Companionship is wonderful. Companionship with the opposite gender too might be wonderful. But what is this idea that unless you are in a long-term relationship with somebody, there is something missing? Long-term relationships are not a problem. A planned, thought-out, constructed-in-advance relationship is a problem.
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Questioner: Hello, Acharya ji. Currently, I'm financially stable, and I've been working for quite a long time. I started working when I was 17 years old. That thing made me quite independent, strong, and different from my peer group. I believe I’m a little different from them.
And currently, I have a government job, so I'm posted to a rural area. So, the environment is a lot like men-dominating, and there's a lot of pressure in marriage. So, in the last year, it influenced me to get married. So, I felt like I'm stable, like I'm making money and I'm quite satisfied with my life. So, I was convinced with this idea and I stepped into the hunt, and I met a person who claimed to be in love with me and claimed a lot of things.
I made some commitments, but it's been a few months, and I'm not comfortable with the bond, with the person, and with the idea of a long-term relationship with him. So the question here is: how will I get to know that the person is good for me? Like, what is love?
And if I'm choosing myself over the social norms or the person who is claiming to be highly dedicated and purely in love with me, but I'm not satisfied with it, my priorities are different — so, is it unfair to the other person? Is it being greedy? Is it like asking too much if I want to step back from here? So, is it like a superiority complex as well? I believe that I am a bit better than him, in some aspects. So, am I being way too greedy about my priorities?
