In her words, “My dad keeps telling me I am too honest for my own good. I can’t keep some things from certain people. When I had my first boyfriend in school, I remember when he asked me to be his girlfriend I said, ‘One second, let me ask my mom.’ I paused him and I called my mom and asked her whether I could date the guy.”
She also shared that her parents have a way of letting her know if they don’t approve of her partners. “They don’t come out there and disapprove of people but I understand from their mood and body language. There have been a few but they have not made it too obvious and with some, they were really chill,” she said.
Ananya shared, “Over time, I have become more comfortable in who I am and that has directly impacted my relationships. I had this thing of becoming who my partner is. Whatever their interests were, I would start liking those. If they wanted to do something I would kind of not do what I wanted to do and go with them. I would spend less time with my friends. I would make a lot of changes in my life even without them asking. I felt like it was something I had to do. In the past, I based a lot of my personality a lot on who I was dating. And the place I am in right now, I am comfortable in who I am right now and I am better at finding a balance between the person I am with and myself and not changing myself to become the other person but kind of finding like a sweet spot in the middle where two people can be happy without losing out on themselves. In the past, I have lost out on myself a lot.”
On being asked how often in a month she meets, Ananya said, “I think 45 days not meeting someone is good enough. I don’t think it is too bad. Two months is okay. Actually, distance does make the heart grow fonder.”