Originally posted by: pardeep1954
Hi Apux,
Your thoughts on the nuclear family are very much clear and encouraging, hopefully you must not have had love and affection of your grand parents, this must be the only reason that you are not condering them a part of the family, but what about those parents who have brought up their son and now a days are in old age which is generally called house of illness and stress, your thought directly means that once they got married their son to a girl, their all relations finished, after that they suffer any kind of problem that is their destiny, their son and daughter in law will reach there to just make all the last time ceremonies and collect the wealth they people have stored in their life time, is it right or justice with them? have any girl or person on behalf of the girl in question make it clear in advance means prior to the marriage, is there any fool who would like to make relashions with those people.
WHOA. Some interesting judgments you're making on me. I've had much love and affection from my grandparents, but my grandparents live far away from me. If I had the choice, I'd keep them forever with me. First of all, I think you didn't read my post properly. I said I consider a joint family is when there is more than one married couple from the same generation. I think it's wrong to put parents in an old age home. But I wasn't referring to parents. I was referring to people who are usually considered as "extended family". Like aunts, uncles, etc etc.
I'm unclear about your last statement? So you're saying that a person wouldn't want a marry someone who doesn't want to live in a joint family?