I am at that age of my life, where you have given very fewer options in terms of life-changing decisions. Either get married, from your parents' choice or find someone of your choice, but you have to eventually find someone. And if you do not want to get into that then have an established lifestyle where people don't question you why you do not want to indulge into societal norms.

At one point I do agree, that you will need someone to spend your life with. Someone who belongs to only you, someone who you can call “mine”, someone who understands your emotions before you speak anything, someone who respects you the way you are, someone who considers you as their “priority” , someone who doesn't back out in holding your hands in front of the world, someone who claims your madness in front of everyone, at the end of a tiring day a comforting hug to make your tiredness to go away, sleepless nights to share with, happy moments to be doubled with, I guess have described way too much about the relationship of "belongingness" which is to be tagged under “Marriage”. 

This word gives me mixed feelings. I have been a part of conservative family. Not too orthodox but yes there are certain rules and regulations to be followed, and one of them is marriage. Well this word, the more easier it sounds the more layers it contains. 

I can speak  only from a girl's perspective as I don't know what's other way round. So being a girl when you get married you have to be a virgin, your family should call each existing member of the family, whether the bride knows them or not, irrespective of that, food has to be good, coz in marriages the only thing people talk about is “food”, spend lavishly on clothes, like the bride is supposed to be the center of attraction for one day but buy something so beautiful that you cannot wear it again ever, click unlimited photographs, from right angle, left angle, from up down and where not, of black color, white color, rainbow color, color who's name is unknown in that color, give poses in which you are comfortable, uncomfortable, happy, tired, exhausted, on the verge of dying, buy clothes for every occasion, when the groom comes to see you, when the groom marries you, when the groom's friends come to see you, when the groom takes you home, when the groom spends night with you, when the groom dies, and I don't know what else. I mean why am I doing all this. The relationship is much more than that, the responsibility of being a part of someone else's life, handling all this throughout your life, giving back all this what you take emotionally from that person, managing his family, his needs, changing your entire life, but the question always pops into my mind, after doing everything, what if ? 

P.S These are personal opinions. May God bless us, 

Thank you.