I call it the loop of social life, not sure how the rest of the public defines it. Common folk and countrymen refer it to as "tradition" or "norms". Yes I am talking about the clichéd lifestyle of the common people around us.
Every human being born in a social system has to go through these phases. Anytime if a deviation is observed, people begin to question the change. A child after being born will be sent to school, on reaching adulthood - to college, earn a professional degree, find a good job, get married, have children, nurture them, give them good education, get them married, demand grandchildren and finally get reduced to ashes.
As my post title suggests, the area of interest here is Marriage. The one thing people try to drool over and improvise while some people try to get over it without suffering too much. I would like to reveal how my concept about getting married changed over the years and the valuable lessons that I learned.
The course of learning took almost five years. I'll go through each period briefly
Age 22 years- Just completed college, came to know what joblessness meant, thanks to the economic depression.All our dreams of achievements blacked out due to the lack of funding. Thinking about getting married was a little far fetched then. Even then hopes were high as we imagined one day to get the most beautiful girl in our community as our better half and to woo others.
Age 23 years - At last joined an MNC as software engineer. Just before leaving to Bangalore, Had a briefing session with dad. I was made to take a vow that I would not get wed-locked with a girl in my office and would only marry according to traditions. He was deeply worried about how youngsters were ending up in the marriage scene those days.
