Marriage comes with a Baggage!
Recently one of my friends was getting married. It was a pure arrange marriage. Undoubtedly, rather than being excited she was a tad wary about the whole deal. The stakes are higher in an arrange marriage compared to a love marriage wherein the former is more of a gamble of lives of two unknown people. Nevertheless, be it arrange or love, marriage always comes with a baggage! And the reasons are many... 1. With marriage comes responsibilities 2. Once independent souls are expected to embrace another’s likes and dislikes and live with it 3. A boundary is drawn over one’s thoughts, independence, freedom since there is an implicit expectation that your actions are in accordance with your better half’s 4. Some choose to compromise and adjust to avoid conflicts and have a smoother sail. But it may in turn effect their self-esteem and self-identity 5. Others choose to remain resolute and put forth their ego above everything. This attitude leads to never ending conflic...