01 / 01 For Mannu, from حب counting…

Year one

Mannu,
ek saal.

I wrote on the 11th. Aap ne 12th ko reply kiya. “We” happened at 8:29 AM.

000days: 00hrs: 00min: 00sec

since 12 Sep 2025 · 8:29 AM · PKT

The first messages

Me

“Assalam o Alaikum! I went through your profile and read the bio. From what I read, I sense compatibility between our mindsets.”

Mannu

“Walikum salam. JazakAllah Khair.”

yes, this was my robotic conversation stage.

12 Sep · later that day

“Allah is the destination. Rasool Allah SAW is the guide. Deen is the roadmap.”

“My main concern was deen, which you have already cleared in a very good way.”

Phir
families.

I said “family involved ASAP.” Took a little longer than ASAP.

Aap ki family, hamaray ghar.

Hum, aap ke ghar.

Aap ki family, Islamabad.

Aap ke Abbu ka call.

Yes.

NUST. Almost.

Aap wahan. Main wahan. Phone pe. Bas nahi milay.

Mera birthday.

Aap ka gift. Literally the cutest gift. Alhamdulillah for you.

Aap ka birthday.

My turn. My Mannu happy, me happy.

Ek saal.

2

10 Jul · 10 Aug

birthdays

Dono birthdays 10th ko. Pehlay mera. Phir aap ka.

2

Lahore · Islamabad

families

Visit. Wait. Visit. Wait. Alhamdulillah.

1

05 Apr

yes

One phone call. Bas.

Read me first

Aap ka birthday box.

Aap ne kaha tha: “This was a box of emotions.”

  1. 01pressed sunflower
  2. 02choorhiyan + silver bracelet
  3. 03the globe + twelve letters
An open wooden keepsake box with a pressed sunflower, powder-pink paper, choorhiyan, a silver bracelet, a glass globe, letters and a hand-drawn card
10 Aug 2026 · for Mannu

15 Jun 2026

Aap
at NUST.

Interview day.

Same day

Me
at NUST.

Work day.

“You’re great. Amazing. Brilliant. Hardworking. Go crush it!”

Same campus. Phone pe. We held back.

Hamari language.

selected messages · 2025—2026

  1. Mannu

    “Meri apse shaadi honi hai.”

  2. Me

    “you’ll be stuck with a straight face jokester.”

  3. Me

    “I feel Sakeena. What else one could ask for.”

  4. Me

    “I was like I’m cooked.”

  5. Me

    “arrange marriage turned love marriage 😂”

  6. Mannu

    “yeahh. abhi to agay ka bhi boht hai. inshaAllah.”

WhatsApp alone

18 Apr → 11 Sep 2026

34,643messages
116times “call” shows up
105“shaadi ke baad”
57Kamlo
0face-to-face meetings. abhi tak.

pta bhi nahi chla aur ek saal ho gya.

For Mannu

12 Sep 2026

Mannu,

Aap ne kaha tha: “bas we gotta respect each other. be on each other’s side. put Allah first. resolve everything calmly. we gotta understand each other.”

Yes. Bas yehi.

The more I respect you, the more I love you. The more I love you, the more I respect you.

My Mannu happy, me happy.

Alhamdulillah for you.

from حب

28 Jul 2026

itna lamba safar.aur abhi bohat baaqi hai.

shaadi ke baad bataunga.

Happy one year, meri Mannu.حب