We have to…

Since I was a child I have heard that a girl should get married, should have children and have a marital status in the society and if not it is a big shame on the girl herself and the family as well. This was like a program which was being put inside our minds. Thus after I graduated I was sure that my next step should be an “obligatory” marriage which is quite “important” for the society I live in. But when I started to lead my professional life I understood that I was not ready to sacrifice my professional ambitions to family values.

In my mind a family is a partnership where you should always be ready to compromise. And what if, even being about 30 years old, you do not feel that you are ready to make compromises, what if you understand that priority for you personally is your career and your success in your professional life. But unfortunately society does not want to understand and accept that.

In our society girls are being convinced that the main happiness for them is a successful marriage, which is totally unacceptable in my mind – why shouldn’t I be able to decide what makes me really happy and what does not. As a consequence we today face situations where girls get married not because they fell in love but mainly because they have to.

In this regard I often ask myself why we should live according to the plot which is imposed by our society instead of leading the life we actually want to…