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Marriage, Love, and its Constituents.
The ultimate manifestation of love is to enter into an institution of marriage. But does that mean that those who choose not to do so, marry each other by signing a legal document, have not shown love towards each other in the way it is conventionally accepted?
How about the couples who have not yet declared to each other that they love each other, even though they are in a committed relationship and engage in the things that qualifies them as a couple?
There are couples who also choose to not profess their love publicly to parties who are not involved in the relationship. As it is generally known, professing is another way that people show love. In this case, what if one party wants to and the other does not wish to announce to anyone that they are in love with such and such.
What if your blood, family, or loved ones are not accepting of the person you have chosen to be in a committed relationship with? Do you choose one over the other? Do you end your relationship to please your family? In this case, it must be questioned whether your family are after your happiness because sometimes what they claim is in your best interest may not cause you happiness.
All in all, one just has to have a mind of one’s own because who is to know who truly…
