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The Fairy-tale of Matchmaking as Many Homes Bleed

Suitability of marriage or relationship between people who desire each other has taken a difficult path, as fairy-tale of matchmaking adds to the number of unhappy couples. People make the list of qualities they desire in their future spouse, which often time centred around good upbringing and well-mannered individual, and pretending not to desire the aesthetics nature of beauty through body and face. To get all these qualities in one person becomes difficult and the search for matchmaking intensifies. Due to the difficulty of finding that “one true love” people out of frustration join matchmaking shows to know whether they can end up with their other halve.

People are becoming aware of the kind of commitment and the person they are committing to, the reciprocity of the emotional connection should be visible enough between individuals involved. In some parts of Africa, mothers are saddled with the responsibility of looking for suitable maiden for their sons, especially when he has spent majority of his years living abroad and has possibly accumulated wealth, she will look for the best family and most respectful lady to pick for the son, they can arrange for them to meet or just straight to marriage, it will become so difficult for them to understand themselves in the marriage, it is obvious that this practice of matchmaking has outlived its presence and will add to the number of broken homes.

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Survivability of marriages in this recent time resides with open and honest conversations between individuals involved, it creates more details that future couple will take cognizance of eachother’s life experiences, that’s when you get the best of your future partner. Building emotional, mental and physical connections, they are essentially the bedrock of marriages. This all round connection builds bond and togetherness, needed for the couple to find solace at eachother’s arms. It is not just one day thing, it is everyday connection, as emotions change, reactions also change, you need to meet your spouse each day at the point of them exhibiting their emotions.

You owe yourself the duty to find your future spouse, leaving it in the hands of family, friends or relatives could be a risky thing to do. If you find yourself unfit to find your future spouse yourself, then you need to work on yourself before accommodating another. Due to the long age practice of matchmaking, overtime has been modernized by recent trends, even blind date and all similar sorts, if the future couple neglect that open and honest conversations, and focus and carried away with prospects of marriage fantasy that doesn’t exist, at least, not in a realistic sense, it will add numbers to broken homes. The core tenets of building and connecting, emotionally, mentally and physically should be prioritized above trends.

Chukwuebuka Ogbu

Writer.

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