Welcome to the modern era of social interaction. Pallavi Polanki Pallavi Polanki 02 Dec, There is so much walking down the aisle these days.
After all, the supermarket shelves are overflowing with special offers. Shopping, it would seem, has come to characterise a generation that is hooked to choice. When consumerism is the new life context, relationships will reflect it.
Opportunities for multiple relationships are immense now. So are opportunities for practical and convenient ones. Intimacy has become more accessible. Both sexual and emotional. Only, that they have become more available and acceptable now. Social networking sites, where most of the world now meets, reflect this.
While one partner is serious and ready to make a long-term commitment, the other still needs time. Here, declaring the absence of commitment is not a dealbreaker.
Rather, it is the dealmaker. This acceptability of the unconventional is more than just about individual choice. It also derives from a new collaborative social context. Hear Mihir out on why such a relationship is meaningful to him:. It could be either because they are temperamental or because they are marrying late and so are less willing to make adjustments beyond a point. A regular relationship requires partners to plan their life as a unit, where both will have to make some adjustments on career, place of work, or lifestyle, just to be together.
