Love, Challenges, and Compromise: Manoj Vasudevan's Journey

🏆 Manoj Vasudevan shares his winning speech titled 'Pull Less, Bend More'.

💔 He talks about his struggles in relationships and finding the perfect partner.

💡 Vasudevan emphasizes the importance of being flexible and adaptable in relationships.

💑 The speaker shares his experience of finding love in India through an arranged marriage setup.

👰 He describes meeting his first prospect, Sindhu, and falling in love at first sight.

🌟 The speaker expresses his expectations of a lifelong relationship filled with romantic moments.

💑 The speaker discusses the challenges he faced in his marriage and how differences caused them to grow apart.

🗣️ He tried using logic, emotion, and role models to fix the relationship, but nothing worked.

🏠 Eventually, they became two people living under the same roof, without intimacy or connection.

🌐 Life is short, seek solutions and don't suffer.

💔 Divorce is an option, but fixing the relationship is also important.

💘 Love requires compromise and understanding.

🔑 Pulling too hard in a relationship will cause it to break, so it is important to pull less and bend more.

⚖️ Being flexible and accommodating in arguments can lead to a healthier and stronger relationship.

💑 The key to finding a perfect partner is choosing someone who is willing to continuously improve the partnership by pulling less and bending more.

🌍 The world is currently divided, but in this room, people from 142 nations are sitting together peacefully.

🤝 Toastmasters demonstrate that despite our differences, we can stay united by choosing to be flexible and accommodating.

💑 Even in a long-lasting marriage, disagreements may arise, but it is possible to maintain a strong connection by being supportive and understanding.