(11-11-2023, 01:54 AM)S I M T A N Wrote: Also, whenever a woman approaching middle age marries, gossipers may speculate on her intention to tie the knot, saying such things like "Oh, she must have felt her biological clock ticking away and wanna a baby as soon as possible."
We like having a good gossip every now and then, but some of us are terrible gossips! Thanks to the tabloid, actress Ann Kok is the focus of our attention. She is a small-screen goddess, and an aging one at that. Ann seems to revel in the public eye while valuing her privacy. Most celebrities in the entertainment industry value that too. Loss of privacy, alas, is the flip side of fame.
She has $, fame, and all that. The only thing lacking is a mate. I bet she's afraid of becoming a spinster, seeing as how she talked about finding someone who can "talk rubblish" together. I believe she hasn't given up hope of finding a lasting relationship and of ever finding a decent man.
It's actually not good for a woman to be alone - or for a man either, for that matter. A lone wolf isn't a pretty sight, and looks like the odd one out. Pair bonding - formed by a male and female pair - is the centerpiece of Creation. Being in love can keep us healthy.
The ideal as you portrayed it.................like what a Chinese girl once told me, if you want to find the perfect man to marry, you'd be spending a whole lifetime finding him, and you may never find him.
After the Fall, we only have imperfect creatures to choose from, to marry. Two imperfect creatures can never make a perfect match, however compatible they might be (that's a matter of degree), which is why all couples quarrel and even fight.
To use the analogy of work...most peepur are not even working in a job they like, or are best suited for, but they have to choose whatever is on offer. So job satisfaction is seldom high for most peepur. Many of us might be good at working with our hands, and become skilled craftsmen, but hey! who still needs a flower vase that's made by hand that takes 20 days to make, when we can buy one for $10 in just one shopping trip? With the digitalisation of so many things, the next generation would be forced to choose jobs which are AI-based, and it may not be something...or dare I say, it would not be what most peepur want to do for a career, for life.
For another analogy, let's say you want to eat Chinese food, especially mala, but the restaurant only serves Indian food. No matter how you choose, you shant get what you want to eat.
That's the way it is also with choosing a life partner. And it might be so for Ann. The peepur she met in her environment were her menu of choices. She did not find any she liked. For others, they received a menu with something they liked....good on them... and so the choice was so easily made. There are yet others who received the wrong menu, but they chose one dish anyway, just to....................get married, stop the seniors from nagging, or go with the mainstream, and get it over with.