Being unmarried at 32 and 38 is not a taboo or an unimaginable concept

It has been shown that Priya has been mocked about being 32 and not yet married by students in college and her father's insults also includes one of this reasons. Similarly in Ram's case there is no open mocking but it has been presumed by the people around him that his marriageable age is gone at 38 which he also agrees as he also don't want to marry anymore and just want to live with Vedika's memory and his love for her. Only Vrindra tries for him to move on and find love again.

But to be really honest, I know many women in real life who gets married after 30 and it is alright and same goes for men who have married by or after 35. Maybe becoz most of the ITV shower leads are all about being married at 18 or atmost by their early 20s. But in real life in today's day and age most urban people get married around or after 30 only (of course there are exception to this) due to education, career advancements etc.

Therefore, I don't think it has the same tropes of people being married at their 'unmarriagable age'. Could not even comment if this will be a mature love story either like in season 1 as a love story being matured or not has nothing to do with age but mostly with the type of personalities they are. I think Priya is definitely more mature than Ram as I think he will bring the childlike side in their relationship. I can definitely say at this point that this love story is of opposite being attracted and wounded people finding their home in one another.

Originally posted by: Shlroy

It has been shown that Priya has been mocked about being 32 and not yet married by students in college and her father's insults also includes one of this reasons. Similarly in Ram's case there is no open mocking but it has been presumed by the people around him that his marriageable age is gone at 38 which he also agrees as he also don't want to marry anymore and just want to live with Vedika's memory and his love for her. Only Vrindra tries for him to move on and find love again.

But to be really honest, I know many women in real life who gets married after 30 and it is alright and same goes for men who have married by or after 35. Maybe becoz most of the ITV shower leads are all about being married at 18 or atmost by their early 20s. But in real life in today's day and age most urban people get married around or after 30 only (of course there are exception to this) due to education, career advancements etc.

Therefore, I don't think it has the same tropes of people being married at their 'unmarriagable age'. Could not even comment if this will be a mature love story either like in season 1 as a love story being matured or not has nothing to do with age but mostly with the type of personalities they are. I think Priya is definitely more mature than Ram as I think he will bring the childlike side in their relationship. I can definitely say at this point that this love story is of opposite being attracted and wounded people finding their home in one another.

Indeed it’s not a taboo anymore unlike during s1. That’s why the show isn’t being promoted as a typical adult romantic story but a “Mature” story about discovering love slowly after marriage. It is s2 of the iconic show but with it’s own nuances.

sorry, but would disagree with you there. yes, there is no taboo but there is definitely a stigma. in interviews, HR will ask candidates about their marital status and if the answer is single, then immediately questions will follow like "why?" "are you planning to get married?" -- does a company really need to know about a candidate's personal life? but this happens in our country. 😔

if a person is single, there is subtle put downs as well as well meaning advice from relatives and even strangers. "you should get settled" -- as one friend put it, the funniest was when aunties and uncles who are absolutely miserable in their marriage and barely even talking to their spouse, giving such advice to get married quickly before the market dries up. sometimes there are side speculations about why the person is unmarried. a love affair gone wrong? have the parents no money? some other mental health issue? parents face lots of pressure to ensure their kids are married. they feel the weight of failure if their kids are not. so single people are not uncommon but there is definitely lots of pressure to get married especially when everyone around is doing so.

in that sense, this season is not outdated in its theme of people in their 30s who are struggling to find companionship and dealing with loneliness. like I said in another post, if this was just about 2 people falling in love after marriage, it would be boring because there are so many shows in that plot type. there is nothing fresh about that. just my view.

I got married at 34 and had a baby at 36.

I know a friend who married at 42 and her hubby was 45 they adopted 2 kids. They live in an organic farm near Goa and currently homeschooling their children

I know another who married at 36 and has twins at 37.

From my generation some have taken a second shot at life after a broken relationship or marriage.

Marriage is a choice one must make after one is really sure

Originally posted by: Shlroy

It has been shown that Priya has been mocked about being 32 and not yet married by students in college and her father's insults also includes one of this reasons. Similarly in Ram's case there is no open mocking but it has been presumed by the people around him that his marriageable age is gone at 38 which he also agrees as he also don't want to marry anymore and just want to live with Vedika's memory and his love for her. Only Vrindra tries for him to move on and find love again.

But to be really honest, I know many women in real life who gets married after 30 and it is alright and same goes for men who have married by or after 35. Maybe becoz most of the ITV shower leads are all about being married at 18 or atmost by their early 20s. But in real life in today's day and age most urban people get married around or after 30 only (of course there are exception to this) due to education, career advancements etc.

Therefore, I don't think it has the same tropes of people being married at their 'unmarriagable age'. Could not even comment if this will be a mature love story either like in season 1 as a love story being matured or not has nothing to do with age but mostly with the type of personalities they are. I think Priya is definitely more mature than Ram as I think he will bring the childlike side in their relationship. I can definitely say at this point that this love story is of opposite being attracted and wounded people finding their home in one another.

It might not be an taboo or unimaginable but it is an issue with many people. You will still be called out if you are above 30 and still not married or have kids. There is whole range of family relatives who will be out to taunt your parents for not getting you married or plain simple tell them that they must not care about the kids or how come they are doing nothing while daughter is sitting at home. It is worse for women.

They have just used the age thing to further sell it as a matured love story even if maturity has nothing to do with age. For me it is just a love story of two people who have had bad heartbreaks and have not been able to move on. I would have liked to watch that they both decide to give their life a chance and then find each other but its EK show. As long as I like their journey this way I am ok with it.

Yes it's not taboo like before but it's there. People like in this show may not say directly but it's there. It's just that women care less about it nowadays. Women may get affected but always speak for themselves and give it back. That's why it's changing but not completely gone.

What I don't like it that when women are making the change breaking the stereotypes then why these shows drag the woman back into these pits.

They always show these kind of taunting negativity as normal. Kind of justifying their level of thinking. Don't understand.

There is another show in which the lead was taunted and harassed for not having kids. Now she is finally pregnant. It was her desicion because she had lot of responsibilities.

But what i hate about these shows is like it's normal. It's like they are justifying it. Look at today's episode the brother shamed his sister infront of male lead. Was there a need to do that ? It is all shown as brother s concern.

Her brother did it positively and her father and date did it negativity but both did same to her.

It's her life let her live her choices. Let her fall in love again. Let her breathe.

One more important point I forgot in my reply is process of healing. If Priya was ditched and left heartbroken then instead of pushing her with all old wounds in new relationship they could shown about healing. To heal past wounds and not carrying the baggage forward.

There is so much to educate and show the world.

There is another show on same channel where there are showing modern ways of healing relationship. Ofcourse the elders are objecting but they are explaining to the audiences through them. Tv can show what's happening but don't justify it rather show progressive thinking.