Is honeymoon vital to marriage?

Is honeymoon vital to marriage?

There are many romantic movies where it is shown that the newly wed couples head to the airport directly from the wedding venue to celebrate their honeymoon. The real life couples now take it as a must thing that should materialize in any case. Honeymoon is becoming trend of the season. Do you think honeymoon is vital to marriage?

Yes

• It gives the time and space to the couple to know each other. It is the first step to their new life.

• It is a relaxing time just after the hectic rituals of marriage. The couple needs peaceful time away from the chaos for some days.

• Life is uncertain. You never know about future. A trip after the marriage will do no harm. So when there is nothing wrong attached to honeymoon then why should couple leave it?

• Honeymoon necessarily doesn’t means going to an expensive place. It can be anywhere where the couple can have some quiet time.

• It is the necessary time for a girl as she can know the details about the family members from her husband. She can learn about the new customs of the family before she starts her life there.

No

• It is a costly affair. In today’s world every girl wants to go at expensive locations for her honeymoon.

• Honeymoon is hardly for a week or can be stretched to fifteen days. There are many couple who can’t understand each other in years, then how can fifteen days in honeymoon can help them to know each other better.

• There are already so many expenses linked to marriage especially in India which are sometimes met by taking loans. Why to extend the financial problems?

• It has just becomes a fashion statement which every couple is blindly following without analyzing their personal conditions.

• It generates a sense of competitions and becomes a matter of ego in friends and siblings. It is not necessary that everyone has the financial power to go for honeymoon.

Conclusion

Marriage is a start of a relationship where two people need to understand each other. They should respect each other’s opinions. Honeymoon is just an option which is converted into a fashion statement these days. Honeymoon doesn’t guarantees a good relation but definitely gives some private time to the newly wed couple.