What more could you want in a partner?

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Re: What more could you want in a partner?

@Sehrysh

Ah yes, the elusive sparks that makes the mundane magnificent

But aren’t the sparks just chemistry or physical attraction, and like CM says, it burns bright in the early days but there’s no certainty that it will last the course of the relationship.

And what of the fact that most of our parents and grandparents married with no sparks, yet most managed to spend their lifetime with their spouse. Why are sparks important?

Physical attraction is important, but sparks encompass more than that. Part of the whole thing is to be with someone who you find interesting, humorous and all. Can we spend the rest of our lives, if we’re outgoing social beings with someone whose exactly opposite, but has the matching family background? Maybe our dada jaans and naani jaans who had the whole arranged setup without sparks were okay with all that, but times have changed now. Back then most women in our culture sacrificed and compromised on many fronts, now many of them dont.