Nothing ventured, nothing gained. A
twisted rule of
life, which holds
100% true for
marriages.
BETTER OFF SINGLE???....NAH!!
I sincerely feel
married people are
way better off
than singles in
more ways than
one. A highly
debatable issue, I
know. I also
feel marriage isn’t
for everyone. Not
everybody’s cuppa tea!!.
It’s a trade-off.
If you are
not ready to
lose your independence
, marriage is not
for you. If you
are not ready
to tie yourself
down and be
accountable to another
person besides yourself,
marriage is not
for you. Not
yet!!
Being single does
have its pros
and cons. It provides
you ample of
space and freedom.
It does let
you accomplish goals
in life that
you have set
for yourself and
achieve them at
a faster pace.
But all that
achievements will mean
Zilch if you
don’t have that
special someone in
your life to
share the spoils
with.
In most failing
or ailing marriages,
most of the
times the culprit
by default is
communication. We forget
the ground rule.
Half of communication
is listening. You
will be surprised
if you sit
to analyze as
to how many
times you actually
listen to what
the other person
has to say.
I did the
analyzing and was
not happy with
wat I found
out. Even though
I was a
quiet, shy-kinda person
who took her
own sweet time
to open up and
hardly had much
to say, I
still was not
a good listener.
Weird huh!!. Nothing
much to say
and not much
of a listener
either. Hmmmm…..
This actually got
me working on
my listening skills.
My spouse was
the 1st GP
(guinea pig)…my kids and my house –help
followed…sum amazing discoveries
later, I realized
that so many
problems in life
just melt away
if we just bother to
listen to each
other. I went
one step further
and nagged hubby
into honing his
listening skills too,
which in itself
was quiet funny.
My hubby is
a surgeon by
profession. His profession
revolved around a lotta
‘listening’ on a daily
basis. He actually
has to sit
through hours listening
patiently to his
patients grievences, in
order to diagnose
their problems correctly
and provide relief
eventually. A strange
occurance is he never exercised his listening skills
in our relationship.
To this, his
reply is that
he doesn’t consider
our relationship as
a sick-patient….SWEET!!....:))
Nowadays, just before
we are about
to embark on
a argument, we
make a deal.
He hears me
out first and
then I listen
to what he
has to say.
And after that
the argument just doesn’t
make sense anymore.
It works!!. Easy eh!!...Not
always. 7 outaa
10 times it
works. The remaining
3 times things
do get outta
control, but then
what is a marriage without
its share of
fights and make-up’s.
ARRANGED / LOVE
Being in love
is the most
beautiful feeling ever.
Then why do
love marriages fall
apart so often??.
Why do love
marriages fail at all???
All our
lives we gals
are told not
to speak to
strangers and then
all of a
sudden we are
expected to sleep
with one. This
formula is known
as arranged marriage
and it works!!
In love marriages
couples date for
years before taking
the plunge. They
know everything about
each other that
there is to
know. The real
life chemistry, the
emotional quotient, the
physical compatability, the
good, the bad, the ugly…everything. A
rock steady relationship
which goes kaput
as soon as
they get married.
So where does
the love go??
Dissipates into thin
air??
An arranged alliance
on the other
hand is very
risky, since there
is no trying
before buying, yet
such alliances make
it thru the
thunderstorm. So what
does it take
to make a
marriage tick!!
I’ll tell you
what it takes.
It takes two
people who respect
each other and
who are ready
to adjust and
make small compromises .
A genuine and
sincere effort to
make the marriage
work. It doesn’t
matter if the
alliance is arranged
or love. Neither
guarantees that the
relationship will work.
What will guarantee ,
is the hardwork
you put in
the initial years
of the relationship. Yes,
it is a
lotta hardwork, not to
let the ring
on your finger
become the garrote
around your neck .
Just stop expecting
it to look
like the way
you thought it
would look like.
That’s true of
make-up and goes
for relationships as
well.
Me n H
will be on the 20th year
of our marriage ,tomorrow on.
Here’s to a
20 more….:)))

oh wow at 20 years...
ReplyDeletetoast to another 20 more years ...Happy anniversary dahling in advance....:))
:))..thk u sweeds...sometimes i feel every single day of those 19 years..sometimes it all feels like yesterday...:))
ReplyDelete:))) ...what plans for tomorrow?
Deletei wud love to just sleep it out...bt hubby n kids mite have sumthin in mind..am clueless...:))
DeleteDear Kalpna,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your heart out and the power/importance of listening. Kudos to you guys on your 20 years together and still blossoming. :)
Cheeries. :)
Thk you amy....cheers!!...:))
ReplyDeletekappu very well written..love this post :)
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