Originally posted by: appukrish
However which way you look at it, whether we accept it or not, marriages are made in heaven. When God makes a match he knows that that purush and prakriti will be able to help each other in this life and beyond. But we humans have forgetten that and try to dominate over the other, become barbarous etcc.
Whether I choose my partner or the elders choose, that is what is meant to be - if this is understood the marriage will be a success because both partners will respect one another.Loved your line about marriage being a marathon. That's what it is- a long term relation until death do us apart.