You're having a normal family weekend after a long, tiring week. But then you notice your parents sitting far apart, not speaking, not even looking at each other. Instantly, you know something is wrong, and it pulls you back to all the arguments, the tension, the years of walking on eggshells as a child.
In that moment, you start to wonder what marriage really means. Is this what love looks like after years together? Will this be you someday, sitting across the room from your partner, sharing space but not life?
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Nimisha Khanna (name changed), 28, used to have the same questions. Things at home always felt "off," but no one ever said anything. Two years ago, her parents finally separated after 25 years of marriage.
"When they got divorced, they told me they had stayed together for my sake and now that I'm older, they could finally live their own lives," she says. "But did they ever think about what all those years of staying together actually did to me?"
Parents often make an unspoken pact: hold on until the child finishes Class 10 or 12.
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