I am entering this discussion very late in the 4th page. I read the discussions in serial order. The first reply was that of Avnish Kaur. I very much liked her advice. Then came the attack on Avnish Kaur by Jia Kapur. Subsequently Jia Kapur has given you some sound advice also. I could see nothing wrong in the advice given by Avnish Kaur. But I don’t like her purpose of joining the Forum which she says “sarcasm and bringing out irony of the situation to show prevalent social conditions.” After reading this purpose I have to ask her “was her advice to Rohit Kumar a sarcastic advice?”
Rohit Kumar married a girl against his will. Anyway after they became husband and wife, why did he not honour his commitment? I want to ask him why he did not like his lawfully wedded wife. Was she not beautiful, or not well-educated? Or was it just because he was in love with another girl? If his father insisted on this girl, there must have been some reason. You are asking “who is to be blamed?” Without hesitation my reply is “you only”. In life things do not happen the way one wants to. I am an old man and I am saying this with my personal experience. They say marriages are made in heaven. My father-in-law told me this soon after we exchanged garlands. Actually I did not marry the girl of my dreams, though she was quite beautiful. The girl was liked by my parents, though I was not that enthusiastic. Generally my father would not insist on anything and I have also defied him on many occasions on many things.
After our marriage many things happened, which made my parents regret. But I stood firm by my wife only because of my sense of commitment. If I were selfish I would have said hell with my wife. If I had divorced or abandoned my wife, of course she would have suffered. But I would also have suffered. Which good desirable girl would like to marry a second hand man? Even if I do not remarry, I will have to bear that stigma all through my life. Now we are married for 53 years and I have no regrets. I have a reputation among my friends and relatives that I take the right decision, when faced with a problem.
So Mr. Rohit Kumar I ask the same question again why you don’t like your wife? What is bad in her? How old are you now and how old is your wife. It would be not your wife, who would be harassing you. It may be her parents. And you cannot blame them. You have spoiled the life of their only daughter. Probably they have lost all hope and hence they are taking revenge on you. Only those who have children will know how agonizing it would be to see their child suffer. You have not even consummated your marriage I think. So you cannot know it. My advice to you is that you try to reconcile with her. Don’t have any ego. One should have no ego when dealing with one’s wife. I think if proper approach is made her parents will come round and they will be only happy to see their child happily married. Remember no one is master of his own destiny. As my father-in-law said 53 years ago I believe “marriages are made in heaven”. We should accept it.