This post is dedicated to the most popular debate in India ..."Arranged marriage or love marriage"
... So what's it all about... how is it different from each other after all it finally leads to the same destination ... Responsibilities , sacrifices, compromises and so on and so forth ......... i don't wanna end this post by only the list which it brings with it....
If we speak in the technical language Love marriage is a type of prototype where requirements changes at runtime and its very difficult to maintain and it involves function like flirting , dates , phone calls , proposal , lot of fighting with family members (as if she/he is the last lady/man on earth for you) and of course you can do user acceptance testing before you finalize it.....
where as arranged marriages are like programming where object(candidate) is fixed and you apply your functions( likings) on to that and requirements and guidelines are fixed and can never be altered and the requirements will be given and approved only by parents, you are like an ignored tester who cannot even log bugs....
In love marriage all the differences start from second month of the marriage.... and every fight starts with "you were not like this before marriage" or "you have changed a lot" ... and all the love and affection shown by the lover like from flowers to gifts all halts suddenly ... he starts loosing memory very early in life .. he starts remembering his friends birthdays more his wife's or their anniversary ... on the other hand ..his wife will have a stronger memory she would remember every day from the day they met to the day she got her first gift and if she wants to celebrate that by receiving gifts don't be surprised.... 6- 10hrs phone calls a day will be reduced to 6- 10 mins and the smile when you see each other will reduced to a mere acknowledgment.... one more major thing being u yourself are the project manager...there are no escalation so parents won't come in between any of your fights.... so what's good about love marriage ...u know most of the likings and disliking of each other... u know each other's weak points.... u r very frank and open to each other ... you don't feel bad at all to bring in past in every fight....
Now what about arranged marriage ...that like a slow poison... but obvious love starts only after marriage so all the fights take little more time may be a year or so ...then it becomes pretty much the same ... only difference being that everyday you will learn something new about your partner ... and sometimes there will be many things you won't even know forever.....but here the lead will be your parents.. and you can always blame them for everything bad happening to you....
Well friends the truth is if you want a successful marriage just remember
"To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all"
Wish you all a happy married life !!!!!!!!