We recently read an interesting (and somewhat cynical!) article on a website called The School of Life which tries to get to the bottom of why people get married to the wrong partners. You can read the full article here.
The writer comes to the following conclusion:
“Preparing for marriage is, ideally, an educational task that falls on culture as a whole. We have stopped believing in dynastic marriages. We are starting to see the drawbacks of Romantic marriages. Now comes the time for psychological marriages.”
These are some of the warning signs that might give a good reason to question your motives to get married:
1. We don’t understand ourselves
2. We don’t understand other people
3. We aren’t used to being happy
4. Being single is so awful
5. (Romantic) instinct has too much prestige
6. We don’t go to schools of love
7. We want to freeze happiness
8. We believe we are special
9. We want to stop thinking about Love
Do any of these points apply to your marriage, or how you feel about it? Feel free to share your story below.
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