Re: WIFE AND HUSBAND AS AN INVESTMENT FOR SOCIETY
In my view, at a micro level society is one's household like you said Dushwari.
If both the spouses carry the burden of a professional life, as well as a personal one. One will at times overcome the other. The key is to find the balance, and not neglect the primary responsibilities of both. While both may be working out of necessity, the more immediate necessity is the formation and perfection of the society of home, in which their kids will grow up. Both should and must understand that they, as working adults, have a much greater responsibility at-hand than before marriage and both will have to compromise and be attentive to each other whenever possible.
It is when the sense of responsibility is dimished either because one feels that he/she is overwhelmed and the other is not doing enough to sustain the pressure exerted. Or that, the will to want to continue and make that long-awaited dream a reality no longer seems as appealing as it did at the beginning, that you see the entire committment of marriage collapse.
The entire life is a struggle, but the married life is the climax of that struggle because one is handed yet more responsibilities which carry immediate and prolonged consequences, whether good or bad.
The balance to find happiness in the little things, in the little time that the couple gets is the key to keeping the spark/the dream/the will to do more alive. Some that understand the committment is mutual, and cannot be unloaded at-will, often find it gets easier after a while because they learn to balance their professional life as well as personal.
The hardship and hardwork this micro-society goes through to discipline and educated their children at home, will become an example for the society at-large to follow. Marriage is often either a success story that is narrated to your children, or a disaster that your relatives taunt your children about.
To make it either or, lies on the couple. The road is hard, but the result is fruitful with many memories to look back on and feel content.
