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<<Anyways, personally I believe that after a basic level of physical comfort happiness is a state of mind and a person needs to find happiness in himself, happiness is not a consequence of circumstances. <<
Interesting, could you please elaborate?
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Sabah, I just meant that WHY is this person 'unhappy'? He has a loving wife and kids, grandchildren, respect in the community, has a comfortable lifestyle, Allah ka dya sab kuch hae mashallah. Then WHY is this person unhappy? Its a plain case of NASHUKRI. Aisay bhee log dunya mein khush rehtay hayn who are handicapped and are sufferring from a disease and have no family members. Long term happiness in life does not come from your hallaat but in fulfilling your religious and moral obligations and being thankful to God for whatever He has given you. Its not about your situation but about your attitude, I strongly believe that.
But then again, Allah o Alim, aaj tak mujh pe Allah ne kabhee aisi aazmaaish naheen daali toh shayad I can afford to have this view.
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He could be dead tomorrow for all we know, I honestly believe that you should be satisfied with yourself and your life before you die, ba'd ki ba'd meiN. I'm not advocating him, what I'm saying is that this individual deserves to be happy and satisfied with this life, unless he believes in re-incarnations.
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Sabah, every person deserves to be happy, I agree. But, a person needs to 'make efforts' to be 'happy' specially jub Allah ka dya sub kuch ho. And certainly the way to get this 'happiness' [what is 'happiness' anyway?] is not to abandon your family. That's just SELFISH and in my humble opinion, WRONG.
I am sure that if he wanted to he could find 'happiness' in his marriage or in his family, in fact one has to find happiness in himself.
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Whatever society thinks of him is really not his problem. HaaN his kids are, and if they see their father happy tau they should understand, else it's sad but understandable especially if their mother is not happy.
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Saba, you honestly think ANY kids can be happy when they know their father has left them and their mother and gotten married to some other woman? I don't think so. They might try to show they are happy for him or whatever, but in their hearts it will always be an open wound. Parents are the one selfless beings and the one sacred and pure people in your lives who will love you no matter what and who are YOURS. Every child thinks that he is centre of the universe for his parents and he is the reason that his parents live and that their happiness revolves around his happiness. Its just unimaginable for a child to think of his parents as separate individuals with their own lives, his parents lives are HIS own, he owns them, thats how children think. When a parent does something like that, it causes the child EXTREME shock and leaves the child very very alone, for the child it is a betrayal of the highest order.
This case might be different because the kids are grownup and have their own lives, but still.
And ofcourse they will still love him, he is their father, chahay jo bhee ho ye rishta hi aisa hota hae...lekin it will be very difficult to accept what he has done, it will definitely always be a source of pain for his children.
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As for her, it's equally bad if she knows that she's living with a man who doesn't want to be with her. It's not just about having someone you can sit with or cry for, the man is not there emotionally. Of course one can argue whether you should allow your self to cross the limit in that age and social pressure, you can also argue whether he can allow him self a happier life regardless of how long that feeling may last.
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Its true that he is not there emotionally, but still, I think any woman chahay oopar se logon ko dikhanay le lyay kee ji mein bohot strong hoon jo bhee kahay in her heart she would prefer that situation over him getting remarried and leaving her. Chaahay banda aap ke saath emotionally ho na ho, us kee roz shakal hi nazar aana and knowing ke atleast the person is there means a lot.
And why is he not there emotionally? He is certainly to blame for that. This is his wife, the mother of his children, the grandmother of his grandkids, the matriarch of his family, the person he has spent his life with and grown old with. Zindagi kay is mor pe aa ke, when they are old apni wife ko is tarhaan chor dena...its just such a betrayal.
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If his feeling are shallow tau so are his wife's and the social pressure.
If she had known about his affair and she wanted to live rest of her live with him, she should have fought for him. It's not enough to watch from sideline and cry over the outcome. What did she expect that he's going through a phase and it'll just end?
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That's true Sabah, but she would have preferred atleast that situation over what has happenned now.
Besides, she is not the one to be blamed here, he is. Don't you think he is doing something extremely WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG to be having this affair in the first place?
Its very very WRONG.
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No one is blaming his halaat, he could be a king yet be dead unhappy. To be loved is a bliss lekin sometimes you want to love as well. Too bad that he has lost one great thing to get the other.
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Toh he has a family, why can't he love them?
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Again it's sad for the first wife, she probably didn't deserve this, no one should be unhappy but that's not possible. Those of us who can 'fight' for what we want will definitely get it.
As for being a unit tau, that is his call he probably see him self as an individual. As for his duties, tau his kids are all grown up, married. What else do you expect him to do for them? Maybe he didn't walk away before as he wanted to fulfill his duties towards his kids, and now that they're mature he can move on and live his life?
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Sabah, his kids might be married, but he is still their father, and still the grandfather of their kids. His duties towards them will never end till he is alive.
Its not that he has to do anything for them. Its just that he should be there for them.
'Live his life', separate from them? His life is not HIS life. HIS life belongs to them and his wife and the rest of his family. He can't just go and do something like that, his family is tied to his every breath, once you are married and have children, its not about YOU anymore, its about your family, you don't have the right to just take off and seek 'personal happiness'.
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Dunno to me it seems that you're saying ke if he had just left tau that'd have been fine, now that you know he's moved on, re-married and is probably happy and his first is not you're blaming him for that, and nothing more.
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Sabah, ofcourse not. I'm not saying that in the least. I am saying that what he has done is incredibly selfish, he has caused immense pain to his wife and children. It seems he never cared for them enough.
And its sad because what he did is really not going to bring him the 'happiness' that he's looking for, if he had only being more shukarguzaar and tried to find happiness in his family and himself and Allah then he and his whole family would not have to go through all this.
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Rest are just excuses for keeping him trapped in a sad relationship. Had he died unhappy I'm sure same society and kids would have been crying their eyes out as their father had lived such a sad life.
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Sabah, he is the one to blame for being so 'unhappy' jab Allah ka dya sub kuch hae. Yes, the kids would have been crying because they would be sad that their father remained unhappy...because they love him. But, really, what he did was not the way to achieve 'happiness'.
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Religiously I'm sure he doesn't need his first wife's permission. Religiously he's done nothing wrong.
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Hmm...are you sure? Maybe...But from what I've heard a man needs to get permission from his first wife before he gets remarried, and he needs to treat all his wives equally.
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You can judge ppl all you want but you can not tell ppl when they can or should be happy and satisfied, that is very unique and individual feeling.
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Thats true Sabah, I agree. But if someone derives happiness from something wrong, like drugs for example, then it is still wrong.