Woke up this morning after sending mum and my lil bro off, I picked up the newspaper. One article caught my attention. Title goes Next best thing. In this article the writer says to stop looking for Mr.Right and marry Mr.Good Enough. "Lori Gottlieb argues that women should be realistic and understand that marriage is not a "passion-fest" but instead a "partnership formed to run a very small, mundane and often boring non-profit business."
If you know me well I guess you would have known I was ready to argue with the writer. Mentally already disagreeing and trying to find out who's the writer. Such silly exclamations made. Thankfully the article next to it titled Stick to the quest. I think Ms.Beck Pugh the writer has much better sense.
She says "not to believe that is to resign oneself to lifelong mediocrity and to the notion that it is all you deserve. We don't accept mediocrity from our government; we don't accept mediocrity in our careers; and we don't accept mediocrity in our friendships. Why should we accept it in marriage? I sure didn't when I said "I do" almost two years ago. " She concluded the article with "marriage shouldn't be about bagging the type of man you always thought you'd end up with. Neither should it be based on a checklist of credentials. I should be born of a good, old-fashioned feeling, which tells you both that you simply can't be without each other."
I think if marriage is like what Lori says then its like standing in the middle of the road knowing you are going to be hit by a lorry. Why would you want to do that then? Better stay single then end up with the wrong person for the rest of your life.
Just found the article interesting and thought of sharing. If you want to read it for yourself its in Today's StarTwo page 8.
