Tying the knot
Marriage is claimed to be an institution. I have been in one for 23 years now. My parents have been in the same for 25 years. Till today I have never wondered how difficult it is to be a part of it. I have always been shielded from the various challenges associated with it.
Some get to marry the one they love and many love someone they marry. But a lot of commitment and compromise goes into a relationship to keep it alive. And my parents have been doing it for 25 years now. Something that I really envy. Will I ever be able to do it. That remains to be seen yet.
But what actually makes a relationship? I believe that the urge to make it work is the main driving force. Love may only act as a catalyst. And then once the couple enter into a comfort zone, love may become unimportant. Children may then become the priority. And that helps in sustaining the marriage.
Yet we see an increasing number of broken marriages today. Personal space is considered to be extremely important. Compromise is not the keyword. Love may sustain the marriage for sometime. And the couples rarely enter the comfort zone. The couple dont care about societal pressures. Individualistic whims are given more priority.
Live-in relationships and kids out of wedlock, same sex marriage and the likes are slowly proliferating into our society. Aping the west is anyway our norm. But the younger couples are trying hard to face the vagaries of marriage and once again its only the urge to make it work that can sustain one.
Some get to marry the one they love and many love someone they marry. But a lot of commitment and compromise goes into a relationship to keep it alive. And my parents have been doing it for 25 years now. Something that I really envy. Will I ever be able to do it. That remains to be seen yet.
But what actually makes a relationship? I believe that the urge to make it work is the main driving force. Love may only act as a catalyst. And then once the couple enter into a comfort zone, love may become unimportant. Children may then become the priority. And that helps in sustaining the marriage.
Yet we see an increasing number of broken marriages today. Personal space is considered to be extremely important. Compromise is not the keyword. Love may sustain the marriage for sometime. And the couples rarely enter the comfort zone. The couple dont care about societal pressures. Individualistic whims are given more priority.
Live-in relationships and kids out of wedlock, same sex marriage and the likes are slowly proliferating into our society. Aping the west is anyway our norm. But the younger couples are trying hard to face the vagaries of marriage and once again its only the urge to make it work that can sustain one.
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