I accept the name Pallavi as long as I get the soft, nice, romantic Raghav 🤣
I think of myself as a balance between romantic and practical. My heart likes romance, my mind tells me that to live in this world, there has to be level of being practical, yet I do not believe being practical in love hence I've always maintained that love and marriage are two different things. You can love with all your heart, no boundaries, no societal pressures, no fear of breakups because there's no breakup in love. That is my romantic side. On the flip side, marriage is an arrangement. As a child I believed marriages are made in heaven (bollywood movies really spoil us) but very soon later of course I understood marriage as an arrangement, tried to come to terms with it and that is where my practical side comes in. But I'm not married yet 😆
Definitely not misunderstanding you at all. Marriages break, and they break bad. Children suffer and it's a mess for them. Live-in's break, they too break bad. If there are children in that relationship, they suffer equally. Then what is the difference between marriage and live in? I'd say, and I'm being practical pushing aside my wishful thinking of everyone being able to live a life they want, that it's society and legal acceptance of the off springs. I don't live in India but belong to an Indian community where it all boils down to social acceptance and legality. That is the only difference. Our social system has not yet made progress to address the pain from broken marriages or broken relationships so I don't really have any answer to the question of pain from both arrangements. Unhappy marriages make up a good percentage of marriages, we've all probably seen them around us. I personally feel that divorce is a life saver, though painful. In live in there is no divorce so people do walk out easily but then, is there a cure for a broken heart? Not so easy after all when it comes to matters of the heart.
Another issue is that our current society has not yet made a directly proportional social progress to the heightened growth in other fields, hence there is a general imbalance in ideologies i.e. modern vs traditional thinking. After spending years debating over this system I found that our current civilization, economic development and the general progress in this world, including urbanization, stands on two pillars. The institution of marriage and toilets (without toilets, cities would not exist). Change will be slow, hard and the transition will be the worst phase. I believe we are currently in the transition stage.
I'd sincerely wish for a world where our personal choice is respected because marriage is definitely a society imposed system and has nothing to do with the heart. But our world has not yet fully grasped the concept of choice in its entirety hence live in is still looked down upon not because it's wrong but because people fear that the institution of marriage will break and society will find a severe imbalance. Then again, many people are not in the position to make a choice as they're not financially independent so for them, legality and assurance of commitment plays a huge factor.
So if my mind is answering, marriage it is. If my heart is answering, I really don't care about any of the two. The balance of the two tilts towards the mind 😆
Lastly if Sunny suggests a live in with kirti, I'd like someone maybe Raghav to bring in this debate and use some of our content here. It takes minutes to write all this 🤣The debate and buzz will be so worth it.
Originally posted by: RishuDarling
Hi Pallavi.. uhmm I mean dear Viewpoint 😆 thanks for the lecture.. 🤣
I see you are very romantic and practical too 😉
Thank you for sharing your opinion on marriage vs live-in relationships, and I LOVE you all for respecting each others opinions on this topic. I too have respect whatever the choice is in this matter. What works for me might not work for you.
I have highlighted one section which I would like to comment on. See, I think you have a point there but the flip side of the coin is that I see around me that some marriages fail just as easy.. A divorce might take slightly longer but it people do opt for it quite often. Or, they stay unhappily married.
please do not misunderstand me, honestly.. for me I dont care or mind at all whatever the choice is, but it must be YOUR choice. you are the one has to feel good with it. marriage or live-in, I think when the first thrill and buzz of love wears out, what you need is commitment. Make a choice and commit to each other to stay together. also, with children, rights and all.. perhaps it depends also where on the globe you live, what the law of that country has decided.. where I live, there is not so much difference between two in terms of legal rights.
Text in blue, I have some doubts (and you too say the same) whether this happens only in live-in.. See the example of Sunny.. his parents were married and something was apparently not good.
I want SunKeer to get married and live happily ever after and have 10 kids or something.
Though, just for the innovative refreshing part in ITV I would not mind to have another couple be in a live-in relationship together. Imagine the buzz, drama and discussions on that. Not just on forum but talkshows too.
By the way, my opinion is live and let live. Whatever you choose, just be ok and happy with that. And when the going gets tough, dont give up.. It is a continuous work to be / stay in a good equal relationship. Commitment is key I think.