The big point is, often, perhaps always, it is not in the hands of young people whether to marry. As for the ladies, the unwritten rule is harsher – they must marry a man or get a man to marry them, by hook or crook, fair or foul means. Or, ‘if you carry on this way, you will never find a man to marry you! The pressure is on the lady to find a man, not a man to find her. The Prince Charles and Lady Diana marriage taught us this lesson before the 20th century came to an end.

Source: The Guardian December 30, 2019 04:07 UTC