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Relationship 101 (part 2)

In today’s era, many shudder and shrug when marriage is mentioned; I included. We avoid family gatherings, run away from our relatives, or pretend we don’t recognise them, all in fear of them bringing up our marriage topics! I don’t know about you, but I have received a good share of advices from my aunties on why marriage is important. That being said, do I fear marriage? I have heard of how both, male and female; complain about their counterparts at the talk of it. That gave me an insight on where the actual problem lies. We are the problem! We try to impose our thoughts, ideologies, mind-set, expectations, and what not, on our partners! Disregarding our own flaws, we blatantly blame the marriage institution. Marriage in itself can never be the problem. We may have seen couples claiming how life has changed after marriage and how much they miss their singlehood. The truth is marriage isn’t changing anyone. Just that the two married individuals had changed. Marriage is