The Thing About Marriage…
As I approach the dreaded big 30, the topic of marriage always lurk around corners. There will be friends of similar age who are getting hitched and are waiting for their HDB to be ready within the next few years. There are those who are already married with a kid or even two. And then there is the girlfriend like mine who is just waiting for me to pop the question.
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The thing about marriage is…… I don’t believe in it if it’s about love.
I always have big notions about love and relationships and it might seem contradicting to my view above but I think marriage is one of the worst things that can be done for most people in love. It makes leaving each other harder if the love is gone.
“The root cause of divorce is …… marriage” - heard over the radio
In many ways, doesn’t it ring true? A marriage is a contract. If two are in love, why is there a need for a contract to bind them together? If one cheated on the other and decided to stay together because of a contract, is it love? If you know of an old couple who has been married for the last 50 years, would you think that they truly love each other? If you know of an old couple who stayed together for the last 50 years without marriage, wouldn’t you think that the latter couple is DEFINITELY much more in love than the former?
If you love someone, you just do; you don’t need to be legally bound to remind you that you should love him/her do you? Marriage is an administrative procedure that allows a couple to do many things legally but does nothing really good for the relationship in the love department. Some might say the marriage protects the woman. When the relationship turns south, the woman is helped legally in many ways. I say, unless the woman is a money grubbing one, she loses more than she gains from a divorce.
Divorce and the social ramifications that stem from it makes it troublesome and difficult to go through.
My point is that marriage is not the ultimate nor the final thing one can do for love. Marriage and love are mutually exclusive. Love can exist without marriage and marriage can be kept without love.
If you want to know if a person is available, don’t ask if he/she is married. Ask if he/she is in love.
I love KuKuNehNeh, and thus I shall comfort her, honour and keep her in sickness and in health and forsaking all others, be faithful to her, so long as I shall live. Sounds familiar? It’s an adaptation of a version of wedding vows that one will take in Singapore and it’s ALREADY true for me. Note that I love her and thus I am/will do all that follows (comfort, honour, faithful….). If I am already doing all that without marriage, why do I have to marry her, take vows of love, promise of eternal faithfulness and care when it can all end with divorce.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ll marry my dear KuKuNehNeh in the not so distant future. In fact, I’ve been constantly thinking of ways to propose to her for the last year and more. I know she’ll say ‘yes’ of course but my motive is to make her cry buckets with the proposal. So why do I want to marry her when I don’t believe in marriage?
I’ll marry her not because I love her. I’ll marry her because of all the advantages that society only gives to those who are legally bound by marriage; kids, housing and all. Sounds shallow doesn’t it? But if you really think into what I said, KuKuNehNeh is a very lucky woman because I love her and already treat her as well as a husband should.
Now, to save up for the money sucking activities that society demands for a piece of paper.
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eujzin Says:
Aileen Says:
September 24th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Marriage is nv about love! Trust me! It is about commitment and responsibilities.
But dun jump onto the boat just like that. Make sure both understand the true meaning of marriage first. Can take a Marriage Prep Course if you have the time. It helps to a certain extend.
SGBoleh
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September 24th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Agreed man! Marriage is by no means a happy ending to anything.
What’s important is the promise between two people.. married or not.
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September 24th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
It’s about possessing someone else! =P
Just kidding. Or not.
But I agree with you. Not being able to actually legally marry the person I love has made me feel more in love. Is that cheesy? Yes, but, it’s true.
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September 25th, 2010 at 2:02 am
Well-written entry! And I like the last paragraph of yours! :p
September 28th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Swee liao la… this time I agree with you. But for MOST people, it takes a failed marriage to tell them this fact =P
I still do not agree with you that I cannot drink cold water when I’m eating. WAHAHAHAHAHA
October 13th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Hey, if you really love her, then you shouldn’t have any problem in just marrying her, don’t you think so? Unless you have the potentially unfortunately divorce thta you want to siam, then marriage becomes a very unattractive progress. ha ha
October 17th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
@Dong: Yep! Of course I won’t have a problem (other than money). The point is that people will lose out if they don’t marry.