Subjective emotions spurt at every 'and he's chosen her as a life partner'? The her said with much dislike and repel. Well, when K was neutral (in her subdued sarcastic way), Wise capitalist and Chameleon went all the way to disclose their judgment of Style Icon's bride to be. Childmom kept mum, and the 'eternal objective moral support' that he is, the unfledged loudmouth was 'supportive.' A unanimous opinion of the wise was, that he lacked foresight.
K was happy that the Style Icon was happy, the quality of what made him happy mattered little. It is, again, very subjective.
In a quite conversation with Childmom, K recalled a chat with the meat eater, uber chic, and pretentiously desi Wasabi, where he was disappointed with a lady he met and while voicing this with mirth and cunning eloquence - he was honest enough to admit that the criticism of her traits were only because he genuinely did not like her. If he had; the mannerisms and the thriftiness would have been overlooked generously. All to end up falling in love with a Jain vegan!
And K realized that YES, That's what it is! Like in a love marriage or an arranged - you just like a person and when you do - all the barriers that you had wisely chosen to sift out the unwanted disappear. Age, profession, interests, food habits, qualification, finance, intellect - na, none of them hold much good. There will be more sly ways in which you would want to show how wonderful the new found soul mate is, how most appropriate the decision.
I sometimes do not believe that arranged marriages are thoughtful barters as they claim to be, at least, 21st century marriages aren't! I like this element of careless love, the eye locks, the quite hand holding (beneath a shawl)... and the stolen moments/ kisses in between work.
Love can never be arranged - it's in a moment and it can not be learned; it is not a habit, an ability or an acquired skill. It does not come with time, with two people who have chosen to live comfortably together under favorable stars.
Style Icon's marriage in my opinion is more love than arranged. And I like the sound of it!
