tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042487.post7682323224157585142..comments2024-02-19T12:02:00.421+05:30Comments on Life on a Hill: Weekend readingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042487.post-2393032257491047142011-09-12T14:28:12.777+05:302011-09-12T14:28:12.777+05:30it is very nice post.it is very nice post.DegeSMShttp://www.degesms.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042487.post-89011658762363856472011-07-13T06:52:01.830+05:302011-07-13T06:52:01.830+05:30I guess just the thought of arranged marriages is ...I guess just the thought of arranged marriages is something not usually thought of in my country, but I can understand that it works great in some countries. So, guess it is hard for us to comprehend what is different from the way we were brought up. Sometimes I wonder if there are as many divorces when marriages are arranged as there are in marriages where the couple choose for themself. Knew very few divorces in my generation , but many more in the next generation. Leaves me wondering if they aren`t jumping into marriage too fast without taking time to get to truly know each other. Often wonder if it is just sex they think is love?Dotmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223020957303815620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042487.post-88759181242635209642011-07-05T21:43:50.886+05:302011-07-05T21:43:50.886+05:30Thanks for weighing in Liz!Thanks for weighing in Liz!hillgrandmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805698959846687562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042487.post-84508302295978355362011-07-05T15:19:15.246+05:302011-07-05T15:19:15.246+05:30As a wise someone once told me " I wouldn'...As a wise someone once told me " I wouldn't sleep with someone who was not a friend, but neither would I sleep with someone just because he was a friend." For me that sums it up.3inonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654697900060677144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042487.post-10803683582387706522011-06-30T14:06:37.402+05:302011-06-30T14:06:37.402+05:30Yeah,Mrs. T, I just can't get my noggin around...Yeah,Mrs. T, I just can't get my noggin around that concept!hillgrandmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805698959846687562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042487.post-60343232493096193932011-06-30T02:11:54.915+05:302011-06-30T02:11:54.915+05:30Hmm... I think I will have to join you Sue in bein...Hmm... I think I will have to join you Sue in being somewhat bemused by the "friends with benefits" concept...Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042487.post-37347815429166101992011-06-29T21:36:06.141+05:302011-06-29T21:36:06.141+05:30I see that I have really grown old Cocktail. Now ...I see that I have really grown old Cocktail. Now wish your other friends too would add their thoughts on this topic :-)hillgrandmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805698959846687562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042487.post-51898258777097556252011-06-28T00:08:02.318+05:302011-06-28T00:08:02.318+05:30I might be wrong here..But am in my 20's and I...I might be wrong here..But am in my 20's and I will tell u what I feel is happening these days.... Arranged marriages are more convenient... There is mostly a background check done (it might still fail), no caste-religion issues, parents are alwaysss on ur side, so u dnt have to take the trouble of convincing them or fighting.. so they give u both the financial as well as emotional support... And mostly the guy will be well-settled. Now this is a very important aspect. Love usually happens with a college mate, colleague or a cousin's friend.. who is almost of the same age.. And our society has set different age brackets for both women and men to get married. So when the girl's parents start pushing her for marriage, her lover would be still juvenile and unemployed! Now, when love is deep, one often overlooks everything else. But I just feel that such deep love is rare these days. There are no lovers these days, just dating couples. They hang out together, enjoy each other's company, will be each other' date for social outings and even have sex. But there is no genuine love. If there was, it wouldn't be so easy to move on to the next person.<br /><br /> <br />As for friends with benefits, i think its normal for "friends" to become more than that... and for boyfriends or girlfriends to become "just friends"... How they manage to do it casually is completely beyond me. But yes, it happens....Cocktail Partyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220871279610941944noreply@blogger.com