Wednesday, March 18, 2009

...on arranged marriage

...arranged marriage is the intersection point at which the downward spiral of expectation meets the upward spiral of desperation

(Overheard - and thought it was brilliant)

27 comments:

Narendra shenoy said...

It IS brilliant! You made my day! Off to spread profundity

Meena said...

Wonderful observation! Hit the nail on the head...

Iya said...

bingo...

Epiphany said...

:D bird's eye view or substantiated by experience ??

Pinku said...

awesome....must must steal and claim as my own...please dont mind...

Vinita Apte said...

me likeee :)

Anonymous said...

Heh. =)

Nandini Vishwanath said...

From experience, I'd say, very true :P

Anonymous said...

heh, It's true, but after a few years in that arrangement, it's a flat line. No expectation, no desperation either :P

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Anonymous said...

lol! touche!

Australopithecus said...

hahaha! Brilliant, who said that?

P said...

Really brilliant and very true.

popsie said...

Brilliant! ;)

Anonymous said...

Oh cmon ... now im all embarrassed to start my arranged marriage journey

Anonymous said...

IT IS INDEED BRILLIANT OBSERVATION:))

Arunima said...

you are right, it is brilliant. Mine was a love marriage so, i can laugh even more. :-)

Maddy said...

boy - where did u find this - absolutely classic!!

AmitL said...

Hehe!!Cyn,that was an interesting thought!!Now,what @ love marriages???

Saara said...

LOL, that was well thought of...


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Mo said...

Heh. This is brilliant.
Why are your posts turning into tweets?

shub said...

wicked! :D I'm tempted to (re)tweet this!

Anonymous said...

:) that sums up 40 years of that forced contract

Thanatos said...

I personally have a lot of faith in the system :)

~anu~ said...

Sorry boss! Chori kar li without asking. Have it on my blog now. Hope i will be pardoned! :)

See Bee said...

awesome awesome! nasty and wow! you must get on to twitter to post these types of one-liners :)

crumpledpapers said...

Let me run this by my Mom and Dad. I'll never hear the end of it! lol!

skar said...

Actually, if you think about it, this is true of any union, whether love or arranged.