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The Jhumar track made me ponder - what if I were in her shoes and at the age of 18, was asked to marry a 35 year old man? The though itself caused me to cringe!
Personally I think it's ridiculous how, in the rural Indian societies all you need to get your girl married is a 'good' guy who runs a business. Does anything else not matter? How about their mental compatibility? Would a 35 year old man seriously be able to live with a girl of 18, who is far more immature than him at this stage? How would they deal with their day to day matters? She's almost half his age. And how would she feel that she has to spend her life with a man who's so much older than her - almost a fatherly figure since people marry early in villages and the age gap between parents and their children must range from 17 - 22 years.
So what do you all think? Is it acceptable for two people to get married if there's a vast age gap between them, just because she is virtuous and he's well educated?
Personally I think it's ridiculous how, in the rural Indian societies all you need to get your girl married is a 'good' guy who runs a business. Does anything else not matter? How about their mental compatibility? Would a 35 year old man seriously be able to live with a girl of 18, who is far more immature than him at this stage? How would they deal with their day to day matters? She's almost half his age. And how would she feel that she has to spend her life with a man who's so much older than her - almost a fatherly figure since people marry early in villages and the age gap between parents and their children must range from 17 - 22 years.
So what do you all think? Is it acceptable for two people to get married if there's a vast age gap between them, just because she is virtuous and he's well educated?
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