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Gaurav & Pranay shared their beautiful wedding journey with WeddingWire India. Read the excerpts from the interview here馃憞
We are Garry & Pranay. We have been together for 5 years and recently we moved to Amsterdam from Warszawa.
I (Gaurav Arora) am from Delhi and Pranay (Przemek Pawlicki) is from Poland. We met through Grindr while Pranay was travelling to India. Our first date was in Hauz Khas Social where I almost broke up with him because of the long distance. He was living with me for 10 days in Delhi and on the last day, Pranay promised me that he will send me an invitation for Christmas, to celebrate with his family. So the day arrived & I flew to Poland. We both were then living together in Poland for four & a half years. When I first met Pranay's family, it was like love at first sight. Pranay felt the same way with my family too, especially with my Mom. Our friends became common friends & a big part of our lives. And then, there was a proposal on Valentine's week, It was Propose day and we were coming back to Warsaw from Pranay鈥檚 hometown in Opole. On the train back, he proposed to me & I immediately said 'Yes'.
Our wedding was just perfect. We drove to Denmark (Aabenraa) with our Polish friend, Ania. Our friends who are making a documentary about us came from Poland & we had two more friends from Denmark who wrote an article about us for the Politiken newspaper. Earlier we had bought suits but in Amsterdam, we changed our minds because the sherwanis that we had ordered from India had arrived 3 days before the wedding. We had Mehndi and Haldi ceremonies with our friends as well.
There was a moment during the wedding ceremony when we both cried. We just both felt we had been through a lot. In Poland, it was just impossible to think about same-sex marriage. We had amazing friends & families who donated for this day. We are thankful because we have received so much love & wishes from everyone.
One advice? Yes, just be yourself. Take your time as much as you want because coming out isn't easy for everyone but also do not wait your whole life. Love yourself, which is more important than anything else. Don't listen to society, relatives or any kind of pressure.
