Marital Bliss

Marital Bliss. 

First God created man and then rested for a week. Then He created a woman and did not r..t since then. All wrong! Charles Darwin has proved it and I do not have to invent the wheel again. Humans have evolved from some living creatures those existed before them. So is the theory of Adam, Eve and Apple. All wrong. Some scientists at Indian National Congress have claimed that both Newton and Einstein were wrong. There are sound waves here and there to prove Charles Darwin also wrong. I am however convinced that I am the biological reaction of my parents’ actions.   

At the beginning of the Kalpa, (Gita - Chapter 3, Verse 9 and 10) Lord Brahma through Yagna (Karma) created the mankind and asked them to multiply and flourish through Karma. Mankind comprised of both men and women. I have no clue why there is no womankind. Before that men and women are known as Gods and Apsaras lived in heaven and they were not allowed to cohabit and multiply without marrying. We find that Gods, Indra, Sun, and others had at least one wife and many children. The institution of marriage was established in heaven. This is the reason for the saying that marriages are made in heaven. We should follow our Gods in heaven and marry and stay married. 

Another reason why one should marry for life is to live with someone even if you do not like him or her. Living alone can be scary and suicidal. That is why those seven rounds and vows are forced upon at the time of marriage. Not only that you prayed for taking rebirth for seven lives with the same spouse. I am not yet convinced that who guarantees that a man will be born as a man and a woman as a woman consecutively for seven lives.  This facility is not available in live-in relationships. Of course, these days divorces are granted by courts but the process is long, costly and uncertain, particularly in India. Many divorced couples reunited again when they realized that the other side was not as green as it appeared. This is the reason millions of couples stay put as married. If you don't trust me, have a look at the various applications forms etc asking for your marital status.

Domestic help is getting worse day by day. Not only you have to pay through your nose, but the noose is also so tight that you may get suffocated if the domestic help does not arrive on time. People in the west learned it after running slave trade for centuries. There is something called freedom and slaves or domestic helps deserve that. It is all the more important these days of risk involved in hiring help as there have been cases of not only cheating and theft but murders also by such helps. A wife or a husband is readily available and since mutual interest is involved, they work in the perfect union for cooking, washing, laundry, cleaning, child care and all that is needed to keep the house look like a home. It pays to stay married. The good news is that so many dotcoms have sprung to help us.  

It is also important that your material wealth is taken care of when one of you suddenly leaves. In marriage, in all probability, each one of the spouses who is having how much and who is hiding where should not be a secret. This makes it easy for the surviving spouse to handle it properly. Now you know why there is a provision of 'either or survivor' in bank accounts opened jointly. Now you know why the first right of property goes to the surviving spouse as per law. It pays to stay married. 

Last but not the least; you need some sound around you. TV shows are monotonous and repetitive and predictable which are quite the opposites of sound bites between spouses. Both are unpredictable, freshly minted and hence lively and interesting. Marriages are guaranteed to last for life just like your washing machine if maintained properly.  Stay married.

DISCLAIMER: The writer does not guarantee any compensation for the above suggestions not fructifying into reality. Readers or read to be are advised to stay married at their own risk.