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The young boy doesn’t really understand why people fall in love and get married. When he first envisions his future, he doesn’t see himself as husband. All he sees is him working and earning a lot of money. However, he soon realizes that. That society is harsh on single people. Society requires a wife and a family in order for it to classify people as happy and successful. When the young envisions himself as husband it’s because he understands it’s a requirement of a high social status. He does not really understand love at all.
As he grows old, he learns through experiences what love is. Through pains and joys, the boy becomes a man. He becomes wiser and he creates a concept of what the perfect woman is. The man’s standards are very high. In fact the standards he has set can only be met by a perfect woman, literally perfect. However the time will come when a special woman comes into his life. She doesn’t meet the his standards, but he is always ready to make an exception. She was perfect. Love has covered all her imperfectness.
The day will come when the man becomes very sure that the woman is the one who he wants to see every morning when he wakes up. She’s the one who he wants to raise children with. She’s the one who he wants to grow-old with. So, he asks her to marry him. She answers yes and he finds himself standing in front of an altar promising God and and many witnesses to take her “to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part…”
A new chapter of the man’s life unfolds and it ends until he dies. He must understand that a wife is a gift from God, more precious than jewels. He should enjoy his wife, be exhilarated with her love, and rejoice in her. The beauty and the wonder and the blessedness of a gift of a wife must be learned, and he should enjoy his wife for him to be happy. If not, he will spend the rest of his life full of regrets and pains.
© Paolo Dala
