a.mother ji and others, I do believe we need to recognize that most happy marriages are a result of the level of maturity, mutual respect and love between husband and wife. Of course happy families on both sides are icing on the cake of marriage bliss.
At a practical level as people say,
lol LAUGH, AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOUlollollol......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXm696UbKY&feature=player_detailpage
:acry2:WEEP, AND YOU WEEP ALONE.
I have seen happiness multiply where man and woman show happiness and many families learn to be happy again. Bit of a gamble.
The other part is with couples living more and more on their own, one of my neighbors said a very striking thing to me,
"In this word we usually are as family members so mobile and many times so far apart from other family siblings, that it helps a great deal if functionally you consider your neighborhood a family as you definitely spend more time there."
Sat Sri Akal.