's how my love story started and I started him, I started dating him after a while as he showed me a lots and lots of love which I ever wanted but yeah, again, as you guys know, long distance. So, he had to go back to his hostel. Still, we're maintaining our relationship. We're still in love with each other. He used to call me on every Sunday and he used to talk to me for an hour asking me how was my week and I used to ask him the same question and this way we went for around four to five months and then suddenly one day he called me and he was like, Ashika, I can't do this. I'm not able to focus on my studies and I was like, oh, this is again the same thing with which all the girls or maybe some of the guys have always have heard once in their life that I have to focus on my studies. That's why I'm not, I will not be able to continue with our relationship and he thinks that I'm a fool to believe all these things and I was like, okay, you tell me what should I do and he was like, I need some space from you right now after my exams or some or my board exam, we decide what to do and what not to do and I was so sad to hear that because I felt he was my first love. My fairy tale is about to get end because every fairy tale comes to an end after a while. So, I thought maybe it's the end of my fairy tale but still I was hoping that maybe it's not the end. Maybe what if he comes back to me and talks to me about all that love and the care he always showed me and I always wanted that but no, no, but my thing is as always like in every fairy tale where the princess has always fought for a love and the desire, even I was praying to God, please God, this time, this time, not just this time, it's my first love. I don't want my heart to be broken. So, I was thinking that what should I do? I was texting him the whole night, please don't leave me. I just can't live without you as you are my first love. I was not in my good state that I could think sensible at that point of my life and the next morning when I woke up, remember guys, I told you that it was a very beautiful and a sunny day when he texts me saying that I want to meet you and this day, this morning, it was a gloomy, it was not sunny day. It was raining and you know why? Because I lost my first love because his message was I'm sorry, I can't continue with you. I hope you deserve better and I still remember his words that you deserve better and after four years, it took me four years to move on from him and finally, I'm with someone today who is actually in love with me and he sees a future with me. So yeah, definitely, I deserve better. So guys, I hope it's not an inspiring story but yeah, it's a part of my life and also a story which I can relate to and only because of that guy, I'm able to be free, I'm able to love someone more now and I'm the most happiest person right now. So thank you guys.