Originally posted by: starsinmyeyes
See..love between a parent and a child is different...honestly no one knows what love really is and how far one can go... I'd say the feeling is the same. How you react with different people varies.You cited giving into family pressure...when do u give into pressure? You do so when u are convinced u are wrong and they have made the right choice for you...trust me we all want our parents to be happy but at the end of the day it's an individual's life...I agree that both parents and children need to communicate for this...if you do not ask, how will u ever know what they would have said...Why are there arranged marriages? Why do you still take your parents opinion? Its not because you don't trust your judgement. Its because you know they generally do no wrong for you. I'm not saying that they are never wrong, mind you.Yes, you should speak to them but she was probably a teenager and at that time you think you know everything. I'm not justifying.Second..u cited if they love someone else...of course u let them go...by doing that..u are showing character..and that's what I am talking about...now take Najma and Imraan for instance...she left him without giving their relationship a chance...was that fair? Did she suddenly realize Asad will be against it...no na...and then Imraan...had he respected her feelings...would he have called her yesterday...no..he would have left it as it is...We don't know how long they were together. How can you say she has never given it a chance? If she'd told him no soon then it is not giving the relationship a chance, if she'd gone ahead then it would be leading him on. Which one to choose? Society judges everything so its really difficult to say which is right.He was recalling his relationships, all have failed. Lets not discuss who's to be blamed here. He felt like talking to her. He could've done it on phone. Meeting her was insensitive. But in his perspective, he's just sharing his angst.We cannot say how far a couple will go in their life..but all I know is that when Love is not absolute, life eventually runs out of fuel...there is no grey area in love...it's there or it isn't...strength of character is always needed to love..because to love means to put your loved one before yourself...to be that selfless, u need character...I agree...when i say I love someone, I have to put a lot of thought into it...with great happiness, i need to be ready for a greater responsibility...I Love you...these three words are really thrown around with a lot of disdain...and it is sad..honestly...I mentioned it in a previous comment, but I am mentioning it again...with most of this world falling prey to mediocrity, Love turned out to be the biggest casualty of them all..I get everything that you are trying to say but when you think of it from both sides, the lines of what is right and what is wrong gets blurred.Put Imraan-Najma and Asad-Zoya on the same level...u will get what I am trying to say😊
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