Originally posted by: nikkitherealist
Oh and another thing about love -
When poverty comes knocking on the Door
Love flies out of the window !!
I'm afraid this is more true in this highly commercialised world than the love shown between the 2 Ds. But then they do say never say die.... so please do continue living in hope!
Nikki honey, I don't agree with u on this one! When poverty or problems comes in, in those trying times relationship reaches new heights & adds a beautiful dimension of understanding to it. The good thing about loving and being hurt or being in trouble is that you get to know what true love really is. As gold is tested in fire, so will Love be perfected in pain or sorrow or trouble…While prosperity/success makes many friends, adversity tests them – but true love is expected to be above [the need of] any test. There are numerous examples – when holocausts like Partition happened, many people from Bengal, Punjab, and Sindh, who were affluent – landlords, businessmen, professionals – migrated with just the clothes on them. Love continued as before – and in fact grew stronger as they picked the pieces of their lives, and moved up in free India. We know of a family, who had a flourishing business in Kuwait. In 1991 when Saddam Hussein annexed Kuwait, and USA attacked, they had to leave everything and walk through the deserts of Iraq & Jordan to save their lives. With the little that they could retain, they moved to Africa, where they had (rich) cousins. They started afresh from there – husband and wife together, and became prosperous again – and wiser, and more in love.
That's what I know & believe. I know of quite a few people who are despondent and even sarcastic about love – its depth, power, and durability. Others perceive it as a one-sided coin – intense and joyful in good times, but feel "possessed" or "trapped" when the pendulum swings to hard times.
I think that it is up to the individual – to make it long-lasting and strong and constant, or to be like a fair-weather friend of our beloved.
Caveat: There are circumstances when a love affair may not turn out what it were expected to be –tendency towards violence, lies about extra-marital affair, or illegal activity in a partner which is naturally unacceptable to the other. But I wouldn't label the adversity or poverty in the same bracket.
PS: Gulabo & Sakina I would say, before committing or shaadi se pehle ache se soch lo. Saku, tum tho doc banogi tho Dil mai ache se dekh lena & Gulabo tum Therapy kar lena partner ka!!😉