Saturday, October 12, 2013

THE FOOD FACTOR

What we eat and how we eat tells lot of things about us. Nowadays, there are varieties of dishes; from continental to corner-street food. Again there are vegetarian and non-vegetarian food categories. Every dish has its own taste and specialty. Around the world, we have so many foodies, who relish the taste of food and follow ‘live to eat’ concept. And there are so many chefs, who are hell-bent on making a tasty dish with ingredients from unknown origins. However, there are so many instances around this world, where a marriage has been broken on the following points: no tasty food, expected menu not served, etc.

Normally, before agreeing for marriage, both the bride and groom check their food preferences. If one is vegetarian and another is a non-vegetarian, the compatibility factor crashes like anything. As you all know that there are a few people around this world who do not prefer even to eat egg. These people are pure vegetarians and they get hurt a lot when someone tries to compromise their food preferences. Similarly, on this planet, we have non-vegetarians, who don’t gulp if any non-vegetarian item has not been added to it. 

In a love marriage, since the couple knows each other and their preferences, there is chance that they adjust or somehow manage their preferences.  And in arranged marriages, there is no chance for this kind of adjustment since both the parties belong to the same community. When it comes to love-cum-arranged marriage, where couple meets online, fall in love, and then the parents step in but realize the other party is from a different background, this food factor plays a very important role. In this kind of scenario, there is a chance that both the bride and groom decide to step out of their marriage deal since the other party either does not agree to give discount when it come to changing their food preferences. In this case, since they don’t have time to see each other physically, most probably they discuss with each other lot many things other than food and get stumped because of this factor only when they have decided to seal their love with marriage.

This blog suggests that you should give about minor but important details like food a thought while you were trying to know each other; before marriage itself.  

Best of luck!

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