Is Age really such a big issue?

I have been wondering if age is really such a big deal as people make it out to be. Or maybe people have turned it into a big monster just to make others feel bad. I believe we may not notice what’s missing in our lives, if people (including family, relatives & friends) don’t point it out.

2 days ago I was reading a short story in which a 54 year old woman elopes with another old man. She was a spinster & no one really cares whether she was happy or not, but when she elopes, her brother-in-law very conveniently says, ‘I think it’s positively improper for her to think of marriage.’

Many would even call her desperate. Almost everyone has the craving to be married or at least be in a proper relationship with someone. But I’ve noticed that not just in books, but also in real life when anyone who is much older (according to the worldly concept) marries someone, people have problem with it.

Isn’t it weird that after a particular age, you can’t do certain things! I think every human has desires. You can even think about sleeping with someone you don’t even know. I think it’s natural to get attracted; in fact, it could happen any time & this is nothing sick.

Some people are only concerned about the marriage of one gender. As if the other one doesn’t feel anything at all. And the biggest factor to decide everything is the age of a woman. These are man-made rules. There is no where written in any Holy book that after a certain age, you shouldn’t think about marriage or it’s improper. In many cases, parents do not bother to look for anyone. Is this the fault of a girl? I don’t think so. It’s just that she’s unlucky, but if she meets someone at a later age, everyone will go mad, even those who are not concerned.

What should this be called?

Today I read 2 stories in the newspaper revolving around love. In the 1st case, it has been alleged that this 55 year old man had kidnapped a teenage girl. But when the police investigated, it was revealed that they both love each other & the girl has left the house on her own free will. This 55-year-old man has 6 children too from his 1st marriage. Anyway, the girl’s father has registered the case against him for kidnapping his daughter. Whatever the story is…the old man seems to be a charmer or something, if some teenager has fallen for him.

In the 2nd case, this guy marries every now & then. 1st he elopes with the girl & then have kids. He has done this 3 or 4 times. Every time he finds some teenager who falls for him. Then they elope, get married & have kids. Anyway a complaint has been lodged against him & he has admitted that he has done this a couple of times. It seems we have pretty strange charmers in our country.

Very strangely that hideous episode of the Internet café also came in my mind. That was the most embarrassing episode. Even though people were only making love in those little boxes, but the very idea of using that place always seems to be an insult of sex. If anyone is so interested in fucking, he should also have the common sense to find a better place rather than some shoe box. And those ladies too didn’t have any problem. Moreover, the people who fixed the cameras seemed to be the ones who have all the time in the world.

Since we all have seen better stuff, I don’t understand why such low things even come out in the market. Style is a very important thing & some people have no idea what it is. No doubt ignorance is a bliss.