Reluctant Relationships

In today's fast paced world , where relations exist no more than for social acceptance and for fulfilling the societal lingos, the youth has surely forayed into an oblivion of the reluctance. The hesitation in getting into a named relationship is like a nightmare to most of our fast-paced, impatient and techno-savvy Generation Y. Talk of marriage and the first, instant and instinctively splurged answer is - No, Not now...to donot know...to never...to R u mad...to Im better alone. The list of answers is endless and so the mental dilemmas and the change in perspective of the greenhorns of demographic profile.

Like a paraphernalia that is attached to the customs of matrimony in the country, the yong and working and elite youngsters are finding it hard to chew the realities of such an intricate & delicate thread, let alone digest!. With the increase in pressure to perform and pursue fat pay cheques, lead a world-class lifestyle, vacation in exotic locales and possess the best of car, home , club memberships etc, the old world values of contentment, love, happiness and bonds is slowly fading away.

To most people, who have been born and brought up in metros, marrige is just a formality needed to get the social approval certificate and nothing more. They donot talk highly of their relatives, most have not met them for years now and donot even know where on earth do they exist. The only people they know are their friends, infact peers and companions in luxury to be precise. The kind of people who will smoke and drink with them, Join them in expensive lounges and nightclubs and sports bars etc. When they can enjoy the bliss of every kind without being tied down to the specific person or relation, it is only imperative to say that they are caught in a fancied vicious circle of material nature.

This shift is not only hugely driven by the change in lifestyle and values but majorly due to the lack of thought process on an individual level. Their vision of future, success and life is too myopic to give way to the eternal necessities of life in the form of a stong family bond, true friends to stand by in tough times, a harmony in life and everything in a balanced sphere.

In the way , an overdose of nutrients too cause a disorder similarly being too short-sighted, living in too much of personal space(so much so that in times of disgust they are virtually surrounded by themselves only), leading too fast a life, and wanting a short cut of possibly everything will lead to the erosion of a semper-fi life and corrosion of our super valued lives.

Its never too late to think, introspect and act.