so far my philosophy on life and self-perception of life hasn't allowed me to rationalize the act of marriage. Although I see a lot of ppl around me getting married, I haven't been able to graps it. From various reasoning points of view I come to the conclusion time and again that marriage is more a 'business deal' (especially in our desi culture) than anything else.
And unless I solve this puzzle, marriage seems a far away station for me :-D
yes pcg we do but then u know the religious fundos would come in and start “tobah tobah”-ing for being so crass and disgusting and corrupted, esp us muslim women :yukh:
Its your life and you should have every right to spedn it they way you want but unfortunately we have social comitments too.
Being unmarried and living independently or with family has few stages to it.
Stage 1: You are carrer oriented/ Lost love/hate opposite gender bla bla many reason : but you are young at this time. and decide will not get married. time goes very fast between 20 - 35 and you have been simply too busy in lot of stuff. Peoplehave started to talk behind you back that there is something wrong with you thas why you are single, or they have pointing fingers on you when you go out ith your work coolegues etc.
Stage 2: You see all your friends have few years old kids and in social gatherings they talk about their kids and husbands all the time. you dont have much to share. Even though you want to be in that social circle you cant be part of it be cause you are missing husband and kids. Time is going fast, you are at a stage where IVF works by chance and is bloody damn expensive. and then you are 40. in evey of 90% of desi women you are a loser.
Stage 3: 10% chance of being mother, People have stopped treating you like their best friends. Your Family is not with you any more because they got married and moved out. you are independent but alone. Peple have stoped calling you in the marriage related function simply because for most of them you bring bad luck etc etc.
Stage 4: you are in old house unless other wise any of your siblings and their familes want to look after you which is equal to rare and IT was your desicion to live you life as single.
You get one go at life, make sure you give it your best and leave the rest to Allah as its all a test so that you dont have to regret it when you are 50 years old that you wasted your life.