As age catches up, do you mind not marrying your Mr or Ms Right?

Today, more and more women feel that they need to give time to their career to bring them further in the corporate world. They also want to see as much of the world as they possibly can. Somehow, many feel that to be able to do these, one needs to be free of the commitments of a marriage. Thus the trend of women these days walking down the aisle at a later stage in life.

On the other side of the coin, men may also feel that they need to build a solid career that earns them enough to provide for a family that leads a comfortable lifestyle. It doesn’t help also that wedding costs these days go into the many thousands. Imagine the amount of savings that need to go into it to be able to have a grand and glamourous wedding that is often desired by the women. This very reason also cause men to enter into matrimony later in life.

Nothing is wrong with people getting married later. In fact some feel that it is an advantage for people to marry later as they are more matured in their thinking and that could hopefully prevent break-ups. Having said that, it also isn’t quite true that people who marry later will have a better marriage.

I once read somewhere that the basis for guys to pop the question is a matter of timing. They are expected to get married once they’ve reached some magic number in terms of age. Even if the person he is with is not quite the Ms. Right, he would still marry her because he feels that he is responsible to do so. Plus, when under pressure to settle down, he won’t possibly want to end an existing relationship and start all over hunting for the right one. And who’s to know or even guarantee if he will ever find her?

Same goes for the woman. She will readily say yes to the proposal simply because it is time. She may be afraid that if she misses this boat, she may not end up getting married at all. For the women, it is made worse because she needs to keep track of her biological clock to ensure she’s able to start a family before it’s too late.

So my question then is do people mind that they are not marrying the person of their dreams, their Mr and Ms Right?

My own thought on this is that maybe it doesn’t really matter. After all, a marriage can still work if the couple work at it and not take things for granted. Love can be cultivated and nurtured, so even if your gut feel tells you that he or she is not “The One”, it doesn’t mean you will not be happy in the marriage. With love and respect for each other, it could end up to be the best marriage you could dream of.

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