Marriage and building a family should be viewed as a foundational and essential priority despite cultural pressure to prioritize career and status.

“what I want is to be a wife and a mother and I never like actually expressed that to her even though she was one of my best friends and she turn whipped her head around and was like you are willing to give up your career for that”

Marriage is a vital social institution that provides meaning, stability, and significant benefits for both adults and children in an increasingly precarious world.

“I think in a world that's more technologically distracted, in a world that's more economically unequal, in a world where a lot of our core civic institutions are weaker now than they used to be, it could be the case that, you know, getting married and having a family for adults is more valuable emot”

Despite the inherent risks such as divorce, men should pursue marriage and family life because it offers unique love, meaning, and legacy, and is essential for societal survival.

“If you want to live a meaningful life as a man, if you want to be a great man, you need to be motivated by more than just a quest for what you get. There there has to also be a sense of obligation and duty.”

Lakshmi Devanale emphasizes that the toxic interference from her in-laws, specifically her sister-in-law, destroyed her marriage and forced her into a life of constant fear and isolation.

“Nanda taunts me like this at home. Starting small, starting big, starting small Big pasan started then me mommy I mean, it's still going on in the house. When I saw Nandan, I kept doing this for a while. They kept walking and then they just kept pulling away.”