I have murdered the punch in the (ahem) punch line, yet anyways what I meant was:

“Do u marry for the right reason or just because its the right season?”

I love to believe that society has changed and marriage means companionship, intellegent conversations blah blah but the fact is the more the things change the more they remain the same.

The stereotypes of woman = housework still hold true. And worst still guys expect the girl to ‘strike a balance between work and home’ while he concentrates on his career… some accept this and others decide not to accept these rules of the ‘market’.. and maybe thats where it all starts.. my comment is running longer than ur post!

Oh btw, intellegent blog

All power to you! My grand-aunt did not marry, my aunt did not marry and my closest female friends is “cheerfully single.” Neither of them had any regrets. One of my mother’s cousins lost her husband soon after she got married; she never remarried and has no regrets.

People like Manoj don’t know what they are talking about.

Of course, I should also mention another of my mom’s cousin is single and lonely. She regrets not marrying.

But the thing I find different in the last example is that she is not a “strong woman” and that she did not choose to remain single… she is single due to circumstances (in those days, people didn’t want to marry women whose dad was in an asylum).

Of course, I can give equal number of examples where equally “strong women” would not have been as happy had they remained single. I guess “To Each His/Her Own”

Anshul : Very true. But I believe it’s still much easier for men to get out of it than women. Since in many cases they are given more preference than their female sibling/s.

Manoj : Why does it always boil down to this? Having a life-partner in no way guarantees happiness now or in old age. A person is happy when they are content and content does not denote the big ‘M’ word.

Inkspill : Fixed it.

Supremus : Tere muah main (low-fat) ghee aur sugarfree shakar.