It is very well known that every coin has two sides. And we, many a times, are subjected to only one of its sides. So there is always some sort of curiosity to know what the other side holds. Does the other side have something better to offer? This is not like grass on the other side being greener. It is more like you have been given choices for something, and each of the choices is unraveling itself in a slow-motion. And you are eager to know what else is available. You dunno if saying a no to the current option will lead you to put up with a mediocre option or a better one than the current one.
Say, I’ve been told I’ll be served ice-cream. I can choose only one out of two. And I have to make my decision based on what I’ve been already given. I’m not allowed to see all the choices at once. So when the first choice presented is vanilla, I’d eagerly wait to know what the other one is. If it is going to be chocolate then I’d rather give up than pick it. But if the next choice is butter scotch I’d be glad I gave up vanilla. So I’m not very confident in accepting vanilla but can’t give it up easily of the fear of not getting to eat ice-cream at all.
Similarly better and bitter example is marriage. Love marriage, as they say ‘A known devil is better than an unknown ghost.’ But what if there are certain traits in your devil you are finding difficult to come to terms with. Should you give up your love and let your parents handle your future so that it is more secure and happy?? Would the arranged marriage be worth giving up your love??
I'm in a, sort of, confusion and haven’ been able to make up my mind so far. May be I’d need some help. Some sort of convincing probably. Do I flip the coin?? Or stay put with the side I currently hold??
3 comments:
Ah one of my favorites, "dilemmas".. guess..
btw nothing is worth giving up your love...
Take the risk!what is life if we remain on safe shores all the time. There will be positives and negatives in everything!
Marriage - Ah, it comes back from the dead to strike the blog again I see.
Well, in the end doesnt matter really. The person you court - be it in love, be it in an arranged scenario - is going to be very different from the one you marry. Even you the fiancee or the girlfriend is going to be very different from you the wife.
Courtship or love = No stubbles, no extra eyebrows, no shabby dressing, no stinking breath, no unclean showers, no wet towels on the bed, no drab daal chawal, no bitching about the PM PL work freshers.
Marriage is all this and more. So no matter what route you take to arrive at the marriage station, the way to Happiness station from here is on only one ticket. Compromise with a capital C...
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