A while ago a friend and I were speaking about the state of relationships, more specifically marriages in today's world. There is a "finality" (or whatever the noun form of final is) about marriage that many people don't seem to realise before (sometimes even after) they get into it.
She was telling me about how some people thought they were better off getting un-married rather than stay with the "mistakes" they'd married...we spoke of extra-marital affairs and people leaving each other at the drop of a hat...that got me thinking - whatever happened to good old "happily ever after"? Was it only meant to be the last line of little girls' fairy tales not be applied to real life any more? Why do more and more people think they can't (or is it they don't want to?) "make it work" ? And all the people who DO stay together - is it because they're scared to not?
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There are a lot of external influences these days on the idea of marriage and being together... since mostly both spouses are financially independent, the fear of separating is not a reason to stay married anymore.. with that in their mind, people have started thinking that they'll give it a shot and if it doesnt work, then its bye-bye.. and so have taken marriage for granted, become unwilling to undergo any compromises, little adjustments, little heartache for the higher goal.. little trouble and they run, and it holds true for both men and women... i saw KANK recently and it seemed like SRK and Rani mukherji's characters were just looking for a reason to get out of their marriages!
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