I met a friend's mother over dinner . She had recently lost her husband of 53 years and 5 successful children to complement the years of wedded bliss.
She was telling how everyone angle of their home has a bit of memory of their union attached to it, the furniture, the mementos from his various place of work and visit. The plethora of flashbacks still keeps on flooding her mind even after a year after his departure. What can you say, he is the only man she knew almost her entire life! (even before marriage)
They had their good times and trying times as all good marriages would. Her advice is to sail the rough seas with practising 'give-and-take' attitude and not being self centred. It went on to topics of present day marriages and its inability to stand the test of times. From where she stood, the flimsiest of reason seem to justify as an excuse to wreck the divine institution.
I suppose what we see today is just an evolution of society. From a society which lived with no rules and regulations and no one taking responsibility of theife weak, man drafted guidelines for his fellow men to follow, using the fear of God in it. It worked well for some time. From the beginning of time, man has been restless. Restless to explore new frontiers, ever willing to think against the grain of the majority and as he becomes more philosophical, critical, demanding logic and physical proof, he will continue rocking the boat even if the sea is not choppy....
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