"REGRETS YET NO REGRETS!!"
Does marriage really change lives? Does coming of responsibilities mean that a person can’t do what he wants to? Or is this very case specific?
This is the story of a small town merry-go-lucky boy whose serenity and soberness was lost once his mind got cluttered with the thoughts of “girls”. He wanted to know everything, wanted to experience everything; changed everything in him to fulfil his wants. Adopted a new “swag”, collar up, jeans down, and it worked, he started getting responses. Had a girlfriend since school time, yet never became serious. Kept hitting on as many girls as possible. College life was a bed of roses for him. Then suddenly he realised he is facing some tensions. May be he needed to do something other than the task of flirting. He jumped into business. And accomplished heights. His family gave him the option of marriage and he said a yes thinking that his life has already reached zenith, what could have been better than marriage. BOOM! MARRIED in the blink of an eye. And then dawned upon him responsibilities of a married life. Outings with friends stopped. Flirting HAD to stop. All the free time was being devoted to the family and no time for his own wants and desires. Life started showing him a different face or as he puts it, he matured very fast, very very fast. And now another responsibility is due to come over him soon.
“I don’t have regrets but I do have regrets. No regrets because I understood responsibilities and matured quite soon. Regrets because the time of enjoying the youth got over”
From a flirt to a businessman (on heights of business) to a husband and soon to be a dad, he saw them all in just a span of 4 years. The 4 years that changed his life.
Listening to him I was just wondering, whether it is his perception towards life that has changed or is it because of the situations that he finds himself much ahead than other people of his age. Whatever the case may be, his basic nature couldn’t be changed. And hopefully it will never, though it is quite possible that he controls his urges. Is this right? Despite spending quality time with his wife, he is also allowed to have friends and enjoy his life as he wants to. I don’t think this is too much to ask for. Just a personal opinion, marriage does change your life, a full 360 degrees.!!