Deficiency Of Vitamin S #NuptialNarratives

Surviving your thirties comes with the constant monitoring of levels of different vitamins. Apart from the regular ones, a few new age vitamins have been made popular by social media, namely, Vitamin Sea, Vitamin N (Nature), Vitamin T (Trees). However, today I am here to talk about an even more important one, Vitamin S for Vitamin Spouse.

Being a self-confessed clingy wife, the symptoms of Vitamin S deficiency surfaces as soon as the dearest husband catches the flight for any of his recurrent business trips. Though the symptoms have remained largely constant over the years, lack of sleep continues to dominate over others such as missing motivation, laziness, wandering mindlessly and many others.

Over time, I have developed multiple hacks I have been using to combat the battle of clinginess.

Get Tired. I go a step extra in walks, workout, yoga so that the body drags the mind to sleep without letting it escape into the overthinking realm.

Write. Dusting off the keyboard, I let my muse wander on and take me places I do not get time to go while donning multiple hats of adulthood.

Paint. Picking up the colour palette I let the brushes guide my soul to explore different realms. Encouraging myself to finishing artworks for the house is one of my favourite hacks.

Watch. Giving household to-do lists a break, I pick up the remote to scroll through the unseen movies and end up choosing the cheesiest romcoms to cry my heart out. Only to miss him even more.

Catch ups. Efforts are made and calendars are synced for get-togethers over coffees and suppers. Streaks of giggle and laughter add some moments of joy to the brooding wife’s solitude.

Until the permutations and combinations of above are implemented in no particular order, the time comes for celebration with the arrival announcement of the better half. Phew! Another week survived!

What do you do when your spouse is away? Do you feel the deficiency of their presence?

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