The girl barely got her hotel management degree when she met Dhoni at the post-party of Race thrown at Bipasha Basu’s home. She was just a trainee at Taj Bengal at the time. Her career hasn’t even taken off! It makes us wonder whether she’s okay just being known as Dhoni’s better half. Only time will tell.

After all, it’s hard juggling a career and marriage. Don’t you tend to focus on one more than the other? Well, meet these women who managed their careers beautifully in spite of getting married young…

Know what you want

Many people see marriage as one of the stages they have to enter into. It’s something like this: Education – Career – Marriage – Motherhood! But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can have a career and be married. You don’t have to sacrifice one for the other. The important thing is to know what you want.

“I knew that I was made to work,” says Karishma Rupani, a banker who was 22 years old when she tied the knot.

“I knew my husband thought the same way as I did, so I never really had any trouble explaining my reasons to work to him or my in-laws. I didn’t want to waste my education, skill or intelligence and sit at home after marriage,” she continues.

See the big picture

Husbands and kids are not distractions or obstacles to your career. “If you love someone and know you want to be with that person for the rest of your life, I don’t see how getting married to him can be an obstacle to your career,” says Yanjana Thuain, an HR professional who got married after a six-month courtship, while her career was still in the nascent stage.

“My career has definitely grown since I got married. Even after a one-and-a half-year maternity break, I’m back at work and raring to go,” Yanjana explains.

Stick it out!

Change is never easy. Getting married means more responsibilities, more sacrifices and may be even less romance. But the benefit of getting married young is you are able to adjust more easily and you are less rigid.

Ruchira Sonalkar, who got married at the age of 23 and thinks that it was the best decision she’s ever made, says, “It wasn’t all easy in the beginning. I had more responsibilities like weekend cooking and budgeting for a household. My salary wasn’t my pocket money any more. But the best part is we began to save early for a house and a car!”

“It’s a great feeling to be responsible for your decisions and build everything together from scratch,” Ruchira concludes.

Make him your partner

Striking a balance is the key. Set priorities for yourself. For instance, sometimes you just have to work overtime and at other times a wedding anniversary or your child’s recital is more important!

The best way to manage both is to communicate with your partner. “My husband and I make sure to talk to each other about our work pressures and problems. Apart from understanding and adjusting, he would help me with suggestions on how to cope. That was very important in the initial years,” says financial assistant Swapna Prashant.

Take things slow

Have you noticed that when women get married in their 30s, they have a baby real quick? Well, it’s usually because their biological clock is going tick, tick, tick! When you are young you have ample time to save money, buy a house/ car and plan a baby.

“When you get married young you don’t have to rush into everything,” Yanjana explains. “I had enough time to spend with my husband and get settled in my career before having my baby.”

Source: http://www.idiva.com