Before marriage many people dream about love and life

India
July 2, 2010 11:59am CST
After marriage they live to find love and life are just dreams... Where do they go wrong? let us discuss..
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
3 Jul 10
Perhaps they go wrong expecting their partner to fill whatever void is in their life. That, along with an unrealistic view of love will leave them disappointed. One should be content to be on one’s own and feel complete before starting a relationship which would eliminate the need to have a person make everything better and fill the hole in the heart. The other thing is to be aware that the ecstatic feelings at the beginning of a relationship are not the true feelings of love which will sustain it.
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• India
3 Jul 10
well said paula, It's true that the ecstatic feelings at the beginning of a relationship are not the true feelings of love. The real love begins after the honey moon is over.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Jul 10
hi vijayanths we tend to blow the image of marriage all out of proportion, happily ever after with nobody ever getting upset over anything, the children prefect little angels, the wife killing herself all the time for prefect meals, the husband always in spanking nice clothes, always very attentive to his wife, this is all just too much. Real people get married,not angels,they often burp or belch or yes fart. they are real live human beings. not perfect at all. The real person may sometimes spill something, hang the towels up wrong or throw clothes on the floor. Real wives do not behave like the Stepford wives in that old movie. Real kids get into mischief, get sick, have to have an appendectomy. People go wrong in expecting perfection from each other. Tis not going to happen. We are human beings who want to be better than we are but sometimes err and we need to have some real compassion for each other, not dislike,not divorce either. We need to remember we are not perfect so of course our mate is not going to be perfect. Unconditional love is just accepting each other as ordinary human beings. imperfect but loveable.Heres to looking at reality, learning to love it and start being happy again. cheers.
• India
3 Jul 10
Wow, you have come up with a brilliant response as usual Hatley. It's true that real people get married and not angels.It's better to accept the flaws of partner and live with them. That's the secret of happy life, I think.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
2 Jul 10
Obviously they go wrong because without knowing anything about the 'to-be' partner they are weaving dreams.THe reality would be different and would always fall short of expectations. Whenever there is expectation there is likely to be disappointment. Even the slightest expectation[one may think of some quality to be elementary but the partner may not have that quality.]They are products of totally different upbringing. Any dream based on someone else for fulfilment can only be a dream. On the other hand, you just go with a blank mind , then you are always pleasantly surprised at any pleasant outcome. Another thing is to dream beyond one's own capacity. Keep expectations minimal; love would be there. Life would be good.THis is my conviction.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
2 Jul 10
You have not seen my response to your ' growing old' discussion Vijayanths.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
2 Jul 10
True.Everyone would have some expectation or the other and films aid this in a big way.In my case, my mother instilled some very strong sense into the daughters and I always was trained to take whatever life offered.THat is why despite being a very big fan of Mills and Boon romances I always knew that life is faraway from these romance stories.
• India
2 Jul 10
very true kala, we start weaving dreams even when we have no idea about our would be partner. Our films add fire to our dreams. I agree with you that expectations are seeds for disappointments.(but who does not have expectations?) In real life entering into married life with a blank mind is not that easy as we say. this is my opinion. But as you said let us not seed too much expectations in our minds to avoid big disappointments.Keep expectations minimal-this is perhaps the best solution for this. I just saw your response, it's so nice to go back to your flash back years..I tried to walk like sivaji after seeing "sivandha mann" and dress like Hindi heroes after seeing Aradhana, Pyar hi pyar, Deewar etc etc..Have long hair like our Kamal during college days..
@Galena (9110)
2 Jul 10
where they go wrong is thinking that marriage will bring them those things, instead of finding the person who brings those things into their life and marrying them. if someone doesn't make you happy, love you, make your life complete, then don't marry them. if you find them, and want to be married, marry them. but don't expect marriage to turn someone who isn't all of those things into that person. because it won't. when you already have a marriage, THEN have the wedding.
@Galena (9110)
2 Jul 10
hehe. he'd have had a tough time hiding his bad sides for nine years with me.
• India
2 Jul 10
hahaha, sorry to hear it though. And that's life Galena, it's a mixture of good and bad, night and day, ups and downs, good things and bad things about your husband..
• India
2 Jul 10
Well said Galena. I must say I enjoyed your very meaningful and interesting discussion. But the problem is both men and women show only their good side of them before marriage. I mean they show only their plus points and hide their minus points. This is my opinion, though..
@vandana7 (100281)
• India
2 Jul 10
1. Movies and novels describe love and life in a way that we set our imagination free to define it. 2. We are naive, we dont really know or accept the bad in our parents marriage. Because of these two factors we believe in love and life before marriage, and after marriage, we realize the truth!
• India
2 Jul 10
hi, vannie nice to see you first here. It's true that we are (Indians) influenced by films. We get carried away by the filmy love that is not real. Our eyes were open before marriage but see only after marriage. (I have read this somewhere) Love is blind and the marriage is the eye opener.
@vandana7 (100281)
• India
2 Jul 10
Thanks. :) Come to think of it, is it because of our old movies that our people continued to suffer and yet remained in marriages? :) And women invariably had lousy lives, whether they were alright in respects or not! As I mentioned elsewhere - why do we have such great faith in dialogues written by somebody who may not even be as highly educated as ourselves. Just because those dialogues are inciting. :) So in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - the movie writer says something like Pyaar bhi ek baar hota hai - we are nodding yes yes ... bullsh*t.
• India
2 Jul 10
Viji, I saw that film on television. I used to see a lot of Hindi movies during the college days. After college I rarely saw movies in theaters. I am a big fan of big B. Dharam and Vinod mehra.
@saphrina (31551)
• South Africa
2 Jul 10
That i would not know, sweetie. You aren't suppose to change after you get married. You are still the same two people. What is it that make people change after marriage? Maybe they just get to used to each other or the fun of being in love went missing. A shame, actually. TATA.
• India
2 Jul 10
Yeah it's a shame saphy. The spark of love goes off after a few years of living together. I have posted a blog on this topic that attracted many readers all over the world.But that's life , you know..
@saphrina (31551)
• South Africa
2 Jul 10
That is one thing i will never accept, sweetie. Love cannot just go away. That is really sad. I want to see that blog, please. Hi Viji.
• India
2 Jul 10
Hi, saphy and viji, I have dropped my link to that blog through private message, check it out, thanks.
• United States
4 Aug 10
I'm sorry . I Never thought love would come out of marriage. I never will marry, I rather love my guy than marry him.Marriage for me has Nothing to do with love. It is all about family obligation.Love can happen but it is necessary. As i teen I dreamed of love but not marriage. By age 13 I Knew I would never marry. I just see love and marriage as separate things. I have friends who are happy and married, It just seems strange to me.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
2 Jul 10
Marriage is a joy killer! The moment they signed on the dotted lines of their union, unveil the true colors of individuals. Nothing is wrong but both parties have taken each other for granted soon as the honeymoon is over. The reality of living as husband and wife might not be what they have dreamed off. Love is blind and they only regained their eyesights when they get married.
• India
3 Jul 10
well said zandi, when the honey moon is over the reality starts ruling the show. As you rightly said if you take your partner for granted, misunderstanding starts to creep in.
@farazkh1 (1153)
• Pakistan
3 Jul 10
Indeed Marriage is not something as we think before, its difficult sometimes to cope with all the aspect's specially after a child. But if we have dedication to our responsibilities specially as a parent then makes us manage things in balance otherwise if you make it imaginative or making high-hopes then it will be difficult to realize the truth. for me i do enjoy my married life while i had so many hard phases but still i am struggling to get control over all the troubles i get due to lack of experience but this is the real life.enjoy it!
• India
3 Jul 10
hi, farazkhl, nice to note you are trying hard to cope with the married life.I 'm sure you will be successful in your married life. Good luck.
@p_vadla (1685)
• India
2 Jul 10
Dreams are different from reality.Any thing can be dreamed of and for any amount of time.But when it comes to real life its a different ball game.Marriage in real life is based on what we learn from our parents basically. It is a kind of role play. Being in marriage consists of many activities.Not necessarily love be there.We do just as we had been been taught or learned from our basic teachers, parents and culture at large at a later stage.Being loving is not an essential part of many a marriage systems.There the problem comes.This is the reason these days we find many couples living together without formally getting married for the sole fear that it is not the same in marriage as it is before.
• India
2 Jul 10
Hi, pvadla, I do agree with you that real life is different from dream life. The life style of Parents can play a role in our married life too.
@ifa225 (14461)
• Indonesia
3 Jul 10
there is nothing wrong. before marriage love is still a mystery, but after marriage they had know what really love is. so there is no thrill anymore
• India
3 Jul 10
hi, ifa, as you said the thrill fades away after a few years of marriage but that does not men that there is no love.
@ifa225 (14461)
• Indonesia
4 Jul 10
it is still love inside their heart. But the love is different. From passion of love to understanding and caring. they know each other well. but there is a pairing lover who feel the change of love means there is no love anymore so they got separated
@eurekafemme (5877)
• Philippines
2 Jul 10
Dreaming of having someone to share the love and life we have is the reason why we want to get married, thus, calling this a good reason to marry someone. After marriage, couples are disillusioned about the love they used to have. The tolls of keeping the family well provided, taking care of the kids, the irreconcilable differences are big factors that surely had affected the relationship especially the latter. In marriage, there's no guarantee. Though, it may be true that there used to be love when you married the person but without hard work to make things work between spouses, it is impossible for love to sustain the relationship. Each spouse, no matter how difficult times are, must keep the love alive and the flames in their hurt burning for each other. One great motivation, is to think of the future with the person you are with right now. The question that needs to be answer is " Must I continue or must I stop?" being with this person.
• India
2 Jul 10
Hi, euerakafemmi, you always come up with very nice responses especially for relationship sort of discussions. I fully agree with you that each spouse, no matter how difficult times are, must keep the love alive and the flames in their hurt burning for each other.
• Philippines
3 Jul 10
Hello dear.:-) Well, this is the kind of discussion I have no difficulty in responding to. I am in a relationship and though my situation is a bit odd for the meantime but still I love sharing my thoughts but don't focus my points of view on the situation I am in unless it is necessary.:-) Have a wonderful weekend.:-)
@jagjit273 (1754)
• India
3 Jul 10
Well nromal human being falls in love befoe marriage .Some get there love and Some dont.But when One makes more expectation from other partner tham require things go wronng at that point and it all end s there.
• India
3 Jul 10
yes jagjit, expectations lead to disappointments as your rightly said. it's better to keep our expectations as less as possible.
• United Arab Emirates
2 Jul 10
You understand the facts when you live togather. When you stay away you have a lot to talk and share, but when you live togather you are short of topics. The guy expects a lot from the girl to take care of him, to cook his food etc. whcih she coule have rearly done at her place. The girl also expects the guy to spend mor time with him as they live togather, but the fact is that the guy has to work. managing time for each other becomes a formalty rather than a necessity.
• India
2 Jul 10
Hi, edwardjoy, it's a joy to read your realistic and meaningful response. Yes, men and women have different kind dreams before marriage and when they find the difference in real life the spark of love goes off.
• Romania
3 Jul 10
Getting married without truly knowing your partner and getting married without being ready for that are the main reasons, I believe.
• China
3 Jul 10
I think the ending of love is always tragic.The feeling of falling in love with someone is really good but as time goes by,everybody will feel boring... We can't just drown ourselves in romantic love stories. Good luck~
@fish82 (39)
• United States
3 Jul 10
hey, i see marriege as a contract between two people to live together and support each other. i think marriege is much more rational state than emotional. of caurse there should be feelings between the people, it makes life easier to cope with. but still not everyone is lucky to find that perfect partner to love. that's why there is the diffrence between one's expectations and the true life. i think we can also blame the movies,books etc. in picturing some "false" reality. it is so easy so be influnced by imagionary life that the movies try to sell us.
• Portugal
12 Jul 10
i think that if you marry with the person you love then there is dreams still in life^^ you will make your dreams come true with that person^^ dreams dont end when you marry unless you marry with someone you dont love or unless you marry and after some time things are not like your dreamed it would be. anyway i think that if people always care and love each other it can be a happy marriage and with a lot of dreams to come true ^^
@xworkerx (15)
• Bangladesh
3 Jul 10
I think single is the best way of living..single life has much freedom than double..even i have a plan that i wont marry...hahaha if i can it would be great for me..by the way, love is also cool if you find the right person...otherwise its a pain...so select the right person for love or remain single forever...its the method of happiness...
• India
3 Jul 10
yes, vijayanths, I think lack of understanding causes the change after marriage. Trust and faith are also equally important, great discussion, thanks.