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Discussion in 'Married Life' started by nandita24, Aug 26, 2017.

  1. dia3

    dia3 Silver IL'ite

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    same is here in west too even amongst desis here ...desi women hold upper hand...every man these days wants equal and strong independent women but are sometimes rejected by their equals... ...so women are playing the field these days !.

    another thing i noticed is that 10 % of desis in west who married in 20s (as most marry in 30s) ----90 % of those are divorced by their early 30s n are back in the marriage market with sadly their value reduced in desi society as never married desi will hardly ever marry a divorcee desi....
     
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    Sunshine04 Platinum IL'ite

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    the pressure from society has to change.
    parents who dont get their daughters married are frowned upon,
    all nthis has to change.
    why marry an unsuitable groom and suffer .
     
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    BTW. where is UMANGA:confundio1::confundio1::angel:
     
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  4. nandita24

    nandita24 Gold IL'ite

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    The concept of marriage is obviously getting outdated and impractical, however laudable it might be as an institution. The ingenious Indian mind (call it jugaad) will most likely find an intelligent alternative. Maybe Marumakhathayam was conceived as a solution for some such similar problem in 19th century Kerala. We now need to think afresh. Any possible alternatives?
     
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    "Living in "is a alternative to marriage in the west but I don't know if that will work in India because of parental involvement in most adults lives. Plus parents don't treat a legally married DIL well, can you imagine the state of a woman that lives in with their son ? How many Indian parents would be ok with their daughter living in ?


     
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    It's human nature to be never happy with what we have . First we run after something to acquire it, once we acquire something we start lamenting or looking for other alternatives. People who are single are itching to get married , married people want to be single , single people want to have affairs, people stuck in affairs want to be single , people on a break don't know what they want but still want something . Living in, marriage , relationships , being single everything is complicated . Ultimately we have to accept that Men are from Mars and women from Venus .
     
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    The solution to this could be something related to the economic front which is holding marital joys to ransom. Some creative thinking is required for this.

    Maybe FWB could be a better solution than just "Living in"!
     
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    I am aware that the question posed by me above has no simple solutions without impacting social life in a significant way.

    But a gradual shift in social values is almost a given. Just like apartments concept came into being once city space became scarce.

    Am just speculating on future possibilities. Also which can serve as a plausible solution to this grave and frustrating problem of finding a suitable partner / spouse.
     
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    hahaha... this is sure to deteriorate into that old "own or lease" choice.
    Some european countries have made the legal accommodation for such a thing. One may have a full deal (kids, joint assets, etc..) or just a basic scheme (no kids, separate assets, easy dissolution when one of them wants it).
     
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    The basic and primary definition of a "family" may undergo a change. A family could mean (say, in a couple of decades) one's mother, siblings, cousins, uncles and aunts, nephews and nieces and children for the women; mother, siblings, cousins, uncles and aunts, nephews and nieces for the men. And mothers, uncles, aunts, siblings, cousins , nephews and nieces support and lend a helping hand to the mother in every which way, in a big or fragmented joint families. This could be a possible natural evolution of the "family" in a very broad sense.

    Marriages could be governed by tighter and stricter laws; with divorces becoming prohibitively expensive in every way.
     
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