For Quick Alerts
ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS  
For Daily Alerts

Things Every Indian Couple Is Obsessed With

By Archana Mukherji

Love and marriage are beautiful relationships. Marriage is a socially and ritually recognized bond between two spouses, establishing rights and obligations between them. In India, marriages are very big celebrations which continue for several days due to many rituals being followed.

The traditional Indian wedding is about two families being brought together socially, with as much emphasis placed on the families coming closer as the married couple. Once the families of the bride and groom plan for a marriage, the bride and groom start talking to each other extensively over the phone and try to meet each other as frequently as possible. This is a common Indian couples' obsession before marriage.

12 Reasons Why Indian Marriages Are Successful

India is a diversified country with so many religions and traditions being followed. However, though the rituals might vary, still the celebration of marriage goes on for several days. Except for a few love marriages that are done without the consent of the parents and family members, the rest of the weddings in India are worth to be watched. It is a beautiful get-together of all near and dear ones. The couple who unite in this fascinating bond of marriage are obsessed about several things.

There are many more things that lead to the Indian couples' obsession, which are discussed in this article.

Early Marriage

Early Marriage

As soon as the families of the boy and girl plan to unite them in the beautiful bond of marriage, the couple suddenly get a deep love for each other and just cannot wait from being beside each other. They want to spend time with each other and be with each other as long as possible, thereby expect the wedding date to be fixed at the earliest possible. This is a frequently seen Indian couples' obsession.

Phone Calls

Phone Calls

Phone bills of the couple show huge spikes as compared to the previous months, as the couple speak over the mobile phones for hours together, talking about their marriage, first night, honeymoon and how they would lead the family. This is another frequently seen Indian couples' obsession.

Costume

Costume

If you think what are the things that Indian couples are obsessed with, then how can you miss this one! Yeah an Indian wedding is never complete with heavy costumes from head to toe. As a wedlock happens only once a lifetime, the couples really plan a lot for their costume on this beautiful day.

Fair Skin

Fair Skin

It is a very common obsession seen mostly in Indian men, that they have a liking for fair-skin brides. Every guy wants to have a beautiful, fair-skin, educated and slim wife, which is not always possible.

First Night

First Night

Sex is a holy relationship between a husband and wife. A couple starts day-dreaming about sex and first night when a marriage is fixed, however, because of the time-consuming rituals, the couple is completely tired and most of the times, during the first night, sex does not even happen, because the couple prefers to sleep than have sex, after being tired.

Honeymoon

Honeymoon

Honeymoon is yet another Indian couples' obsession. They plan a lot for the honeymoon, buy matching dresses for themselves so that they can save those pictures and cherish lifelong.

Unwrapping Gifts

Unwrapping Gifts

This is another interesting part after an Indian wedding. The couple unwraps gifts, discussing who presented what and the kind of relationship they carry with the person who gifted it.

Story first published: Monday, March 9, 2015, 17:19 [IST]