Every generation is a product of its
environment. To compare what we had and we could not give the next generation
is odious. Because life had changed so drastically by then that we could not
have given that upbringing even if we wanted to. The wise and discerning
parents of those times got their children married into similar families for
smooth transition of their children. But those who didn’t were inadvertently
responsible for many unhappy marriages due to a sea of differences in
upbringing and value systems or a lack of similar ones. It became a chalk and
cheese situation.
The children of such mismatches often
contributed further to a functionality in these families resulting in
distances.
Ultimately, it is “c’est la vie”. You
accept and adjust and move on. Pining for what was or what could have been is
like trying to hold sand in your fists. It will slip away before you know it.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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