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Posted on: May 05, '08


 Happily ever-after?



   The fairy tales played it safe and ended their stories as soon as the prince and princess married with a "they lived happily ever after......" they knew they would b treading on thin ice with married couples.....marriage is never a bed of roses…. if they wanted a feel-good factor to creep in they should end it when they have just got together and everything seems rosy…. 
  We have been reading about the increasing rate of divorce and have been contemplating the reasons for this sudden surge in the divorces. I guess atleast half of the marriages are still arranged by our parents while the rest are so called love -marriages. So why is there this surge in divorces?  More women are becoming economically independent and are not ready to do all the compromising as they have always been doing....so divorce which was not at all an option till a few years ago, now seems like haven from un-happy marriages.
     Moreover nature plays its part too...It has been proven through research that our brains will b releasing all kinda hormones when we are totally smitten and this can last only so long (as if we needed research to tell us that ) and then there comes a stage when we say.. what do we do for the rest of our lives? The passion has died down......we are seeing the bad and the ugly side of each other.....and OMG...am stuck with this person for life......

    The other day I read that Salman Rushdie thinks marriage is not at all "necessary" ........and women rush into marriage only for the “dress” and laments ....if only v could have wedding without marriages....this coming from a man who has four failed marriages under his belt......I guess  he should be the last person who should b commenting on marriage nor is he an authority on what women want for that matter.......women I guess are suckers for love and will live happily ever-after with a man if she is told she is loved and of course cherished…..
    Men like Donald Trump and Paul McCartney keep changing their wives every 5 yrs or so for a younger model........so they can afford to do so....though we can take consolation in the fact that the initial euphoria dies down eventually and he will b back hunting for a new bride soon…...but what for the lesser mortals? What do we do? Marriage I guess was instituted for the welfare of the off springs we decide to spring......or we could merrily go on with the trial and error partnerships through out our lives........
    So now that we are stuck........how do we get through........we can do so by bonding a friendship while the going is good......support each other in all our ups and downs.......give each other a lot of space and respect.... and be there for each other.. I know it takes two to clap…….but we got to realize that he/she is the most important person in our life now and prioritize. 
  We got to be NICE to each other…..so for this to happen we have got to pretend not to notice him oogling at every PYT who comes into his vision and he has got to overlook our overflowing wardrobe and the ever-increasing number of footwear and hand-bags…..
    At the end of the day…. What does one want……someone to come home to …..someone to hold hands with as we walk into the sun-set……and who better than our best buddy?



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InkTank said:
well marriages do have ups n downs...but aajkal, the downs tend to stay longer....marital discords are common....i guess we humans are less tolerant now, no one wants to compromise at all....

June 09, '08


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dranilguptakota1310 said:
A LIFE WTH LOVE WILL HAVE SUM THORNS BUT A LIFE WTHOUT LOVE WILL HAVE NO ROSES..
I appreciate your blogs but some times there are exceptionsssssssssssssssssss,
anil

May 25, '08


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delh224 said:
reading yr views on marrige this really i feel very happy and write keep it going further such things.

May 13, '08


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neha_sh2000 said:
hmmm.....mayb a spouse is a spouse....he/she cant b best buddies....but they can b someone to whom v can run to knowing he/she will always b there.....have seen some couples at loggerheads all the time......egos ....thats what has come btw.....and such hostilty

May 06, '08


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Ledzep said:
more couples are choosing to NOT settle for merely being 'nice' to each other... this entails a commitment to confronting issues together which is sadly lacking. thats a major reason for splits.

also, a spouse is NOT a best buddy! is someone that noone else is, not buddy, nor parent nor sibling nor child ...not even self! this is an example of pop newfangilism i cant relate to !!

reminds me of a long argument i had with my son a couple of years ago. he wanted me to affirm (like some of his pals dads had, the type who spend 'quality' time) that i was his friend. and i stubbornly persisted with my insistence that i was a friend also but i was NOT a friend! couldn't be other than the person who was 'dad'. he got the point :-).

cheers!

May 06, '08


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tenjade_destiny said:
Disillusionment with marriage as an institution is surely surging up gradually and I agree with you, the eceonomical independence and mental freedom has led women to reduce their psychological dependence to a large extent and added to many more things to look for…now marriage is no longer an inevitable destination…

Very true when you say we need to change our approach too. We need to be friendly and tolerant…but there is slim line between being open minded & candid and accepting infidelity with open eyes.

Well, would like to add here that being in place like Delhi, I have personally heard so many instances where in a chase to keep the freshness and novelty alive in marriage people of our age have devised such weird ways which would shock you much more than the instances of Salman Rushdie and other celebrities.. ..man keeps on adapting the ways, whether by degrading himself or inducing positivity.

good post buddy

May 06, '08


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sazzyme said:
u have said it well nehaji.

bite the bullet, suck it up....such phrases come in handy as principles to live by when the greater things - of bringing up offsprings in a balanced environment- is at stake.

i belive a lot in ur willingness to compromise-some things likey PYT oggling might be overlooked??!! as opposed to somethin else..

May 05, '08


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neha_sh2000 said:
oops.....everyone have their own take on every topic including marriage.....married or single...happily or unhappily.....go on ....

May 05, '08


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neha_sh2000 said:
Rushdie's comment on marriage and women r high-handed....I guess if anyone is qualified to comment on marriage it shld b someone who have been happily married for decades....u can choose to call it selective blindness or a huge heart to forgive and forget one anothers weakness and go on with life without letting it make a dent.....and when u have shared a life-time with ur spouse shared joys ,held hands thru tears.....raised kids and watched them fly.....dont they become ur best buddies?

May 05, '08


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ebby2007 said:
i am actually a happily married man ..having said that, i am not too sure whether holding on to a spouse for life with hurt within ( for whatever reason) is the smartest thing to do..

May 05, '08

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