Family life versus bachelorhood – Easy way forward
Human beings are social animals as we cannot live in isolation and always try having company of others for enjoying our existence. While bachelorhood is known for offering freedom to live life as one pleases without many responsibilities of others.
PHILOSOPHY
Deepak Bhatia (Counseling Psychologist)
11/4/20242 min read


Family life versus bachelorhood – Easy way forward
Human beings are social animals as they cannot live in isolation and always try having company of others for enjoying their existence.
Married life (Family) versus bachelorhood (Responsibilities vis-à-vis freedom )
While marriage or family life brings with it varied degrees of responsibilities as the family grow's bachelorhood is known for offering freedom to live life as one pleases without having much responsibilities of others.
Marriage is all about shift in outlook from me to us
There is lot of contrasting difference between married life and bachelorhood. With marriage the priority shifts from self to family members first and on the other hand as a bachelor one is free to live exclusively as per one’s own likings.
Value of marriage
The main advantage that the institution of marriage brings along with lots of responsibilities is that there are other person in one’s life to share the happy and sad moments which adds a sense of purpose to life and makes it more Interesting experience.
Marriage is preferred by most Individuals despite responsibilities it brings
Yes this is the most important reason why people prefer living a married life despite several responsibilities it brings with marriage and family.
Marriage offers emotional support to partners
The kind of emotional support one can look forward as married couples is the main foundation of leading a stable life.
Marriage adds to sense of belonginess
Also the feeling of belongingness is one of the important factor that compels a person to work harder in life not for own self but for the whole family.
Both marriage & bachelorhood have their own pros & cons
Although both are easy In some aspects while difficult in other because if marriage brings emotional support then at the same time bachelorhood maintains ones independence and the individual remains socially more active as there are no family responsibilities and commitments to remain tied with for most part of the life like a married man has.
Famous Indian quote on marriage
There is an old Indian saying that goes as follows ‘Marriage is such a kind of fruit that a person who marries repents by their decision to marry and on the other hand the person who abstains from marriage repents because of not having married’
Marriage is a beautiful mistake
Many elderly have also termed marriage as a beautiful mistake for the above quoted reasons.
Marriage is need of the society we live in
Another favorable point for married life is that our society is structured around the institution of marriage therefore the bachelors have to face regular challenges at different levels although which can be smoothly overcome once an individual is confident in their stand to abstain from marrying and lead a life which offers them more flexibility and control.
Marriage & bachelorhood both are good as per the age of the person
Bachelorhood is good for early career stage or fresh professional's
Bachelorhood also allows more time and energy to exclusively focus on personal goals and aspirations in their life. It is good during early career stage as one gets lot of time to focus on professional goals.
Marriage is Important for leading a settled family life
While Marriage is also an important institution and one must not over delay getting married since it has long term repercussions which are not good for a well settled family life.
Lot depends on an Individuals circumstances to decide about when to marry
It is therefore ones outlook and circumstances that decides whether marriage or bachelorhood is more rewarding on case to case basis as this is a very subjective topic.