Live-in relationships at its best….

Please note the views and opinions expressed in the this post/blog are strictly personal / confidential and bear no resemblance to any couple living or dead, its NOT meant to hurt anybody’s sentiments, any such act is purely coincidental and (non)intentional.
The so-called advantages of a live-in relationship according to me a.k.a some commonly agreed conveniences of convenient relationships:-
- I am what I am. The biggest attraction, that it safeguards your original personality and lets you be yourself which at time may be missing out of marriages. We often change ourselves 360° in the process of compromising and adjustments. There is nothing wrong in it so long you don’t have a regret later.
- There are no tags attached. No one owes anything to anyone. You don’t have to change your name be it first or last name and maintain/live up to several other associations so formed eg chachi, bhabhi, bahu, etc etc.
- Live-in does not force you anything, be its sex, watching a particular news/sports channel, shopping etc etc. both the genders have more rights and privileges than wat marriage allow or has. Anything done is mostly mutually agreed.
- There are no rules to this game, its mostly played purely for pleasure and fun.
- It gives you the liberty to walk out of the relationship as and when you want, without thinking too much about societal/family emotional attyachaar.
- It restricts the chances of complacency.
- In live-in setups you mostly do things cause you yourself want to do it rather than cause you are obliged/supposed to do it.

However, the flip side:-
- Its still a BIG taboo in India.
- You don’t get rented accommodation on the basis of it.
- It gives too much of liberty to men rather than wimmen.
- Wimmen have more at stake, aka our reputation, emotions etc etc not that men don’t have emotions involved. I am sure most do.
- It gives too much of flexibility. Its easier to walk out of a live in relationship than a matrimony which at time could be a big handicap.
- Nothing comes with life time warranties, but still marriage is a safer option in old age.
- After all why shud boys have all the fun.

Whatever said and done I ll any day give my right feet right toe nail, a chance to live in with a/many gal(s) had I been a guy. But being the so called ‘weaker I think even if I let go of the society there is lot more at stake to enter these convenient relationships.