Sanjeev and Twinkle's love is questioned throughout the story. "[Sanjeev] did not know if he loved her. He said he did when she had first asked him" (147). In the rest of this passage Sanjeev questions his love for her and vice versa. I think that they liked the idea of getting married but did not truly ever love each other.
Towards the end of the story Sanjeev describes how he found the house by himself. He decided himself about the house and did not consult Twinkle about it. He was determined to like the house was blinded by his idea of what their life would be like in the house. He didn't realize the problems with the house: "...was determined that he and Twinkle should live there together, forever, and so he had not bothered to notice the switch plates covered with biblical stickers..."(145). I think that he did the same thing with the house that he did with Twinkle.
He liked the idea of Twinkle and having a wife so much, that he did not see the aspects of her that he did not like. And now when he is getting to know her better, just as he is discovering things in the house, he is not liking what he is finding. "When, after moving in, he tried to scrape it off, he scratched the glass." (145). If you parallel the house to Twinkle, it shows that if Sanjeev tries to change Twinkle it will not be successful.
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I thought their hasty marriage was also a sign that they just wanted to be married to someone, ANYONE. The fact that they had only spent time with each other on weekends over a two months span is ridiculous! Maybe in their culture it isn't as rare to settle so soon, but I think here in America it is culturally taboo to marry someone you hardly know. That is why there is such an increase in couples living together before they are married. On the other hand, the US is infamous for its divorce rate, so who knows!
I thought their hasty marriage was also a sign that they just wanted to be married to someone, ANYONE. The fact that they had only spent time with each other on weekends over a two months span is ridiculous! Maybe in their culture it isn't as rare to settle so soon, but I think here in America it is culturally taboo to marry someone you hardly know. That is why there is such an increase in couples living together before they are married. On the other hand, the US is infamous for its divorce rate, so who knows!
I thought their hasty marriage was also a sign that they just wanted to be married to someone, ANYONE. The fact that they had only spent time with each other on weekends over a two months span is ridiculous! Maybe in their culture it isn't as rare to settle so soon, but I think here in America it is culturally taboo to marry someone you hardly know. That is why there is such an increase in couples living together before they are married. On the other hand, the US is infamous for its divorce rate, so who knows!
I think this whole questioning of love comes from the fact that it is an arranged marriage. I wonder how love is even defined in the cultures of ones that have arranged marraiges. It seems like no one is ever actually happy, they are just satisfied with their husband/wife. It's really sad when you think about it.
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