Cairo, the 10th June, 2010

Fast food-marriage and tolerance


I've just heard from another express egyptian marriage.Oh, yes...faster than a simple burger at downtown's McDonald's!

By now, I've learnt not to say THIS IS RIGHT or THIS IS WRONG. Each brain has its own judgement and it became hard to consider one culture as more advanced than another. If there's techonology and apparent freedom of thinking and action in one place, there is also subtle repression and so many pressures that human beings loose sight of their soul and joie de vivre.

In another side, there may not be the medical, cultural and mentality advancements but you still find a sense of spirituality, joy and family...this is just an example.

In the West, we took all chances on the LOVE scheme.
You fall in love, you marry and live happily ever after, right?!
Not quite.

Reality has proven this fairy tale wrong in so many cases (see the cheating cases and the divorce rates around the world and you may look at marrying for love with a twisted face).

In the East - Egypt, all Middle East and India come to my mind right ahead - people seem to marry first, have children and then - hopefully and if opportunity arises - fall in love or simply develop a tolerance for each other's company.
This results in long lasting marriages but not in happiness or fidelity between couples.

So...what's the solution for this LOVE/MARRIAGE puzzle?!

I just heard about another egyptian express marriage.
A girl - daughter from a neighbour - was being rushed by her parents to marry (God forbid she doesn't cause she's already a 20 years old maid destined to die alone and wrinkled).

She was still searching for a groom - interviewing prospect candidates, looking at photos, curriculums and bank accounts - when I left for Latin America.
When I returned, I got the news: SHE'S GETTING MARRIED this summer!
July will be the month and that means she met a guy, got engaged and married within 3 months! WOWWWWWWWWWWW.............

Can I comment on this?! I guess not.
What do I know by now?!