From Teenage Sweethearts To Now Married: Meet Sreerag & Jayalakshmi

Jayalaskhmi met Sreerag at an event when she was in the 10th grade. Back then, while he confessed that he liked her, Jayalakshmi expressed that she did not feel the same for him. However, a few years ago, they reconnected on social media when she was in college. This time, she was not ready as she was focused on academics. Yet, she soon started developing feelings for Sreerag too. Soon, they started dating. However, things were not easy as they come from different cultural backgrounds.

While their families were initially not happy with their relationship, their immense love for each other held them close to each other. Eventually, after about a decade of knowing each other, the couple decided to get married. This is the story of how Jayalakshmi and Sreerag from high school sweethearts to a married couple.

Sreerag and Jayalakshmi's Story

“I was in 10th standard when I met Sreerag for the first time while attending an event. He came up to me and said, ‘I like you.’ but I told him I wasn’t interested because I wanted to focus on my studies. He tried talking to me a few more times, but I didn’t respond. He didn’t give up.

Years later, back in 2013, we connected again on Facebook and that's how we became friends. This continued till 2013 December. He continued approaching me but I told him I wanted to focus on my studies and my career. Finally, he gave up.

My exams were near so I started studying. I missed him. He was one person who knew everything about me. In fact, he was the most gentle and kind soul I’d ever come across. In my final year of college, he had become a part of my life. 

Once I started crying, just because he didn’t talk to me for two days. I was confused- why was I even crying? And that’s when I realised- maybe there is a connection between us.

On 31 March 2014, once my examinations were done, I got a text from him. ‘How did your exams go?’ I was shocked. For a whole month, I hadn't talked to him. I thought he’d never come back. Yet here he was and I was happy. He proposed; this time I said yes and that’s the day we became a couple.

In 2018, my parents got to know about us. My father was very angry. He said, ‘This is just teenage love. It will soon fade away.’ because Sreerag wasn’t well settled, but I had full faith in us.

People often told us, ‘This is just for a few years, you will soon grow apart. Don’t risk your future over it.’ But we never gave up. Soon things started getting better. Sreerag was doing better in his career and so was I. 

My parents also started coming around and that's when we got engaged and decided to get married in 2024. We had a simple wedding ceremony. We came from different communities– I am a Kannadiga and he is a Malayali, and our wedding rituals were done in a manner that respected each other’s customs.

If I go back to it now, It almost sounds like a movie. I am grateful to God for Sreerag. Sometimes all you need to do is take a chance and the rest will align.”

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