Rakshitha & Rajesh: when friendship and love go hand-in-hand

The year is 2020. For Rakshitha, navigating through the lonely months of the pandemic are particularly challenging. She craves genuine connection with a special someone, but struggles to find trust on conventional dating apps. 

During the same time, Rajesh was urged by his friend to download Aisle. Little did he know that this would lead him to find the love of his life.

Cut to 2023, when a chance encounter with Aisle on Facebook helped Rakshitha and Rajesh find each other!

Rajesh talks about their first few dates fondly. “I felt like it was love at first sight, seeing her profile... but I wanted to get to know her better.” Even though Rakshitha was reserved at first, Rajesh eventually won her trust. And their journey began with a simple yet profound truth from a famous SRK movie: Pyaar Dosti Hai. Love is friendship.

Texting on Aisle turned into phone calls, which then turned into dates. Both of them were taking things slow, carefully building each aspect of their relationship.

Rakshitha made sure to give Rajesh a glimpse of her personality from the very beginning. “I gave him one digit of my phone number every day, for 10 days. It was to see how well he would handle my quirks!” And handle them he did. With a heart full of patience and admiration for Rakshitha!

"I think this is what made me feel emotionally safe," Rakshitha says. "We both have had our fair share of trust issues and heartbreaks in life. We wanted someone who would be able to understand the struggles of our hearts, someone who knew how to tend to it fondly. And in each other, I think we found that person, that comfort. We understood each other's pain in the simplest of ways, but that's what matters. To stay, to make an effort and to give you the courage needed to take a step forward." 

Rakshitha believed that having a kind partner makes it easier to navigate life together. For her, that person was Rajesh, who understood her like no other. Through his courage, she felt the confidence to move things along and introduce him to her parents. They built a relationship that could sustain their journey into the unknown, one step at a time. And the journey led to something they were both excited about - a future together!