Bitter Truth of Late Marriage

According to Hindu culture, every individual undergoes 4 phases in their life. Brahmcharya, Gruhasthashrama, wanprasthashram, and sanyasashrama.

Among these, Gruhasthashrama is considered to be the most important phase. According to a well-known saint Tukaram Maharaj “Accurate management of gruhasthashrama, can be the Master key towards Spirituality.”

It mainly includes marriage. Where the bride and groom get tied up in the sacred relation by taking 7 vows. They love, support each other, and stay together for the rest of their lives. But if you go a little more deeply into this, you will understand marriage is not only about staying together, it is for the procreation of the next generation. And this creation has to be best than the earlier generation.

Many factors will come into the picture when it comes to the procreation of a healthy generation. One among them is Parent’s age.

The ideal Biological fertile age in males is from 18 to 65 yrs on average and in females, it is 14 to 45 years on average. Other priorities like education, job and financial independence go up to 24- 28 years of age. After that when the matrimonial search begins due to some materialistic expectations many good profiles get filtered, results in delays in marriages.

According to one survey, 40% of prospects are between 35- 45 years of age group. And it is unfortunate to see still they are clinging to their non-realistic expectations leading to late marriages and late pregnancy. If you check medical articles, the major reason behind the birth of an abnormal child is the advanced age of the mother during pregnancy. Junk food, pollution, unhealthy lifestyles along with unnatural ways of the family- control can lead to infertility in many couples, leading to stress, depression, and emotional differences among married couples.

Through this article just wanted to put forward the bitter side of late marriage. And to get aware of this is a need of the hour.