PRESSURED TO GET MARRIED…..

 

If someone is above 30 and still single, the perception is that they may be physically crippled, mentally or emotionally disabled.  Some people will look with pity, some will sneer, and there are some who would cluck like chickens.  The pressure to get married doesn’t end once you got married.  People around you will then start up a new pressure that is the joyful pressure to have children.

Marriage is not a one day affair; it is supposed to be a lifelong arrangement between two people who are willing to look after each other until their golden years.  Marriage comes with tremendous responsibilities into which one should not push another into it if the other is not ready.

Resisting the pressure of marriage can be a helluva task for most single women today.  The pressure to get married is mainly because of certain societal norms that are still prevalent within our families.

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RUSHED INTO MARRIAGE

BY DANIEL CHANDRANAYAGAM

TheSun Monday, 23 August 2013