why marriages fail

Meera married her long-time boyfriend Khushwant last year. Everyone, including Meera and Khush, considers this a match made in heaven. Theirs is your typical “…lived happily ever after” kinda story. The only hitch is that Meera is not really happy. After a couple of months into the marriage, it dawned on Meera that love was not enough to make a marriage work. The differences between her old and new families seemed petty before marriage. But now the same differences often become a bone of contention between Meera and Khush.

Recently my friend Anamika separated from her husband Piyush. Anamika had met Piyush three years ago. After an affair that lasted for over a year, they got married. And my poor friend got the shock of her life when Piyush told her that he wanted a divorce. Barely eighteen months into the marriage, Piyush had fallen in love with another woman!!! The sad part was that Anamika never suspected it. Her husband was having an affair right under her nose, and she didn’t realize it.