Parents slaving for their daughter's wedding...which might end in a divorce!!! someone very wise said: forget about the wedding, it is the marriage that is more important. We Indians are highly goal focused rather than process oreinted-I suspect that old fashioned contempt for dating also has to do with intolerance for ambiguity and low risk tolerance ather than mere morality. Of course, this is easier to say in hindsight, but as a divorced woman in the early 90s when it was less prevalent/fashionable/acceptable to admit one's immaturity or flawed decision-making, I can truly say that the women who did not meet THE ONE before they hit 30 were blessed whether they knew it or not. And not just for financial reasons.
2007/8/5, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 8/5/07, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > > > > The next generation will IMO handle this much better. > > > > The next generation will probably decide to be single. Women will finally > figure out (just like they have done in europe) that they dont need a man > anymore. I have a couple of cousins who are slaving like fools to "save > money for their daughters marriage" (their daughters are less than 10 > years old now...)... in some misplaced belief that 15 years hence, their > kids will actually listen to them. > >
