Marriage - a campaign to be continued to woo the other half always

I have heard of friends and peer group sarcastically sharing the joke of them annulling the marathon calls, chatting, chit chats, outings, shopping, and romantic moments, that they used to have before with their life partner, once the wedding is formally officiated. They say the campaign is won (wedding is over) and no more wooing is required.

During election campaigns the political parties come up with lofty promises to woo the electorate, but after winning the election, that is the end of it. But marriage is not like a political campaign, which could be annulled after winning it. There is an everyday wooing required for the successful culmination of each day of the married life lived. 

In the political scenario, voters would be challenging the politicians for their unfulfilled promises only during the coming election. Whereas in married life, wife has a perfectly documented record of all the promises her hubby had made before their wedding and in the bygone days of romance that she spent with him. Thus, each day of married life is lived in the backdrop of living up to these lofty promises. This makes married life even more challenging.

As each day is socially, personally, culturally, economically, ideologically, and politically different, as well as has varying degrees of health, well-being, trends, lifestyle and passion, the life partner has to come up with renewed wooing techniques focused on keeping the married life going happily.

Those who think that they have won the campaign and no more wooing is required would have a troubled married life.  Loving telephonic conversations, intimate salutations, chatting, chit chat, outings, shopping and romantic moments with your life partner will put you back in the campaign mode and will take the married couple for a ride of their life...

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